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to the April/May issue of Reconnect.

Festival guide

Our next issue will be the first of our second year and, therefore, officially our birthday issue.

But because this is our sixth, completing our first annual production cycle, it somehow feels more significant.

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You might have noticed a subtle change to our strapline (the text that runs under the ‘Reconnect’ title on the front cover) for this issue – we felt ‘The green living magazine for Exeter, Plymouth and South Devon’ said more about what we have to offer. As always, we’d be delighted to hear what you think.

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If you visit www.reconnectonline.co.uk, you’ll also see that same strapline on our new-look website.

Local food pages 6 - 7

Every new issue can be downloaded from the website with a click of your mouse, so if you have friends outside the region (or even outside of the country), who you think would enjoy Reconnect, just send them the address and they can share a little bit of your world.

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The new website should tell you everything else you need to know about Reconnect, including a list of all our outlets, where you can pick up a copy, and sizes and prices of advertisements. And talking of advertising… I’d like to introduce a new member of the Reconnect team, Bill Murtha, who has joined us to help with advertising sales (you can read more about him, and his books, in this issue).

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It’s the advertisements, of course, that allow us to put the magazine out free of charge, and we’re happy to say more and more local businesses are coming on-board.

If you like what we’re doing with Reconnect, the very best way you can support us is to call on our advertisers when you need the products and services they have to offer. And do, please, tell them where you heard about them…

ONE thing that has always been, and always will be, a feature of Reconnect is its positive attitude.

Now, I’m not coming on all virtuous here – we on the Reconnect team spend as much time clambering onto soapboxes as the next man.

But filling the magazine with the very many exciting things going on across our area makes for a more readable and enjoyable magazine. And we believe that also makes it a more effective magazine.

Is it really necessary to point the accusing fingers at those people, companies and institutions doing harm to individuals, communities and the planet?

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Mud, bogs and Englishmen IT might seem like only weeks since you were scraping the mud off your boots and stashing your sleeping bag away for the winter, but the promise of festival season 2010 is already glowing nicely just beyond the horizon.

And, as always, the Westcountry has some real gems, with at least one new one to add to a busy summer programme of favourites.

We should make it clear that we are talking here about the ‘music and weird stuff in a field’ sort of festival. Devon does also have its share of town and city festivals (Plymouth and Exeter being the obvious examples in our patch), plus specialist events like literary festivals, arts festivals and storytelling festivals.

You can rely on Reconnect to bring you all you need to know about them over the coming months, of course, and you’ll find a story on Quest (which does also include music) on page 9.

SUnRISe CeLeBRAtIon BRUTON, SOMERSET JUNE 3-6 www.sunrisecelebration.com BACK for its fifth year, Sunrise is returning to the organic fields of Gilcombe Farm. As well as an impressive music and comedy line-up (headliners include Zion Train, Alice Russell, Banco De Gaia, Rory McLeod and comedian and social activist Mark Thomas), the festival is this year expanding to include four new stages.

The whole festival is done with a sound environmental ethos, powered by 100 per cent renewable energy, with site-wide compost toilets and organic food and drink. Tickets are £115 for adults, £65 for 16-17 year-olds and £25 for kids 5-15. Or buy a family ticket for £235.

Lynton And LynMoUth MUSIC FeStIvAL (LLAMA) JUNE 11-13 www.llama.org.uk LLAMA is a free, volunteer-run festival based on an admirable “for music, not for profit” principle.

Over three days every June, these two remote North Devon towns are filled with music, with a main stage overlooking the Bristol Channel, but bands also play in pubs, in the church, in halls, in the cinema and on the streets. No line-up details as we go to press, so check out the website (how did they get that llama to pose in headphones?).

BUddhAFIeLd TAUNTON, SOMERSET JULY 14-18 www.buddhafield.com AS we go to press, Buddhafield’s 2010 line-up hasn’t been finalised, but there will be the usual mix of music (‘new folk’, rousing festivals favourites and assorted varieties to dance to), workshops, dance, poetry, children’s area, etc, but less usually, and as the name suggests, also a more spiritual level, including meditation and talks on Buddhism.

