The more we delve into the subject of Plastic pollution the more shocking it gets, with new stats, images, and videos coming out everyday. It was for this reason we felt we had to do more. By taking on the Atlantic row, we have a unique platform to inspire action for the cause, as well as provide vital funding for SAS Ocean schools. We want the Row for the Ocean campaign to leave a legacy, involving as many communities as possible and make a tangible difference in our home city of Exeter. That’s why we’re aiming to make Exeter one of the first plastic-free cities in the U.K.
So what does this mean, would Exeter really be plastic free? Well in a word, no, as much as plastic can be harmful to the environment, it can also be extremely useful- for example in an MRI machine that for obvious reasons couldn’t use metal and needs something robust. It’s estimated that 50% of plastic is used only once and then thrown away. This ‘single-use’ plastic is what we want to target by reducing the use of plastic coffee cups, utensils, takeaway containers, toothbrushes, straws and plastic bottles to name a few.
https://www.rowfortheocean.co.uk/plastic-free-exeter
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Exeter is positioning itself as a global leader in sustainable living, but many obstacles to becoming a world-class environmental exemplar remain. If reality is to match rhetoric, significant local challenges must be met.
Attempts to deal with such problems are hampered by the way public policy is determined and delivered. Meanwhile other powerful yet unaccountable organisations and actors also significantly influence decision-making which affects us all.
Good quality local news coverage can help address these issues by providing accurate, relevant, timely information about who is deciding what on whose behalf and how the bill for these decisions will be paid.
However, the capacity of the press to perform these essential public interest tasks has been eroded and the editorial independence of existing local media is at risk.
Exeter Observer is part of an agile, innovative local news sector that has emerged in response to these systemic challenges to deliver independent community journalism with public interest at its heart.
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Welcome to Food Exeter! A charity working for sustainable and healthy food for all in Greater Exeter.
We seek lasting change to our local food system by tackling the issues of food poverty,
diet-related ill health, food waste and unsustainable farming practices.
Our focus is on achieving strategic, step change across the city.
Food Exeter c/o St Sidwells Community Centre, Sidwell Street, Exeter EX4 6NN
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Exeter is a city in Devon, England, on the River Exe 36 miles (58 km) northeast of Plymouth and 65 miles (105 km) southwest of Bristol. It is the county town of Devon, and home to Devon County Council and the University of Exeter.
In Roman Britain, Exeter was established as the base of Legio II Augusta under the personal command of Vespasian. Exeter became a religious centre in the Middle Ages. Exeter Cathedral, founded in the mid 11th century, became Anglican in the 16th-century English Reformation. In the late 19th century, Exeter became an affluent centre for the wool trade, although by the First World War the city was in decline. After the Second World War, much of the city centre was rebuilt and is now a centre for business and tourism in Devon and Cornwall.
The administrative area of Exeter has the status of a non-metropolitan district under the administration of the County Council; a plan to grant the city unitary authority status was scrapped by the 2010 coalition government.
Lockdown Necessities:
https://exeter.gov.uk/clean-safe-city/community-safety/coronavirus/
https://www.lockdownexeter.co.uk/
OpenSourceMaps:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=exeter#map=13/50.7173/-3.5106
Tithe Maps:
https://www.devon.gov.uk/historicenvironment/tithe-map/alphington/
https://www.devon.gov.uk/historicenvironment/tithe-map/exeter-heavitree/
https://www.devon.gov.uk/historicenvironment/tithe-map/exeter-holy-trinity/
https://www.devon.gov.uk/historicenvironment/tithe-map/exeter-st-david/
https://www.devon.gov.uk/historicenvironment/tithe-map/exeter-st-edmund/
https://www.devon.gov.uk/historicenvironment/tithe-map/exeter-st-leonard/
https://www.devon.gov.uk/historicenvironment/tithe-map/exeter-st-mary-steps/
https://www.devon.gov.uk/historicenvironment/tithe-map/exeter-st-sidwell/
https://www.devon.gov.uk/historicenvironment/tithe-map/exeter-st-thomas/
https://www.devon.gov.uk/historicenvironment/tithe-map/pinhoe/
https://www.devon.gov.uk/historicenvironment/tithe-map/sowton/
https://www.devon.gov.uk/historicenvironment/tithe-map/topsham/
Walks:
River Exe Wild Walk: https://www.devonwildlifetrust.org/wild-walks
Parks and Gardens
https://www.parksandgardens.org/places/locality/exeter
Memories:
http://www.exetermemories.co.uk/index.php
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Transition Exeter's groups and projects emerge out of our conversations, inspirations and actions. All activities are aimed at transitioning Exeter towards a low carbon city. Anyone can join in, and anyone can start new initiatives.
