Environmental matters

posted by Cptn

Step into the Plymouth Environment Centre’s Earth Cafe tonight at the Cellar Bar in the Fortescue pub on Mutley Plain, Plymouth.

There is a vegan buffet from 7.30pm to 9.30pm and live much from 10pm to 11pm.

Accompanied children at welcome and it’s £1 on the door and £4 for the

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Slow, slow – quick, it’s slow!

posted by Cptn

It’s time to get your skates on for Devon’s only Slow Food Market, and it’s on Sunday, March 30, just when the clocks spring forward.

Set the alarm clock and have a leisurely journey to St Matthew’s Hall, Topsham, to partake the delights life in the slow lane. There will be

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Women in Farming (art review)

posted by Philip – Exeter Phoenix Arts and Media Centre, Bradninch Place (off Gandy Street), Exeter, until April 12

For Women in Farming, organised by Aune Head Arts, three teams of two women artists each spent time with three women farmers on Dartmoor. Obliged to stay on the farms for at least four weeks

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Polar bear ball

posted by Cptn

The Last Polar Bear environmental event will take place at Coombeshead College, Newton Abbot, tonight.

It’s billed as an evening of short film presentations and debate and will feature the eminently sensible words of Simon Hooton, Professor Simon Belt, Jeremy Thress and Ben Bryant.

It’s free and there’s food from a

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Carrivick Country (video)

posted by Cptn

We like to keep you up-to-date with what all the citizens of the republic are getting up to, so we thought we’d let you know that the Carrivick Sisters are in the Quarter Finals of BBC 3′s Upstaged competition/show – it’s a kind of Opportunity Knocks for the noughties.

The sisters Laura

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The Exe leaflet

posted by Cptn

No sooner do we put the call out for those who use the Exe Estuary to get involved in a leaflet about the sustainability of the area, than we hear that a new guide’s been published.

This updated Exe Explorer publication even includes the recently opened Lympstone to Exmouth cycle trail,

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PRSD Readers’ Survey 2008

We need your help to make the People’s Republic of South Devon website even better. Just paste the questions below into an email and answer them in any way you choose, in as much detail as you want. All your answers will remain anonymous (note that we’re not asking for your name) and won’t

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