The perfect blend of genuine peacefulness (with no drugs or alcohol) and joy-fuelled dance.

ChAGStoCk CHAGFORD JULY 16-17 www.chagstock.info IT all began as a ‘micro-festival’ in someone’s garden and three years later transferred to nearby farmland as Chagstock 2007. Just three years later, the festival is still small and friendly and not too commercial, but the mighty impressive line-up includes The Hoosiers, Seth Lakeman, Oysterband, The Quails and, of course, local boy Ade Edmondson with his Bad Shepherds. Tickets are £55 for adults, £30 for kids (4-15) and £130 for a family (2+2).

SoUth devon FeStIvAL NEWTON ABBOT RACECOURSE JULY 24 www.manor-events.co.uk A NEW one for the local calendar, this, at an unlikely venue (but familiar to anyone who has been to Quest). Backed by local radio stations and the like, it might be a bit too mainstream for some (line-up includes headliner Will Young, The Wurzels and Adrian Edmondson’s Bad Shepherds again), but with a more promising second stage with the like of The Quails and The Normals.

Tickets are £40 for anyone aged 12+, £20 for 5-12 and under 5s free. Kids under 12 must be accompanied by an 18+ adult.

SIdMoUth FoLk Week VENUES ALL OVER SIDMOUTH JULY 30 - AUG 6 www.sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk WE probably don’t need to explain that ‘folk’ is a very broad church these days and that traditional music is only a part of what you’ll find at this world-famous event.

The line-up of artists includes established and new names – “your favourite bands and your NEW favourite bands”, as the organisers put it.

Check out the website for the full rundown and then tell us there’s nothing there for you.

BeAUtIFUL dAyS ESCOT PARK, OTTERY ST MARY AUG 20-22 www.beautifuldays.org STARTED and still run by the political activist band The Levellers, Beautiful Days is in its eighth year, thriving on a determinedly noncorporate, independent mix of music, comedy and theatre, over five stages. Usual camping facilities, wholesome food, local beer, etc. Again no line-up revealed as we got to press, but last year included Hawkwind, The Pogues and Seth Lakeman, so expect similar classic quality – and, of course, The Levellers.

Aeon FeStIvAL SHOBROOKE PARK, CREDITON AUG 27-29 www.aeonfestival.com NOW in its fifth year, Aeon Festival organisers describe it as a “shoestring boutique festival” with “something for everyone, whether you want to chill out by the lake with a book, listen to top class comedy and poetry, watch bands in the amphitheatre or dance like a wild thing in our dance tent.”

“Just blood, sweat and tears and a big dollop of love and passion!” has got them some big-reputation music acts (MJ Cole, Acoustic Ladyland, Julia Biel), plus comedy/poetry (Elvis McGonagall, local hero Matt Harvey), plus a whole load of other stuff.

Full weekend tickets, including camping, are £60 for adults, £45 for 13-16-year-olds, and under-13s are free, if accompanied by a ticket-holding adult.

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Car travel is the single biggest contributor to C02 emissions, well ahead of all other forms of transport, but to help you prise yourself out of your own car’s driving seat there are a growing number of car clubs. And one of the most successful is in Exeter.

Co-Cars has been running since 2004 and now has six vehicles parked up in dedicated spaces across the city – two in Southernhay, one in Heavitree, one near the Picture House, one at Topsham library and one at County Hall.

When members want to use a car, they simply book it by telephone or on the internet, go to the reserved parking space - and drive it away!

To join the club as a single user you pay a refundable deposit of £50, and car use is charged at an hourly rate of £3.95, plus 23.5p per mile, with the first hour free. The club also contributes 0.5p a mile to a carbon fund to help with fuel poverty projects in Devon.

Car clubs can also be used by businesses and organisations and Co-Cars has nine on their books, including Exeter City Council and Devon County Council, so hundreds of employees can travel to work on public transport and then use a Co-Cars vehicle if they need to drive out on a job. There are also no parking charges and no hunt for a parking space, and the city benefits from reduced congestion.

