Robert Llewellyn is bringing us the new ‘Fully Charged Show’ www.fullycharged.tv Presenting how electric cars are most definitely making a statement.

Robert Llewellyn discusses our addiction to oil and the Electric vehicle solution

Interview with Quentin Willson at the Bridgestone Eco Rally 2010

The Tesla Roadster – As described by owners Part 1

Find out more about The Tesla electric vehicle range on the Tesla website www.teslamotors.com

The Tesla Roadster – As described by owners Part 2

Find out more about The Tesla electric vehicle range on the Tesla website www.teslamotors.com

tesla roadstar

Robert Llewellyn’s review of the Honda hydrogen fuel cell FCX Clarity electric vehicle.

Find out more about The Honda FCX Clarity electric vehicle on the Honda website world.honda.com/FuelCell

Robert Llewellyn’s review of the Mitsubishi iMiev electric vehicle.
Find out more about The Mitsubishi iMiev electric vehicle on the Mitsubishi website www.mitsubishi-cars.co.uk/imiev

Mike Brewer lets members of the public drive the i-MiEV

Robert Llewellyn drives the prototype Nissan LEAF

Find out more about The Nissan Leaf electric vehicle on the Nissan website www.nissan.co.uk/electricvehicles/leaf

The NEMESIS Electric Vehicle in development.

Keep up to date with its development on Dale Vince’s Blog zerocarbonista.com

nemesis electric car

nemesis electric car

Electric planes harnessing solar energy are advancing fast.

From www.solarimpulse.com

Solar impulse solar airplane

Electric vehicles are the way forward for the transport that we are all addicted to nowadays. From cars to trains to planes, electricity is the clean option!

As more and more people take the choice to use Electric vehicles, three main cruxes will dictate the future availability and development of Electric vehicles.

• Storage of Energy – Batteries.
• Old addictions – Companies that are heavily reliant on profits from old fossil fuels.
• Source of electrical energy.

The storage of energy in a car is of obvious importance and by making use of advances in mobile phone and laptop battery technologies, electric vehicle battery technology will continue to speed ahead. There are also many vehicles which harness electricity as they move an obvious and sensible move.

From car companies, to fuel suppliers to governments reliant on taxes we are heavily tied to the old system of propulsion – the burning of fossil fuels, so this will take some clever thinking from governments to help with financial incentives to help business change to clean electric vehicles.

An electric vehicle is not that clean if it depends on dirty non renewable sources of electricity to power it. Luckily we have many clean, renewable sources of energy at our disposal nowadays; Solar, Wind, Hydro, Tidal, Wave to name but a few.

Clean energy for electric cars.

We all have the choice of living in the eternal world of old polluting vehicles or stepping forward into the next great era of transportation. Electric transportation.

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To view the Great Trees of East Devon Website click here

View the videos below.

The Farway Yew

The Salcombe Regis Thorn

The Bicton Monkey Puzzle Tree

The Whimple Wonder

The Phear Park Lucombe Oak

The East Budleigh Mark Tree

The Great Oak at Upton Pyne

The Ginkgo Tree Presented by Sidmouth Men of the Trees and planted by Councillor Arthur White

The Maidenhair Jurassic Tree Ginkgo Biloba Presented by Sidmouth Men of the Trees at the Knowle in Sidmouth Devon

Ginkgo Biloba Leaf from the Jurassic Tree Presented by Sidmouth Men of the Trees at the Knowle in Sidmouth Devon

Monterey pine Pinus radiate at the Knowle in Sidmouth Devon

Hands Across The Sand in Sidmouth

Are you up for showing your support for cleaner oceans? Take a  picture or two on the beach in Sidmouth?

Meet at bottom of steps of Jacobs Ladder at 11:45am

Make a stand against offshore drilling 26th June:

http://bit.ly/NOoffshoreOil

http://www.facebook.com/HandsAcrossTheSand

The image is powerful, the message is simple.  NO to Offshore Oil Drilling, YES to Clean Energy.

HOW TO BUILD A TOP BAR HIVE by P J Chandler DIY Beehive

As most people are aware our bee populations are in trouble. They help keep the rest of nature alive, primarily though their pollination efforts.

They have been dying in their millions over the last decade. Over use of pesticides, Mites, lack of useful plants, lack of hives seem to have all contributed to their demise.

For the financially minded the guesstimates of the cost that the work bees do for humans is astronomical. But the end result of the annihilation of bees would be crop failures and complete dependence on artificially pollinated crops, or even the possible downfall of humanity.

People wanting to help protect bees and reverse this ecocide, can keep Bees, plant bee loving plants, not use pesticides, buy organic food and support organisation helping them.

Download this easy to follow plan showing you how to build your own Beehive.

