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Last updated: 2009-05-06
This camp exists to publicise and take direct action against Shell which plans to drill 80 boreholes in the Sruth Fhada Chonn estuary in Ireland, a EU Special Area of Conservation. Shell is starting a massively damaging scheme of work shortly and people are needed to help! Campaign websites: www.rossportsolidaritycamp.org/ www.shelltosea.com/
Licence application and more details from Shell and other stakeholders at www.corribgaspipeline.com/index.php...
A big thank you to everyone who made this such a sociable event this Saturday. About 70 people came to enjoy the sunshine and woodland and take a tour around our dwellings which were open for the day. We hope it was as interesting for you as it was for us - thank you for sharing your enthusiasm, ideas and constructive criticism, and for your donations. We hope to see everyone again soon.
An incinerator plant, ash treatment facility and landfill (in planning jargon, a "Resource Recovery Centre") is proposed to be built by the company Viridor, sited on the banks of the River Yealm, two miles from Ivybridge (pop. 15,000). The centre will handle 275,000 tonnes of waste a year, transported by HGV. The access road will be built through ancient woodland. For more info see the Viridor proposal at http://www.viridor-consultation.co.uk/index.php?contentId=162 and read about the potential impact at http://www.riveryealm.com/ This site also has links to the Facebook protest and info pages.
It is not too late to express your concern to Devon County Council. Address your correspondence to the planning officer Sue Penaluna, Re: Application Reference DCC/2975/2010 "The New England Recovery Centre". You can email your letter to sue.penaluna@devon.gov.uk or by post to The Planning Officer, DCC, County Hall, Exeter EX2 4QW.
An expensive incinerator that must burn rubbish to justify its existence will not encourage solutions to the underlying problems of resource consumption, over-packaging and inbuilt obselence. Waste can be managed efficiently by a community company, creating opportunities for community building and education, demonstrating methods of reducing and recycling waste. It encourages local economic development, by offering employment, skill-sharing and networkng. Proper Job in Chagford is an excellent local example and this could be replicated across Devon.
Chris & Owen have purchased a LT15 Wood Mizer mobile sawmill and it has already been put to good use, sawing up the Scots Pine that was felled, cut and stacked over the winter. We now have lots of stacks of seasoning sawn planks.
The forthcoming launch of the Permaculture and Organic Growers of Exeter - POGOE. Everyone who would like to see more growing in Exeter - whether it be of food, communities or green spaces - is welcome to come to network and be inspired. Wednesday 7th April, Global Centre, 17 St. David's Hill, Exeter, 6-9.30 pm. Launch begins with a showing of 'Farm for the Future' at 6. From 7.30 the space is open for informal discussion. www.pogoe.org
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