Available by donation Co-Cars Ltd is a not-for-profit social enterprise and aims not just to provide cars but to encourage changes in transport behaviour, aiding climate change, transport and health.

Mark Hodgson, one of the founders of the club, said they now employed two part-timers to carry out checks and admin and, to keep business local, the cars are maintained in Topsham.

Co-cars user Sue Greenhall doesn’t own a car because she believes Exeter has too many already, with all their associated congestion and pollution.

“I try to get around by other means, including public transport or cycling,” she said. “There are times though, that I do need a car and that’s why I belong to a car club. It’s one of the best things I’ve done.

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All in the retail

Festival’s local flavour CREDITON is getting the taste for local food with plans for a second annual Food Festival in June.

Over the weekend of June 19/20, Crediton will host food demonstrations, local stalls with tastings, an evening cabaret and the Big Sunday Lunch.

Events will be held in the town square, locals shops, café and restaurants and in The Crediton Arts Centre, which is sponsoring the festival, as it did last year.

New this year is the Our Food art competition, with classes for up to 10-year-olds, 11-16s and adults, with an exhibition of winners and runners-up. Prizes will be sponsored by Crediton shops and businesses, who will also have entry forms.

Call 01363 772357, email foxbarnard@eclipse.co.uk, or visit www.creditonclimateaction.org.uk.

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YET more developments in the thriving Totnes wholefood shop sector.

As we reported in the last issue, the longestablished Green Life has moved from the bottom of town, in Fore Street, to a new, bigger shop in the Market Square at the top of town.

Now Sacks, who already have a shop in The Narrows, at the top of town, have opened a second store on The Plains – at the bottom of town.

The store was originally opened by Annie’s, in Ticklemore Street, mainly offering wholefoods loose in bins. Now it has been taken over by Sacks and renamed Sacks Too. “We wanted to offer our uniquely attentive and individual service to shoppers at the bottom of town,” said Dave Lacey. “The new shop has had a great reception, and the original Sacks doesn’t seem to have been affected by the new Greenlife store.”

The new Greenlife, meanwhile, is enjoying an increase in takings, particularly on market days.

“The bigger shop means we can hold more stock and display it better,” said Greenlife’s Jamie Sermon. “We do want to soften it, though, and that will happen over time. We also plan to increase our range of toiletries, cosmetics and baby products.”

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EXETER could soon have its own community-owned food store, bakery and café, selling locally produced food in the city centre.

Transition Exeter’s food group has already established a social enterprise company to run the business under the name The Real Food Store.

“The aim is to support local producers, creating a sustainable market for their food and drink,” said a spokesman for Transition Exeter.

“We want to bring the values of good, local, nutritious and affordable produce to a new market.

“We aim by September 2010 to have this core business up and running and be making a real difference to the local food economy of Exeter.”

Transition Exeter will also be working closely with the new Harvest community veg growing project read more elsewhere in this L ocal Food section.

We hope to bring you more in the next issue of Reconnect, but in the meantime you can keep up with developments, or contact those involved, at www.transitionexeter.org.uk.

HEAVY horses could soon be working the land on a community farm near Exeter.

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“We think we may be moving towards heavy horses and traditional farming techniques,” he said, ”which will also have educational possibilities.”

IF you live in South Devon, and want to grow your own veg but lack the necessary skills, a free Community Supported Farming (CSF) course could be just what you need.

The CSF link up communities with farm & land projects and are currently running a series of workshops, during which attendees will sow, tend and harvest, practice storing and preserving and learn the history of plants and their culinary uses - as well as taking some produce home.

The sessions are at Beenleigh Meadows Farm, near Totnes, on Saturdays 10am-3pm. They are free and open to all, but spaces are limited so booking is essential.

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THE community gardening group of Transition Newton Abbot meets every Saturday at Vicary’s Field, near Baker’s Park, and is looking for new volunteers to help with raised beds and veg planting.

