Energy efficiency in a nursery is child’s play, right? There’s a chance to win a £15,000 energy efficient renovation for nurseries in the Project: Renovate 2009 competition.
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 3 comments - ()Everyone loves an eccentric (until they start banging on about Julie Myerson or keeping the pound while being too loud and not a little scary) which is why we’re happy to announce that Devon’s own Colin Shaddick, ukelele player and poet from Devon’s north shore – Barnstaple – has been nominated for the ‘Greatest Dawlish, the town of the black swans, has been named one of the cleanest towns in the country. Gale & Snowden, architects and mechanical engineers based in Exeter and Bideford, have been shortlisted for a National Civic Trust Award for their Oak Meadow sustainable housing development in South Molton. Oddly enough, leading Exeter Councillors defended their decision to award themselves a mighty fine pension deal – that’s after the £1.5 million they cut from the budget, the staff they’ve made redundant and the money they’ve frittered away on their push for unitary status. A wall-hanging by Israeli and Palestinian women who came to together to urge peace in Gaza has been specially made for Exeter’s part in International Women’s Day, which takes place on Sunday, March 8. 1 comment - ()At a time when councils are facing increased demands for housing, the Audit Commission has said that Teignbridge is providing a poor housing service, and awarded it grand total of no stars. Hurrah, for school dinners! Devon has actually won an accolade for providing healthy and wholesome meals for kids at lunchtime, picking up a Soil Association’s Food for Life Catering Mark on the way. Le Chat Noir rock the world from rural Devon. In part two of the PRSD conversation with the duo, we catch up on their song writing, their work with the Devon Music Collective and their third album Postcards From The Dark Highway posted by Cptn As part of its recycled art fun and games, this year’s TRAIL will feature a wearable art fashion show. posted by Cptn The TRAIL is gearing up to its fifth year of recycled art along the South Devon Coast, and is calling for artists to submit proposals that could win up to £1,000. posted by Cptn It’s not all doom and gloom – there are 29 new jobs at Exeter University. Granted, the educational institution is spending £80 million to get them, but jobs they are. 1 comment - ()During the past week we’ve been peppering our posts with questions. Nothing unusual in that, and we reckon it’s part of our remit as a social enterprise to try to engage our readers in the debate around current affairs. So here’s a run down of some of the posers we’ve published. Can you answer posted by Cptn With bus passengers on the increase, miles of cycle routes planned, and more than 5,700 people registered on the Carshare Devon website, the Government Office for the South West has praised Devon County Council’s Local Transport Plan. |
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