Just the job

posted by Cptn

If Mondays are getting too difficult, maybe it’s time for a change.

Check out our jobs page which features all the latest from ethicaljobs.com, which lately have included an advocacy and campaign monitor for Oxfam based in Ghana, or work for the soil association in Bristol.

And if you’re quick you’ll

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Yvette Martin (art feature)

- Paintings by Yvette Martin, inspired by light, shadow and confusion, is on at The Horn of Plenty Country House, Tavistock, until May 1 posted by Cptn

Yvette Martin is a bundle of calm energy, especially when dealing with problems. There’s an issue at her Okehampton gallery on the day of our interview. She’s

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In Search of Happiness

posted by Jess Sains

The University of Plymouth is seeking volunteers for a self-help study, ‘Improving Moods’. Over a two week period participants are asked to mark whether or not the mind exercises given in a workbook levitate their mood.

Is it really that easy? Two weeks of pseudo-psychological self-assistance and you to can

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PDA Phones – The Good, The Bad, and The Downright Ugly Pt2

The weekly technology column from those good people at Plymouth’s Orange Crate

With the main network providers offering at least some PDA option with the majority of their pre-pay contracts, the opportunity to get your hands on one with minimum outlay has never been so realistic. But which one? A few years ago the

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Nappy time

posted by Cptn

Devon real nappy week ends on Sunday (April 27), and we all know the environmental damage a smelly nappy can make, but it’s those disposable ones that create the real stink.

Bryan Carson, chair of the Devon Authorities Waste Reduction and Recycling Committee told the PRSD the impact that nappies have.

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Recyclers in action

posted by Cptn

Huzzah to Devon County Council’s Great Moor House offices, home to the Devon Record Office, whose recycling rates have reached nearly 90 per cent.

The 350 staff recycle all the usual gubbins, as well as old library books, fluorescent tubes and even desks – now there’s bureaux-cracy in action (tee hee).

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East of Exeter

posted by Cptn

A transport exhibition held in a lay-by has the flavour of many an artistic installation, but the Transport Infrastructure Proposals for the East of Exeter will indeed park up in a lay-by just west of the junction of the old A30 (Honiton Road) and B3184 in Clyst Honiton.

It will be

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