HOW TO BUILD A TOP BAR HIVE

by P J Chandler

Click here to download a free copy of the DIY Beehive pdf

This free book is a supplement to the barefoot beekeeper, available from www.biobees.com

beehaus

the big green idea

International bee research association

From the company that made the popular chicken houses ‘Eglu’ comes the ‘Beehaus.’

Click this weblink to visit the Beehaus website

www.omlet.co.uk/Beehaus

Bridget Strawbridge of The Big Green Idea is an excellent source of information on Bees www.thebiggreenidea.org/bee-friendly

Helping bees and bee keepers in the UK      www.britishbee.org.uk

American Beekeeping Federation       www.abfnet.org

International Bee Research Association     www.ibra.org.uk

This pdf has some suggested flowers useful to bumblebees     Download a pdf of Suggested flowers for bumblebees here

pdf from   www.buglife.org.uk

“Loss of the world’s genetic diversity would be worse than energy depletion, economic collapse, limited nuclear war or conquest by a totalitarian government .As terrible as those catastrophes would be for us, they could be repaired in a few generations. The one process ongoing in the 1980’s that will take millions of years to correct is the loss of genetic and species diversity by the destruction of natural habitats. This is the folly our descendants are least likely to forgive us”. E.O Wilson

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Ginkgo Bilbao Jurassic Tree Maidenhair Tree leaf

A group of locals have set out on an exciting project to improve the Byes area in Sidmouth, Devon, bringing biodiversity, an educational platform for learning and improved usage of this large piece of parkland

The main aim of the BEE project is to improve biodiversity of the byes. This will be done with tree planting, hedge planting, along with other recommended steps that will help bring more wildlife for users of the byes to enjoy. Such as Bees, Bats, Birds, Butterflies, invertebrates, mammals all through improving or providing a habitat for them.

The Ginkgo Bilbao or Jurassic Tree leaf is being used as a logo for its connection with The Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site, in itself a huge attraction for Sidmouth.

This is to be done in recognition of the United Nations International Year of Biodiversity 2010. IYB

www.biodiversityislife.net

2010 International Year of Biodiversity

Biodiversity is the variety of life on Earth. It is essential for sustaining the natural living systems or ecosystems that provide us with food, fuel, health, wealth, and other vital services.

Humans are part of this biodiversity too and have the power to protect or destroy it. Currently, our activities are destroying biodiversity at alarming rates.

The Byes is a beautiful area, but much of it has been in disrepair with many older trees dying and few being replaced. This project will add new trees and help improve biodiversity and usage within the byes.

The Bee Project will help and encouraged the local schools and college to make more use of the Byes, by treating it more as an outdoor classroom.

The Improvements will encourage more locals and visitors to make use of the byes area.

The BEE Project is in support of the SAP Project, another exciting project to declare the whole of Sidmouth as an Urban Arboretum.

Bee Project Byes Sidmouth www.apachetramp.com

Bee Project Byes Sidmouth www.apachetramp.com

Funding for the project is being sought from all interested parties. Please spare some time to donate to the BEE Project here. All donations will be gratefully received and will be registered with the project together with a thank you letter. If an anonymous donation is preferred please mention.

Donate in denominations of £5

Donate in denominations of £25

Donate in denominations of £100

To Donate on eBay click here

Please invest in the future of the byes by helping this project.

More details of the project will follow.

“Biodiversity is the greatest treasure we have. It needs to be protected at all costs.” Sir David Attenborough

“God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools”. John Muir

When visiting Sidmouth a lovely walk is to follow the Byes from Sidford to Sidmouth making sure you explore Margret’s meadow at the half way point. The walk is about 2km 1½ mile

If visiting Sidmouth by bus X53 X54 52A 52B 899 get off in Sidford and walk down byes lane, past the football and rugby pitches to the entrance of the byes.

Sidmouth Town Plan Bus routes from Devon County Council

If visiting Sidmouth by bike, make use of the improved cycle path into Sidmouth along the byes.

If visiting Sidmouth by car, some free on street parking is available on byes lane, Sidford.

Follow the direction of the river until you reach the seafront in Sidmouth.

A Google satellite view of the byes can be seen here.

View The Byes Environmental Education Project (BEE Project) in a larger map

Follow the Green patch from The Salty Monk Restaurant in Sidford down to where it meets Salcombe road in Sidmouth.

Some history of Sidmouth.

http://bit.ly/SidmouthHistory

http://bit.ly/SidValeSimouthHistory

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Bee Project Byes Sidmouth www.apachetramp.com

PRASEG News

This newsletter is produced by PRASEG for distribution to members once a week. PRASEG seeks to provide readers with news and parliamentary information related to renewable and sustainable energy issues.

PRASEG is a cross-party parliamentary group with 126 parliamentary and 250 industry members.