“It’s a great way to find out about Transition in action and to meet like-minded folk,” say the group.

“The community garden is a place where you can learn to grow using permaculture principles, meet people from your community, relax and enjoy the quiet and beauty of Vicary’s Field” Pop along any Saturday, call 01626 871211, or visit www.transitionnewtonnbbot.org.uk.

The 40-acre Broadclyst Community Farm, within the National Trust’s Killerton Estate, will be run by local volunteers, who plan to reinstate the original 18th century boundaries and mixed farming.

Those traditional methods will come alive in September, when they play host to a heavy horses ploughing match, and the project’s Cerian Henshaw says they could become a regular feature in the future.

The group launched its proposed business plan for the next five years in March this year and is appealing for voluntary help to look after the farm’s livestock, which may now include Shire and or Suffolk Punch horses.

Said Cerian: “We are going through a rather boring stage for a lot of people but it is very sound business practice. We are setting things up properly - investigating how to do things in a sustainable manner.

We absolutely will not be putting anybody in any sort of risk, either financial or from a health and safety point of view.”

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The group will become a legal entity in May and is looking for people interested in the project to get involved. One way is supporting the development of a working capital fund.

Said Cerian: “There is an opportunity for people who are really behind the scheme to invest in it and hopefully get a higher return than from the bank. We will be issuing shares and bonds.

“We also want people to get involved in the setting up of the business, the administration of it, the financial management and community investment. There are all sorts of different ways they can get involved.”

The project aims to provide the community with organic vegetables from June 2011, and to provide organic meat, vegetables and poultry for 200 families by 2015, when the farm should be financially and environmentally sustainable.

To find out more, or to become involved, call 01392 469715, or visit communityfarm@broadclyst.org.

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Inner-city harvest

It’s hoped some of these new growers will soon want to move onto proper plots of land and for them, and the more experienced growers already on the city’s allotment waiting list, Harvest again has the answer.

“We have been offered two pieces of land for use as community growing plots,” says Laura. “One is right next to our premises in York Road, where Oddfellows Friendly Society has offered the use of its large, currently overgrown garden.

We’d love to hear from anyone in the city with land to spare.

“We also want to set up garden shares, and we will encourage others to join already established schemes in their own areas, like Community Supported Agriculture in Shillingford and the community farm at Broadclyst.

“We want to work with other projects already out there without duplicating what’s already being done.”

Everyone, no matter how involved they are, will be able to take part in public events, including seed and plant swaps, Q&A gettogethers and cooking and eating celebrations at Harvest Festival and other times of the year.

Of course it wouldn’t be a truly worthwhile scheme without some funding issues, and they do still need another £50,000 over the life of the project. Laura said they were particularly grateful for the £7,500 donated by county councillors across the area and the £2,000 contribution from the health service.

Harvest aims to work with 150 households in the first year through the container-growing project alone – 600 over the full three years.

“We of course want people to grow their own food, and to enjoy all the health benefits that brings,” said Laura. “But the long-term benefits should be far greater than that, allowing communities to develop from the bottom up, and in as sustainable a way as possible.”

To find out more, to volunteer or to offer land (or a chunk of that missing £50k – we promise to give you a BIG mention in Reconnect), call Laura on 01392 205801 or email laura@eci.org.uk, or visit www.eci.org.uk/HarvestHarvest

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Sure, it’s cheaper, healthier and tastier. Yes, it keeps you fit, without the need for a gym membership or lycra. And, as you bite into your first home-grown radish, you can even feel good about doing your bit to save the planet.

But growing your grub can have another, bigger effect – it can bring people together. Sharing knowledge, tools... even sharing land and the produce itself.

And a new project in Exeter aims to have just such a lasting effect on the city.

Harvest aims to provide the necessary advice, encouragement, equipment and even land to help Exeter people grow their own food.

And, crucially, the scheme has the funding (over £220,000 of Lottery money over three years) and the support of all the right people (City and County Councils, Exeter Council for Voluntary Service, Devon Wildlife Trust and local businesses) to make it happen.