http://www.transitionexeter.org.uk/
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St Katherine's Priory
..was a Benedictine Nunnery founded in 1159 and dissolved in 1539. The surviving 2 storey building (thought to date from C13 is Grade II star listed, with much character, and several original features. Both the buildings and the beautiful grounds are maintained by volunteers.
Stoke Hill Community Association
…has been in existence since 1978. It organises a number of events at St Katherine’s Priory and hosts weekly and monthly activities. The association is run entirely by volunteers.
http://www.stkatherinespriory.co.uk/
St Katherine's Priory St Katherine's Road, Exeter EX4 7JY
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/www.stkatherinespriory.co.uk/
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Read more: St Katherines Priory / Stoke Hill Community Association
Friends of Mincinglake is a community group, under the umbrella of Transition Exeter, who aim to empower local people to use and become involved with the management of their local valley park. Initial activities have centred around the community orchard and have included an apple juicing day and an apple tree adoption and wassail. The group aims to engage residents in “green gym” activities around the park by giving them a sense of ownership for their local green space.
http://www.transitionexeter.org.uk/
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Exeter’s multi-coloured history
Who came here? Who lived here? Where in the world did they come from?
Exeter, in south west England, is a city that people often assume has always been White Anglo-Saxon. Our team of community researchers have discovered that's only partly true.
Since its beginning in Roman times, through Saxon and Viking invaders, Medieval Jews and 'Aliens', enslaved Africans and the twentieth century Windrush Generation, Exeter has been, and continues to be multi-cultural.
http://www.tellingourstoriesexeter.org.uk/
The Telling Our Stories Finding Our Roots website is a resource for multicultural education and exploration highlighting the diversity in Devon and Exeter's local history.
The product of our community research project exploring multiculturalism and diversity in Exeter, supporting Black History Month and Exeter’s Respect festival with information on our story-telling events, local history, films and schools activities.
Exeter's Abolitionists
Community Researcher, Di Cooper (with Chantal Kouadio), investigates the Slavery Abolition Movement in Exeter uncovering significant support from the people of Exeter, with leading Quakers, Unitarians, MPs and businessmen among those who supported the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade founded by Thomas Clarkson in 1787. Di has compiled a fascinating array of documents from Exeter Flying Post and other sources which illuminate Exeter's contribution to the Abolitionist's cause.
http://www.tellingourstoriesexeter.org.uk/index.php?page=abolitionists
The image shows the famous "Am I Not A Man And A Brother?" design for the medallion created as part of anti-slavery campaign by Josiah Wedgwood, 1787.
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RisingUp! - Extinction Rebellion
Extinction Rebellion is a part of the Rising Up movement and is coordinating a nonviolent rebellion against 30 years of criminal inaction by the UK government on the climate emergency and ecological crisis. The science is done - we are now heading for extinction. The time has come to take radical and serious political action.
https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/extinction-rebellion-exeter/
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Exeter Green Walks gives people a chance to get out meet new people, have a natter and share ideas – all while enjoying a leisurely stroll around the many gorgeous green spaces of Exeter.
The walks, which take place on the last Sunday of every month, are open to anyone and everyone! Meet-up with the other ‘Green Walkers’ in front of Exeter Cathedral at 2pm.
https://www.facebook.com/Exeter-Green-Walks-161876293858935/ (574)
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