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Ten Top Environmental Tips…

… to save the planet, save your (non-denominational) soul and save money.

Today’s top 10 are from Gordon Hook

1. Develop a love of the planet – some may prefer “cherish” or “respect” for the soil, air, lakes rivers and seas.

2. Carry out meaningful acts of cherishing, which can be anything from improving individual home recycling to

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Riverford goes to town

posted by Cptn

The field kitchen at Riverford HQ

Organic food could be showing its colours in the ‘hood, if plans for new social enterprises from Riverford come off.

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Ten Top Environmental Tips…

… to save the planet, save your (non-denominational) soul and save money.

Today’s top 10 are from Bovey Climate Action

1. Change a lightbulb – Replacing one regular light bulb with a low energy one will save 68kg of CO2 per year and save you £9.
2. Drive less – why not make one day a week a

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Chichester cleared

posted by Cptn

Our faith in the system can be restored. Giles Chichester MEP has been exonerated of any wrong doing in what we lovingly call Whoops-a-daisy-gate.

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Ab-free for carers

posted by Cptn

We would never say that Abbfest was Abb Fab because that would be far too ‘bleurgh’, but we will say this for the food and drink festival of 114 real ales and ciders and local food, crafts and wide range of entertainment, which takes pace at Abbotskerswell from Friday September 26 to Sunday

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Arts base awards

Our thoroughly-deserved nomination and loss of the Torbay Artsbase award for literachure (apparently you have to be able to spell it to win it), had us nobbing our hob at Oldway Mansion’s and we briefly bumped to one of the Weaver Twins. Unfortunately, our brief encounter was cut short and you can find out why

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Big Brother Belinda’s back

posted by Cptn

Those Surreal Salooners, are back again, yes that includes Big Brother Belinda. But of course that’s not why you’d go, is it? The next show promises comedy, burlesque, spoken word and Elvis and his Geisha backing band, and it kicks off at the Exeter Phoenix on Saturday September 27, at 8.30pm

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Umbrella Factory – art review

Umbrella Factory Event, The Hub, Exeter, September 25, 2008
by Butterside Down

Desolate tearooms by Butterside Down

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The last few days have seen me struggling with so-called ‘quick and simple’ clip frames in an effort to have some sort of exhibition ready for September’s Umbrella Factory event, marking the first birthday of the organisation celebrated for promoting

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Recycling Technology

The weekly technology column from those gurus of geek at Plymouth’s at Orange Crate

Technology moves so fast in this day age – January’s high-spec PC is December’s crawling, technological sloth; today’s ‘must have’ mobile phone is tomorrow’s embarrassing has-been, destined to be used only for sending text messages under the table to avoid it being

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Folky Dutch Shenanigans (and nary a clog in sight!)

Greetings, People’s Republicans! Phig Billy here back with some irreverent insight and gonzo-flavoured scribblings…

Last Saturday (September 20) I attended a concert of folk music at Holcombe Burnell Church, just outside Exeter. We have friends who live in the village of Longdown (which finds itself in the parish of Holcombe Burnell) who invited

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Book review – The Dolphin People

Sarah Clarke of The Torbay Bookshop reviews the latest releases.

The Dolphin People by Torsten Krol is a fantastic adventure story set against the backdrop of a jungle village deep in the heart of Amazonas. It’s 1946 with emotions running high after the end of the Second World War when a German family crash lands

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Bacteria and man

posted by Cptn

Good evening ladies and germs, we have news in from the South Devon Humanists about a talk that’s on tonight as part of their series of lectures. Paul Menday will give a talk about the evolution of bacteria entitled from Darwin to the Antibacterial Arms-race, at Birdwood House, Totnes from 7.30pm.