They’ve already recruited two fulltime workers for the length of the three-year project.

“We will eventually also recruit a team of around 60 volunteers, or Growing Champions, who will get support from project workers and free training from Exeter College,” said Laura Callaway, of Exeter Community Initiatives, the independent voluntary organisation behind Harvest.

Following the success of a pilot scheme in Exeter’s Beacon Heath district, these Growing Champions will first work with those who would otherwise be least likely to grow their own food, because they don’t have land, skills, knowledge or confidence.

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More village action VILLAGES in Action’s Baltic Roots Tour continues into May with virtuoso fiddle player Harald Haugaard and his trio. Catch them at Highweek Village Hall on May 21 call 01626 364268 for tickets.

Rasa Theatre is returning with A Handful of Henna, a new play by Rani Moorthy.

Four performers create a bustling, colourful, piece of theatre centred round two cultures colliding between a mother and daughter.

Rasa Theatre will be at Crediton Arts Centre on April 22 (01363 773260), Lustleigh Village Hall on April 23 (01647 277498) and East Portlemouth Village Hall on April 25 (01548 842185).

New to Devon is New Perspectives Theatre Company, with Those Magnificent Men, a comedy portrayal of pioneering aviators Alcock and Brown.

They will be at East Budleigh Village Hall on April 28 (01395 445129), Lympstone Village Hall on April 29 (01395 23928), Uplyme Village Hall on April 30 (01297 445050), Ideford Village Hall on May 1 (01626 859073).

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Currently, Bowen Therapy practitioner Jeanette Daly is offering an introductory free session and when an acupuncturist, Darren Stoyle, recently joined the practice, he offered 50 per cent off all consultations.

Visit the centre’s website, www.newtonabbot naturalhealthcentre. co.uk, sign up for the centre’s free newsletter and be the first to hear about special discounts and events.

The Newton Abbot Natural Health Centre offers a range of therapies and treatments and also hosts weekly morning and evening classes as well as regular weekend workshops.

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LEARNING by example is a good starting point when spreading the word about energy conservation and in Newton Abbot the town council is leading from the front.

Transition Newton Abbot is working with the council to cut energy use in the town hall and museum buildings.

The buildings were assessed and a range of energy saving and generation measures are set to be installed – and energy saving measures could now be introduced in other historic and listed buildings.

The project forms part of a wider Newton Abbot renewables initiative.

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For some, cold showers summon up bad memories of school days but, according to Jools Bond, a holistic health practitioner in Exeter, cold showers are one of the keys to good health.

“Many people are sceptical and some people find them hard to do,” said Jools, “but having just 15 seconds or so of cold water on the body before you turn on the hot water, is one of the keys to better physical, emotional and mental wellbeing.

My clients who have persevered with the showers have found great benefits.”

Jools helps clients with health, emotional wellbeing, relationships and life guidance in Exeter and Crediton, and gives gives Feng Shui Gong consultations in people’s homes and businesses.

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Quirky art fair EXETER’S “boutique art fair” returns to Exeter Phoenix in Gandy Street on Saturday, April 10.

Called Quirky, and described by organiser Wendy Brooking as “a spring fair for artists, artisans and art lovers,” it will be held in the art centre’s auditorium, 11am-4pm.

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Words of wisdom AS you will have read on page 3 (or will read on page 3 if you read magazines backwards), there is a new member on the Reconnect team, one Bill Murtha, who is helping us cope with the advertising workload.

Bill has quite a story to tell – such a story, in fact, that he’s written a book about it called Dying for a Change.

Suffice to say here that a neardeath experience changed Bill’s life dramatically, inspiring him to write that book (and ultimately to come and work with us), but also to put together another, very special book.

Over four years, Bill travelled the world, spending time with the people who are shaping new thinking on environmental, political and spiritual issues.

His question to all of them was the same: Given the enormity of problems now facing planet Earth at this critical juncture, what are your positive vision and hopes for the future?

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We’re hugely biased, of course, but it all adds up to a read that is both profound and (because of the 100-word format) easily dipped into for a quick, inspiring read.