If you would like to become a member, please contact Rose Dickinson, the PRASEG Coordinator, at info@praseg.org.uk

For further information on the group, visit the PRASEG website at www.praseg.org.uk

Download your pdf copy of Praseg News 30th July 2010

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Alan Whitehead PRASEG Chair

Kaieteur Tree Planting fund

During National Tree Week in November 2009 Kaieteur Tree planting fund organised a campaign to give trees to local schools. It was to help enhance the grounds of the school, allow some children to become ‘tree guardians’ and help to celebrate the United Nations International year of biodiversity 2010

Sidmouth All Saints Infants

The campaign raised a total of £356.60 with generous donations from East Devon Carbon management programme overseen by Councillor Graham Brown

Sidmouth in Bloom

The Vision for Sidmouth transition town group

Along with many customers of local businesses giving generously.  It helped that the Sidmouth Chamber of Commerce supported the campaign

St Nicholas C of E Junior

In January 2010 5 local schools benefitted with a large collection of native tree saplings, along with several apple trees and blueberry bushes.

Sidmouth All Saints Infants

Sidmouth Infants School

St Nicholas C of E Junior School

St. John’s School

Sidmouth College

Sidmouth Infants School

Sidmouth in Blooms theme for this year as set out by the RHS Britain in bloom 2010 is ‘Local Roots’ Their campaign is gathering momentum for a medal attempt in this year’s competition, making the most of Sidmouth’s rich history, they are eagerly requesting volunteers to offer a few hours of their time.  Contact Sidmouth in Bloom 01395 579965

Trees for the Byes Campaign

Kaieteur is organising the next local tree campaign ‘Trees for the Byes campaign’ collecting to add trees to the local beauty spot, The Byes in Sidmouth Devon. Please help by donating here.

The planting of trees is one of the best long term solutions to increasing biodiversity. To help celebrate 2010 International Year of biodiversity you can buy tree saplings from kaieteur here, or donate to help us plant them on your behalf here.

Further reading:

Download a PDF copy of East-Devon-District council draft carbon management plan

Download a PDF copy of Sources Of Information for RHS Britain in bloom theme for 2010 local roots sidmouth

Free trees and educational resources can be discovered on the woodland trust tree for all website.

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Resurgence Magazine Review

It’s simple: Resurgence magazine offers substance and inspiration.  The magazine is issued six times a year and features interesting and intelligent articles, poetry and artwork by regarded international authors who share The Resurgence Trust’s passion for life.  The current January/February issue focuses on the idea of liberty and includes articles on William Blake and freedom by Philip Pullman: the road beyond Copenhagen by Stephen Hale: and from the Richard Dimbleby Lecture, HRH The Prince of Wales talks about utilising natures capital for a new form of economics.

As the name suggests, Resurgence is about recovery; a recovery to that alignment of mind body and soul that comes from working creatively with our environment, rather than working against it.  The resurgence website

www.resurgence.org (which for a free taster provides some interesting articles) states that they advocate trade with responsibility, money with morals, politics with principles and science with a soul.

At the forefront of new developments, technology and fresh thinking Resurgence gives readers the feeling of being at the very head of a revolution.  It really can’t be stressed enough; as we have less and less time to stop and read, make what you do read count by reading Resurgence.

Volcanic region of Ecuador by Emma Brice

This beautiful magazine is a joy to have around you, for when you have those moments to relax.

It is available to buy from the magazine section of the Kaieteur Website

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The mouth of the River Sid Sidmouth

The Transition Town Movement

is continuing to sweep the UK and the globe, encouraging communities to come together and prepare for the challenges and opportunities of Peak Oil and Climate Change.  To view how many ‘official’ groups are now spanning the globe view, have a look at the Transition town web site.

‘In Transition’ First Detailed film about Transition Towns movement

This blog post about the  Sidmouth Transition Town Group will be updated with a PDF of the latest going on from The Vision Group for Sidmouth (Sidmouth transition town group).

Visit the Vision group web site here.

Contacts:

The chairman Robert Crick 01395 519292

Secretary Jeremy Woodward jaydoubleyou@onetel.com

Press secretary Liz Bramley  lizbramley@btinternet.com

Community Market coordinator Kerry Gibbons kerryjg@tiscali.co.uk 07973 137592

Click here for your PDF DOWNLOAD Sidmouth Transition Town Group update December 2009

Click here for your PDF DOWNLOAD Sidmouth Transition Town Group update January 2010

Click here for your PDF DOWNLOAD Sidmouth Transition Town Group update February 2010

Click here for your PDF DOWNLOAD Sidmouth Transition Town Group update March 2010

Click here for your PDF DOWNLOAD Sidmouth Transition Town Group update April 2010

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Recommended reading material:

The Transition Timeline for a local resilient future by Shaun Chamberlin

Many associated books can be food here!

Donate to help plant more trees in The Byes Sidmouth.

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A google map of location can be viewed here.

23rd December 2009 2pm

Sidmouth Devon Jurassic coast silhouette

Sidmouth Devon Jurassic coast Fingers in the sea

Sidmouth Devon Jurassic coast jacobs ladder beach

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