NEW POLICY – HOMES IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
ONE PLANET DEVELOPMENT – Pembrokeshire policy adopted by Wales On Tuesday Jane Davidson announced a new set of policies for Wales. The most revolutionary is ‘One Planet Development’ This allows people to build a home in town or countryside, irrespective of past planning boundaries. The home and the lifestyle will have to be approaching ‘one planet’, ...
NANT-Y-CWM AND NIM
I was in a darkened room, only a few candles lit up greenery clothing the walls. The little wooden school chairs were full of parents, their young children at the front. A woman stood before them telling a tale. She told of a traveller…
BOVINE TB

FRESH NEWS: BADGER CULL STOPPED The Badger Trust's appeal has been upheld so the cull hs been stopped!. We spent two hours talking to Elin Jones about this issue - time well spent we felt. There were several outcomes, some now irrelevant. One was to invite Elin to North Pembrokeshire to talk about the future of agriculture and ...
URGENT: Do We Want Hydro Power?

HYDRO POWER ...IF YOU SAY SO NOW! ONLY UNTIL JUNE 11 TO RESPOND!! ENVIRONMENT AGENCY ASK, "WHAT CHANGES ARE NEEDED TO MAKE IT EASIER TO GET HYDRO POWER?" https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/portal/ho/br/hydro/power?tab=info link to consultion Bit worrying, there is consultation on simplifying the permission rigmarole to get hydro power and most of the responses I have read say no way, this ...
Wind Scrapes Through!

A historic vote approved Infinergy’s Wear Point wind turbine application today, but frighteningly narrow; 9 for, 8 against. A Pembs South East Energy member said, “if they didn’t pass this one they wouldn’t pass anything.” Historic too because of the courage of the county councillor, Maureen Mollinew who spoke in support because of climate change and energy ...
Events

Please contact the venues listed to confirm booking. Bat Walk Cilgerran Wildlife Centre June 1st 8pm Become your very own bat detective Wildlife Trust Officer Nathan Walton will take you through the interesting life of bats, followed by an opportunity to become your very own bat detective with a walk along the river in search of bats. Adult Price: £3.00 The ...
EcoTours
FOUR MILE WALK TO VISIT DIVERSE ECO-HOMES IN CILGWYN NEXT TOURS: Sundays June 2010 - get in touch for date. 10am to 4.30 pm. Visit 8 homes, with all the renewables - power and heat from wind, water, sun, woods and the earth. There is a passiv house office, off and on-grid homes and communities, low impact and less so! People ...
The Cry of the Sea

It is fish week in Pembrokeshire, and barely a whisper of the greatest depletion the world faces, sea fish.Yet awareness laps the skirts of County Hall and has trickled into the remote coves where dwell the few remaining hunters of the deep. There are far fewer fisherman than in the days when fishing supported whole villages, ...
British Campaigner Urges U.N. to Accept “ECOCIDE” as an International Crime

A campaign to declare the mass destruction of ecosystems and international crime against peace - alongside genocide and crimes against humanity- is being launched in the UK The proposal for the United Nations to accept "ecocide" as a fifth "crime against peace", which could be tried at the International Criminal Court (ICC), is the brainchild ...

