News and reports about events and community in and around Totnes in Devon
14th January 2020 Campaigners from the “Save Dartington” and “Don’t Bury Dartington Under Concrete” have increased pressure on Trustees of the internationally-renowned but beleaguered Dartington Hall Trust this week.Campaigners are seeking to prevent the Trust from selling off 8.7 hectares of land for housing because of the serious impacts that the air pollution and congestion…
Totnes Town Mill Waterwheel Restoration Project. 13th January 2020 A restoration grant is being sought by the charity, Totnes Trust, for repairs to the Water Wheel that is part of an historic and important 16th century, Grade II Listed industrial building known as Town Mill, Coronation Road, Totnes. The property is now in the ownership…
With election pundits arguing that young voters could play a pivotal role in this election, a Dartingon-based brewery is doing its bit to support and mobilise young voters on election day. New Lion Brewery, which recently became one of the UK’s only 100% community-owned breweries, is offering a free pint on polling day to every…
27th November 2019 Today I joined ‘a community of 17073117’ by downloading the App “Too Good To Go” onto my phone. This was to celebrate the arrival of Morrisons’ onto the App- as a supplier of a ‘Market Street Magic Box‘– Morrisons adding their 569+ stores to the 2,861 UK retailers already taking part in…
November 25th 2019 Totnes has taken the invitation to be one of 3 UK towns trailing a new kind of website this winter – a user-led not-for-profit online hub that will provide pages for all kinds of community needs under one web address. The ‘www.TotnesTQ9.com‘ website is the result of a digital project called EEIO,…
Totnes is no stranger to a good lantern festival… …but this one is planning to be slightly different. The focus is specifically on the crisis we now face regarding the alarming awareness of species extinction. Steve Nayar is a local artist who has dedicated his work to highlight endangered species and works closely with WWF…
These are your local candidates. The ‘Virtual Hustings’ Uniquely, this article is going to stay away from editorial comment and leave (almost) everything to you and the candidates. Unlike other publications pushing one side of the political agenda, the Totnes Pulse is proud to be neutral, and to support engagement with political representatives who…
23rd October 2019 – -Totnes Town Council has Declared a Climate & Ecological Emergency With the involvement of Totnes residents and businesses as well as the views of visitors and experts, The Town Council are asking for assistance in creating an Action Plan that will enable the town to be Carbon Neutral by 2030 and support…
15th October 2019 Over 100 people from Totnes have taken to the streets of London to protest government inaction on the climate emergency and ecological destruction, with at least 12 local people arrested so far. They joined concerned citizens from across the country in the October Rebellion, two weeks of non-violent direct action by Extinction…
15th October 2019 The Art of Three will be exhibiting paintings, mixed media works, sculptures and a large-scale paper installation at the forthcoming exhibition; ‘The Power of Making’ opening at The Gallery at the Ariel Centre, King Edward VI Community College, Totnes, in November A collaboration of three Devon-based artists; Melanie O’Hanlon, Sue Rossiter…