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.

Ginkgo Biloba 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 Biloba 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.

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

This links to a larger copy of the Byes Google Map

Inspiration for the Bee project comes from The United Nations International Year of Biodiversity 2010 and  The International Year of Forests 2011

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 Margaret’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.

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

To contact the group please email:  sidmouthbeep@gmail.com

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Bee Project Byes Sidmouth www.apachetramp.com

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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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

Latest Newsletter available below:

Click here for your PDF DOWNLOAD Sidmouth Transition Town Group update January 2011

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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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E.G. What the item is? Likes dislikes. Anything else you can say about the item or items.

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If you havent visited sidmouth yet we can be found through this google map.

Kaieteur in the visit Sidmouth guide book, have a look here

For a complete pdf guide to Sidmouth Town centre please download from this link from Sidmouth town council.

Kaieteur is on the Sidmouth Chamber of Commerce website.

Hello from Kaieteur Sidmouth Devon

Kaieteur environmenatl books and wind turbine

Kaieteur solar radio with Imogen

Reforestation

Saturday 5th December 2009 saw a world record attempt organised by BBC Breathing Places

The world record for trees planted in 1 hour by 100 people or less was wiped out at Gransha Park, along the River Foyle in Northern Ireland.

A committed few, planted 26422 trees in 1 hour with pop star Nadine Coyle helping out. That’s an average of 264 trees each person in one hour!

BBC Breathing Places Treeoclock world record & Northern Ireland World record BBC report

At that rate with collective effort:

If half of the American military planted trees for 1 hour 192 million trees would get planted

If half of the Chinese military planted trees for 1 hour 454 million trees would get planted

If half of the UK population planted trees for one hour 8 billion trees would get planted

If half of the USA population planted trees for one hour 40 billion trees would get planted

If half of the Indian population planted trees for one hour 155 billion trees would get planted

If half of the Chinese population planted trees for one hour 176 billion trees would get planted

If half of the world’s population planted trees for 1 hour 883 billion trees would get planted

Kaieteur Tree Planting Fund

Here in Sidmouth, East Devon we did manage a leisurely 100 tree saplings being planted by the local Transition town group for Sidmouth, vision group volunteers and members of the Sidmouth in bloom committee at the beautiful local Harcombe hill Living Woods as reported by the Sidmouth Herald

Download a PDF copy of the article in the local Sid Vale newspaper here.

A recent collection during this year’s national tree week 25th November until 6th December, organised by Kaieteur in aid of the Sid Valley Trees for Schools Campaign saw £356.60 collected to distribute tree sapling to local schools. Thanks to everyone that donated, this varied from 1p to £100.

3 big donors were East Devon District Council Carbon management team, Sidmouth in bloom committee and the Sidmouth vision group. We will be distributing the trees after the Christmas break.

Please donate here towards our next tree planting campaign ‘trees for the byes’ to help keep The byes in Sidmouth green.

As Ralph Waldo Emerson famously said “The creation of a thousand forests are in one acorn”

Professor Wangari Maathai, founder of the Green Belt Movement and 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and HSH Albert II, Sovereign Prince of Monaco are overseeing the United Nations Billion tree campaign with 9 billion trees pledged to be planted.

Professor Wangari Maathai really is the queen of tree planting as she shows in the amazing documentary: Taking Root which highlights much of her work with the Green Belt Movement

To buy your own tree sapling as a beautiful gift or to plant out yourself click here.
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