Better still, proceeds are heading towards The Imagination Project, an innovative non-profit scheme that will help support young, visionary writers, editors and film-makers.

100 Words is £14.99 and launches on May 1 in US and June 1 in the UK, but can be pre-ordered now – ask at your local independent book shop, or visit www.amazon.co.uk.

Quest for a healthier planet ALTHOUGH the Quest festival at Newton Abbot racecourse still describes itself as “your natural health show”, there’s a distinctly green hue to this year’s line-up.

“Quest is the place where you can start turning your wish for healing the planet into practical reality,” says organiser Fiona Bicknell.

A new Transition marquee will give Transition groups the opportunity to spread their message, and Naresh Giangrande from the Transition Network will give a talk.

As well as the usual therapies, personal development and new age products, stands will also include green and “earth-conscious” businesses, selling products handmade in Devon, including carved kitchenware, jewellery and handmade clothes.

Fiona says that Quest, now in its 15th year, also has a family focus and, as well as childcare and creative crèche facilities, there will be talks and workshops specifically for parents and children.

“Now parents can browse the stalls and enjoy the workshops safe in the knowledge their kids are in good hands,” said Fiona.

Of course, music is big part of Quest and this year’s line-up includes bill-toppers Praying for the Rain, whose “ethno-folk” includes accordion, guitars, violin, mandolin, Bodhran, flutes, drums and percussion.

Other performers include Sheelanagig, Exile Project, Quest regulars Nigel Shaw and Carolyn Hillier, Lucinda (from Bliss) and Goma.

Quest 2010 runs July 8-11, with tickets for daily visits at £7.50, a three-day ticket costs £25, and children £4, including a childcare session.

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EMERGING artists are showing their work alongside that of more established local artists at the Harbour House gallery in Kingsbridge.

The open exhibition, called Positive Earth, includes paintings, prints, photography, mixed media works and sculpture, and is open 10am-5pm, Monday to Saturday, until April 21.

Other exhibitions at the gallery include paintings by Simon Dobbs and sculpture by Carl Hahn (April 24-May 9); ink drawings and acrylics by Aline Rose (May 11-16); photography by Dick Todd (May 18-23); and abstract paintings by Emma Carter (May 25-June 6).

Call 01548 854708, or visit www.harbourhouse.org.uk.

Iron Mill Agency THE long-established Iron Mill Institute in Exeter has become a hub for those looking to qualify in the fields of counselling, psychotherapy and clinical psychology.

Its position in the community made it an obvious choice as the host for a new agency, providing a reference point for clients looking for a qualified practitioner - or for practitioners working to extend their business.

The Iron Mill Agency (IMA) was launched on February 8 this year under the umbrella of the institute and numbers of practitioners signing up is growing by the day.

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Derrick said their ambition was to become the UK’s leading client referral facility.

“We hope to provide a platform from which newly qualified practitioners are able to launch into private practise and highly experienced practitioners are able to expand and grow their existing professional practices.”

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Book-Cycle is an entirely volunteerrun organisation which aims to send educational and recreational literature to schools and orphanages in developing countries while also funding tree planting schemes in the UK. The shop houses a huge collection of second hand books, all of which are given away to customers in exchange for a donation – whatever they think the books are worth.

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The charity also runs an initiative called Shelf Cycle, book-lined shelves in community spaces, where customers can again leave a donation and take a title.

Books come from Exeter College, Exeter University and charities such as Oxfam, as well from the public.

Book-Cycle, which also holds community-orientated workshops, including juggling and performance arts, has opened a second branch in a barn at Ide on the outskirts of Exeter.

For more details, call 01392 420021, visit www.book-cycle.org, or call in at the shop at 7 West Street.

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DEVON Guild of Craftsmen are breaking away from their usual crafts to hold a plant sale in aid of their Raise The Roof fund.

Everyone is welcome to the event, at Riverside Mill in Bovey Tracey (the fund is towards maintaining their roof) on Saturday May 22, 10.30am-4pm, and they are also asking for donations of plants, cuttings and crafts books.

