Environment theme update

Paul Sadler

Chair of Environment South Hams

Environment theme update

• Environment theme topics – connections?

• Environment South Hams update

• Illustrations of topics

• Devon Futures work

Local food for and grown in/by the Community

Obesity reduced

Healthy body/mind Food miles reduced

Greenhouse gas emissions reduced

The story of local foodIn South Hams - as capturedby ESH in November 2009

Physical activity

Shared gardens AllotmentsCommunity

OrchardsGuerilla

gardening

Food for free

Can be important in dispersed communities

Local commercial growers

Community supported farming

Alan’s point for LAA/DSP – how can we better

connect commercial growers with local distributors and sellers?

Cost and licence for stall holders

Higher level outcomes:

This entails:

Local food outcome

Local food, consumed locally

Facts about these activities including barriers

Activities, ideas, solutions

1) Planning Permission – depends on site specifics e.g. landscape issues,

views of committee2) Land availability – Wembury PC

worked with National Trust, lateral thinking,3) Funding – Parish/Town Councils can help,

landowners charge rent4) Huge waiting list in South Hams

5) Rules!6) Ivybridge successes, Totnes successes

NSALG has a step by step guide to allotments

Allotments Association in South Hams is helpful too

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Less waste to landfill

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Greenways, safe access, pathsBerry Pomeroy – True Street

Collaton – Newton FerrersWoolston Green – Landscore (Staverton)

Ringmore – St Anns Chapel (Bigbury)Lee Moor – Shaugh Prior

Halwell village

new play spaces for toddlers, juniors and 8-13 year olds in Dartmouth (Townstal), Woolwell, Kingsbridge & Ivybridge.

New play facilities in Totnes will be built this summer.New skate facilities in Kingsbridge, Ivybridge and Dartmouth

Refurbished tennis courts in Kingsbridge, Totnes & DartmouthNew community garden at The Leechwell, Totnes

More than 50 improved parks and play spaces throughout the market towns and rural parishes of the South Hams.