Author: JW

Businesses are always looking to ways to bring down costs – and also to engage with customers – and the ideas round a ‘circular economy’ can really help in a very practical way. A ‘circular economy’ simply means that enterprises reuse materials, eliminate waste and repurpose, remanufacture and refurbish – as this graphic shows: What… Continue reading Ideas to help make your business more sustainable: CIRCULAR ECONOMY

One of the many ideas coming out of the Champions Awards 2023 has been to shorten and localise supply lines – itself part of the idea of making business more ‘sustainable’: What is ‘sustainability’ – and how can we help the environment? – Sustainable Sidmouth Champion Awards The latest research suggests this is indeed a… Continue reading Ideas to help make your business more sustainable: SUPPLY CHAINS

There are all sorts of practical ideas and tried & tested actions which businesses can run with to both save costs and ‘save the environment’ a little: What businesses can do to ‘SAVE MONEY: SAVE THE PLANET’ If you know of a business in the Sid Valley which is doing good things, why not nominate… Continue reading Ideas to help make your business more sustainable

A campaign to find the UK’s favourite local business this Christmas has been launched: Campaign searches for the UK’s favourite local business | Housewares News And there’s the attraction of prizes: Win £500 and help us find the UK’s Favourite Local Business. Local businesses are the beating heart of every community serving up the best… Continue reading The UK’s Favourite Local Business

We all want more green spaces… Here’s quite a radical approach to funding and local decision-making – but it’s resulted in some fabulous new ‘green spaces’ – as reported in yesterday’s Observer: Money to grow: radical policy helps UK communities green their own spaces ‘Participatory budgets’ such as one project in east London are revitalising… Continue reading A green project for Sidmouth? GREEN SPACE

There are some fantastic ‘green projects’ emerging – literally on the streets. Today’s Observer has been on the streets of Walthamstow – “about to become its own power station, with solar energy for 30 homes”: Power to the people: the neighbours turning their London street into a solar power station | Solar power | The Guardian Could… Continue reading A green project for Sidmouth? A POWER STATION ON YOUR STREET

There are all sorts of inspiring ideas out there for ‘green projects’ – the sort of thing which could be entered for a Sustainable Sidmouth Champions Award 2023. Radio 4 took us to the back streets of Belfast, to walk through some inspiring urban landscapes: In recent years, residents of some streets have got together… Continue reading A green project for Sidmouth? COMMUNITY ALLEY GARDENING

The latest Herald covered the appointment of the six-member panel of judges for the Sustainable Sidmouth Champions Awards: Judges appointed for 2023 Sustainable Sidmouth Champions Awards | Sidmouth Herald Here’s the full press release: Champions Awards judges panel announced How are you managing to save money and at the same time help save the environment?… Continue reading Champions Awards judges keen to hear about green projects

The achievements and triumphs of women across the South West peninsular have just been celebrated: West Country Women Awards – Recognising Inspirational Women The Herald reports: WINNERS of the inaugural West Country Women Awards were announced at a Grand Ceremony and Gala Dinner at the Crowne Plaza in Plymouth. More than 320 guests, finalists and… Continue reading West Country Women Awards

Which businesses in the Sid Valley deserve some recognition for their efforts to be both successful and green? Which enterprises deserve a Sustainable Sidmouth Champions Award 2023? This week, it was the turn of the WMN to hand out the gongs – recognising the efforts of business across the West Country in 2022: The Western Morning… Continue reading WMN’s Environmental & Sustainability Award and Tourism & Hospitality Resilience Award go to…