Sustainable Tiverton preparing to open it's ShareShop, a 'community store cupboard' where people can borrow household/travel/event things at low cost., twitter.com/TransitionTog (Sep 18, 2023) - New food hub opens in Devon, wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk (Aug 31, 2023)
- ‘A win for nature and those who love it’: the Dartmoor ruling – and why it matters, positive.news (Aug 04, 2023)
Bioregioning
- Bioregional Learning Centre UK, Community Interest Company (CIC) founded in 2017 to serve the people and place of South Devon.
Networks and sustainability initiatives
- Torbay Together, helping you find and share activities in Torbay, added 13:49, 23 December 2021 (UTC)
- Torridge Common Ground, non-party-political platform that puts the shared values and practical vision of the community at the heart of local governance, empowering communities across Torridge to transform their local economies and wellbeing for the benefit of all
- Bideford Sustainability Group
- Buck the Trend
- Chagford Hub
- North Devon UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
- PL:21, Ivybridge
- Sustainable Crediton
- Sustainable South Brent
- Transition Tavistock
- Transition Exmouth
Community resources
- Torbay Community Development Trust
- Broadhempston Community Land Trust, Community Interest Company set up in 2012 to enable local people, in housing need, to develop affordable eco-housing.
Visions
Climate action
- Devon Climate Emergency
- Citizens Assembly on devonclimateemergency.org.uk. Devon Climate Emergency Response Group is proceeding to organise an online Citizens' Assembly with 70 participants in summer 2021.[1]
- Action on Climate in Teignbridge, added 14:14, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
- Dartmoor Circle
- Bovey Climate Action
Biodiversity
Devon Wildlife Trust is aided by around 800 registered volunteers which help with running 12 local groups and habitat management work on the charity's nature reserves.[2] - Wembury Marine Centre
Trees, woodland and forest
Broadhempston Community Woodland, located in Teignbridge, South Devon.
Community currencies activism
Community energy
- Teign Energy Communities, "Our vision: To achieve the widest possible community engagement with energy use and energy generation. We want people in the local area to become more aware of, and engaged with their use of energy, so that energy becomes as familiar as money." added 14:36, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
- exeter community energy
Education for sustainability
Embercombe - Growing Devon Schools - Okehampton College, Energy Efficiency
Ethical consumerism
Plastic bag ban: In April 2007 local traders in Modbury, Devon declared that for environmental reasons, they would no longer give customers plastic bags. This initiative led to other communities across the UK pursuing similar enterprises.[3]
Food activism
Rising temperatures have led to Devon becoming the first place in modern Britain to cultivate olives commercially.[4]
Barnstaple Pannier Market - Bovey Community Garden - Home Grown Community Owned - Landmatters Co-operative Permaculture Project - Real Food Store, Exeter's first community owned food store
Health and wellbeing
Neighbourhood Health Watch, connecting trusted community support for health
Localism
Reduce, reuse, repair and recycle
Devon Community Composting Network - Devon Community Recycling Network - Proper Job, Chagford - Recycle Devon
Rural sustainability
Social inclusion
- Be Buckfastleigh, make good things happen. Community project aiming to address health, social and economic inequalities. added 16:28, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
- Exeter Community Initiatives, charity working in Exeter and across Devon, helping people facing poverty, inequality and homelessness to get their lives back on track by involving them in community projects to improve their mental, emotional and physical wellbeing, increase their sense of belonging and provide skills to help them succeed in life. added 13:29, 12 November 2021 (UTC)
Towards sustainable economies
- Local Spark Torbay, Community Supported Enterprise CIC, added 17:35, 9 August 2022 (UTC)
- Devon Doughnut, Exploring Doughnut Economics in Devon, added 09:55, 8 October 2021 (UTC)
- New Prosperity Devon, Towards secure livelihoods and wellbeing for all, added 16:58, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
Resources
Organisations working with communities
- Community Action Groups (CAG) Devon, "support and empower community groups to act towards a more sustainable future." added 10:50, 20 November 2023 (UTC)
Citizens data inititiative
- Devon Doughnut, Collective asking, "Could a dashboard of some kind help to provide a picture of how Devon is faring ecologically and economically? Would this be useful to people living and working here? If so, how, and to do what?". added 09:39, 8 October 2021 (UTC)
Past events
2016
August 11 - 14 Off Grid Festival
February 23 - April 3 Save Stewart Wood, Wray Valley
About Devon
Devon ( DEV-ən; historically also known as Devonshire -sheer, -shər) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by the Bristol Channel to the north, Somerset and Dorset to the east, the English Channel to the south, and Cornwall to the west. The city of Plymouth is the largest settlement, and the city of Exeter is the county town.
The county has an area of 2,590 sq mi (6,700 km2) and a population of 1,194,166. The largest settlements after Plymouth (264,695) are the city of Exeter (130,709) and the seaside resorts of Torquay and Paignton, which have a combined population of 115,410. They all are located along the south coast, which is the most populous part of the county; Barnstaple (46,619) and Tiverton (22,291) are the largest towns in the north and centre respectively. For local government purposes Devon comprises a non-metropolitan county, with eight districts, and two unitary authority areas: Plymouth and Torbay.
Near you
References
- ↑ update from website, accessed ~~~~
- ↑ wikipedia:Devon Wildlife Trust
- ↑ wikipedia:Modbury#Plastic bag ban
- ↑ wikipedia:Devon#Ecology
