August 2009 » People's Republic of South Devon

Devon Welfare Rights Unit to help those struggling in the recession

By PRSD, on Thursday, August 20, 2009 |

The Devon Welfare Rights Unit has been allocated £35,000 to help people and businesses to get help if they are struggling with bills, debts or tax credits.

Just 5,000 carers in Devon get the support they are entitled to. The rest of the 73,000 people could get be entitled to more

By PRSD, on Wednesday, August 19, 2009 |

There’s £800,000 extra funding to support the 73,000 carers in Devon, and just how that the support will be given is being investigated by county-wide health and well-bing checks.

Exeter University gets Carbon Trust Standard award for going greener

By PRSD, on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 |

Exeter University is in the top 10 universities in the UK for carbon management – it’s not a course, but a way of life.

A Renewable World: Energy, ecology, equality: Green Book of the week

By PRSD, on Monday, August 17, 2009 |

We’re suckers for an existential crisis, and A Renewable World talks about the need to turn ‘an existential crisis for humanity today into an opportunity to secure the well-being and prosperity of present and future generations’.

Urban decay, lost spaces and industrial ugliness: Don’t Pay the Ferryman

By PRSD, on Sunday, August 16, 2009 |

Photographer Highton Ridley’s photo essay called Urban Decay, Lost Spaces and Industrial Ugliness is a series of photographs from in and around Plymouth.

Urban decay, lost spaces and industrial ugliness: Office Block Wasteland

By PRSD, on Saturday, August 15, 2009 |

Photographer Highton Ridley’s photo essay called Urban Decay, Lost Spaces and Industrial Ugliness is a series of photographs from in and around Plymouth.

Urban decay, lost spaces and industrial ugliness: Aghast in Suburbia

By PRSD, on Friday, August 14, 2009 |

Photographer Highton Ridley’s photo essay called Urban Decay, Lost Spaces and Industrial Ugliness is a series of photographs from in and around Plymouth.