Call 01626 832223 to find out more, or visit their website, www.crafts.org.uk.

A FUSION band playing in Totnes in May brings together some top names from the Celtic and world music scenes.

Celtech was formed in 2008 by brothers Ed (drums) and Sonny (bass) Davidson, who had previously provided the rhythm section for reggae-inspired band Avalon Roots.

The rest of the line-up is Daygan Robinson (mandolin), who also plays with Dragonsfly, Jonathan Shorland (flute, pastoral oboe, bagpipes), an ex-member of Welsh band Fern Hill, and Estonian Sille (fiddle, hurdy gurdy, vocals), who recently played a string of dates with Radio Two folk awardwinner Jackie Oates.

Celtech play at The Seven Stars in Totnes on Friday, May 28.

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School’s May fair CELEBRATE the arrival of May at Exeter Steiner School’s traditional May fair.

Everyone is welcome to enjoy Maypole dancing, craft stalls, children’s activities and an organic café.

It’s on Saturday, May 15,11am-4pm, at the school in Merrivale Road. Visit www. exetersteinerschool. com, or call 01392 427200.

Insight from experience LIFECOACH Kate Harris says a combination of personal and professional experience gives her a unique insight into problems faced by people going through difficult times or periods of transition, such as divorce, parenthood and loss.

“I have been through some very difficult times in my life and all of the techniques I share are ones I have used myself in my personal and professional life,” she said. “They have, quite literally, changed my life and I am keen for other people with unrealised hopes and dreams to learn how they can do this for themselves.”

In her farmhouse near Totnes, Kate runs stress management workshops and life coaching taster days to help people to regain a sense of control in their lives, to build their confidence and develop a balanced approach to living.

Kate, who spent 15 years working in the field of mental health and is a qualified occupational therapist, also provides team away-days for professional people and is particularly keen to encourage groups of therapists and healthcare professionals to come along and reassess their aspirations and recover their equilibrium.

“Life coaching is not counselling or psychotherapy,” said Kate.

“It is a forward-looking, positive and action-focused approach.”

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PRODUCING your own energy has always made sense environmentally and, with power company prices soaring and the Government backing installation and generation, it adds up financially too. If you’re involved in the business locally, or you just want to tell us about your greener home (we’d love to hear about insulation projects too), call or email – 01392 346204 or editor@reconnectonline.co.uk

Mark’s smooth transition SOLAR energy company Beco have won the contract to supply and fit solar panels for the Totnes Transition Street project – which has worked out just perfectly for project manager Mark Bloomfield.

Mark moved down to Totnes last September from Wales, where he had worked for the Centre of Alternative Technology in Powys.

He soon got involved in the Transition Totnes garden share scheme and started to cultivate a plot off Plymouth Road… right next to an empty house.

A few enquiries later and that Broomborough Drive house is now home for Mark and his partner, who are both also part of the Transition Street scheme, which encourages like-minded households to develop greener, more sustainable ways of living Meanwhile, having sent out letters to possible employers, he then heard back from Beco, who asked him to be project manager for their newly won project – supplying and fitting solar panels to homes in the Transition Streets project.

“Transition Totnes have played a major part in my new home, garden and job,” said Mark.

“You could say they’ve made it a very smooth transition…”

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District and Totnes Town councils, it is expected ultimately to provide heavily subsidised photo voltaic panels for around 350 homes.

Transition Totnes are currently still inviting homes to take part in the scheme, which takes groups of 8-10 homes in Totnes streets through a ‘greening’ process, culminating in them being assessed for the PV panels, supported by grants ranging from £2,500 to £3,500, plus low-interest loans – or, for eligible households on low incomes, additional grants.

Mark will soon start work on Stage One of the project, which will see Beco supplying and fitting solar panels to the first 71 homes, to be completed by September.

Beco will also be supplying the know-how and discounted hardware for the installation of PV panels on Totnes Civic Hall.

