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Those three little pigs should take note and get the inside gen on how to build a house of timber and straw bales from Totnes man Jim Carfrae on Tuesday at 8pm, February 12, upstairs in St Johns Church, Bridgetown.
Jim will address the annual general meeting of South Hams Friends of the Earth and show the illustrations of his progress. He told the PRSD: “This is the story of a how I designed and built a sustainable timber and straw-bale house for myself and family in Totnes: the methods and materials I used, the problems I encountered, the solutions and compromises I made. The house has now been lived in for two years, and has proved very comfortable, economical and a national award winner to boot.â€
Spokesman for the Friends of the Earth group, Steve Melia, told the PRSD: “It has been a busy year for South Hams Friends of the Earth. We are involved with many issues, national and local, which will directly affect the quality of life for future generations, particularly related to climate change. Jim Carfrae will show what’s possible with new housing. Will the housing in Sherford, and in Totnes be part of the problem, or part of the solution?
“These are the sort of issues we are working on, and we always need more people to get involved. If you’ve ever thought you’d like to do something practical about climate change, then why not come along?â€
Why not indeed.
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February 10th, 2008
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Hold on to your index cards, there’s a new wind blowing around libraries at the moment. Kingsbridge Library is looking for people to join its friends group, which will be dedicated to the promotion and support of the library to raise its profile and awareness of all the services it offers.
“The library has recently been extended and we would like the group to help us stage more events and activities by helping with the planning and organisation. These could include author visits, reminiscence sessions and local or family history events. Members will be able to put forward ideas about what events to hold and raise funds to make them happen by selling withdrawn library books, running coffee mornings etc,†librarian in charge Wendy Bloomer told the PRSD.
Friends are also sought in Ivybridge, with a cross-section of the town’s community probably declaring ‘April is the coolest month’ because that’s when the brand spanking new library - part of the new multi-functional arts centre, the Watermark - will open.
‘The new centre will be built at Erme Court in the town centre, and will provide a brand new library equipped with an IT Centre, cafe, one stop information shop, conference and meeting spaces among other facilities. It will also house 16 business incubation units, training and other business support services, bringing in vital revenue that will help to make the centre sustainable,’ so says the press release of the building which had £4.1 invested in it from a variety of sources, including £1.9m from Devon County Council, £760,000 from Ivybridge Town Council, £470,000 from South Hams District Council, £400,000 from Devon Renaissance (which is funded by the South West RDA), £200,000 of European Regional Development Funding from the South West Objective 2 Programme and £260,000 from other sources.
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February 10th, 2008
