Cheese scones
Making cheese scones today with my 4 year old assistant pastry chef Aleck. Used this recipe from the BBC food website, which took about 15 mins to make and a further 15 mins in the oven. I did put about double the cheese in though as wanted quite tasty ones, and glad I did [...]
S’cone before you know it…
Posted June 29th, 2010 by sharon. Comment (0).
Upottery Climate Change/Transition Group
Posted June 29th, 2010 by sharon. Comment (0).
I blogged a couple of weeks ago about my hopes for a transition group in Upottery near Honiton. See http://www.sharonpavey.org/transition-upottery/
Since then I’ve put posters up and we’ve had some press coverage – in the View From Honiton newspaper and the primary school newsletter . The Upottery Parish Pump comes out on Thursday and there should [...]
Planet-Friendly Farming Bill
Posted June 29th, 2010 by sharon. Comment (0).
The Friends of the Earth ‘Food Chain’ campaign has taken a massive step forward with the introduction of a new meat and dairy Bill in Parliament.
Robert Flello, Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent South, was the second name pulled out of the hat in the annual Private Members’ Ballot on 10 June.
Being selected so near the top of the ballot means he has [...]
Listen to Honiton Parents!!!
Posted June 27th, 2010 by sharon. Comment (1).
There was a public meeting in Honiton on Saturday (26th June 2010) at the Royal British Legion and I managed to pop along for part of it. It is part of a series of consultation exercises so the NHS (Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust) can listen to the views of people in the [...]
Caroline Lucas on the Budget
Posted June 22nd, 2010 by sharon. Comment (0).
Caroline Lucas, Britain’s first Green MP and leader of the Green Party, comments on today’s budget:
“In spite of the Chancellor’s protestations, this budget was neither unavoidable nor fair. Instead it was a massively failed opportunity to shift the economy onto a fairer, greener pathway.
“Devastating public spending cuts, of the sort announced today, are not ‘unavoidable.’ They [...]
Beech Hayes Farm Open Day
Posted June 19th, 2010 by sharon. Comment (0).
Visited Beech Hayes Farm in Churchinford, Somerset last Sunday – they have a fabulous annual open day. Weather was great, lots of tea and cakes and interesting stalls. Ice cream galore, baby animals and a few familiar faces. Then a mad dash off to a children’s party my little boy was going to at a [...]
Clegg aims to re-balance parental responsibility
Posted June 19th, 2010 by sharon. Comment (0).
Nick Clegg today vowed to end the tradition that sees mothers do the lion’s share of looking after children by giving fathers the right to far more flexible leave.
The Deputy Prime Minister attacked the ‘measly’ two weeks he was given when his third son was born as he gave a major speech on the family. [...]
Transition Upottery
Posted June 6th, 2010 by sharon. Comment (1).
After a busy first half of the year, setting up the East Devon branch of the Green Party then running for the General Election, I’m turning my attention to green issues on my doorstep. Although I currently live in a rural area between the small Blackdown Hills villages of Stockland and Membury, my two children [...]
Recession sees increase in mental health problems
Posted June 4th, 2010 by sharon. Comment (1).
The number of people suffering stress, anxiety and depression because of redundancies, job insecurity and pay cuts owing to the recession is soaring, a study published by academics from Roehampton University and the children’s charity Elizabeth Finn Care reveals.
Worries about the effects of the downturn have produced a sharp rise in people experiencing symptoms of [...]