If you live in Totnes and want to be part of the Transition Streets programme, get more information from the TTT website, www.totnes. transitionnetowrk.org, or call 01803 867358. * ONE knock-on effect of the Transition Streets project in Totnes is that, having bought solar system components in bulk, Beco are also offering a similar discount to households across the South Hams – although that £3,000+ grant is only available to Transition Streets participants. Call Beco on 01803 866329 to find out more.

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Devon’s feed-in frenzy THERE looks like being a feed-in frenzy as Devon home-owners catch the sun, and the savings, with solar panels.

New tariffs that came into force in April pay householders who generate their own electricity, and they’ve sparked a rush on panels.

Chris Rudge, who runs a renewable power company in East Devon, said the announcement of the tariffs had generated a mass of phone calls from people enquiring about systems.

And he’s noticed that along with the clients interested in their environmental benefits, he’s hearing from many others who are more motivated by the potential income.

Under the new tariffs, for every unit generated using the photo voltaic (PV) system, you will earn 41.3 pence. On an average three-bedroom house that could mean an income of £800, says Chris - on top of the saving from using electricity you’ve generated, rather than bought from the national grid.

Chris said that the cost of the PV units – his are made in Wales by Sharp - is also dropping. A system for an average three-bedroom home costs about £10,000 and takes eight or nine years to pay back.

Colin Fulcher, of Kenton near Exeter, who had a PV system fitted by Chris last July, says he is waiting to see whether the promised tariffs actually materialise.

“I decided to have them installed before the announcement of the tariffs,” he said. “But it does mean I’m not paying for the electricity I’m generating. There may come a time when electricity is in short supply regardless of cost, so it seemed a sound thing to do.”

Colin said he saw it as a better investment than putting his money into the bank or building society.

“I’m comparing it with what I’m getting in self-generation of electricity and what I would be getting in interest,” he said.

Colin has a dual solar panel system – the PV to generate electricity and a thermal system to heat his hot water, backed up by a back boiler behind the open fire in his living room. Each system took less than a day to fit.

Louise Webb and her partner Mark Wheeler had a PV system fitted by Chris over two years ago at their home in Sandford, near Crediton. Although they are unlikely to benefit from the new tariffs, which are only available to systems fitted after last July, recouping their investment is not a big issue for them.

“It is something we feel very proud to have done,” said Louise.

“Some local people have approached us to ask about it and it’s certainly quite a talking point.

“We know we’ve generated well over 2,000 kWp of electricity and we’ve also been paid in excess of £200 in credits.”

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1996, Simon decided he wanted to spend more time dealing directly public, so he retired from manufacturing and set up a new business, Stoves and Spares, again based on his father’s farm, selling and reconditioning (mainly Woodwarm) stoves for customers across Devon.

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He now also supplies thermal solar hot water kits, around half of them going to DIY customers, although he also supplies, and can recommend, installers, including Bramshaw in Exeter, who were featured in the last issue of Reconnect.

But it is his dealings with customers, in person, by email and for hours over the phone, that has earned Simon his enviable reputation for expertise – and an evangelical enthusiasm to pass it on.

Still based on his father’s farm, with what he describes himself as “a messy showroom”, his overheads are virtually nil.

“I’m in the very privileged position of not having to make a sale,” he explains. “So my priority is to ensure the customer gets exactly what they need to suit their needs. If that means they end up not buying one of my stoves, that’s fine.”

As the woodstove market grows, and people become more aware of technical terms and features, some customers know what they’re looking for.

“The problem is,” says Simon, “they look for all the right features, like air wash and clean-burn, but while many manufacturers can honestly say they have these features, ticking the right boxes, they don’t all work equally well.”

Woodwarm stoves for room heating and/or central heating, flues, chimney systems and spares. Solar thermal and thermal store systems to consolidate your heating. Heritage ‘all-function’ ranges; 2, 3 or 5 ovens are very quiet, economical, powerful and efficient.

Supply of materials for fitting and advice for trade and DIY.

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Simon has particular knowledge of the Woodwarm range of stoves because he was involved in the design of most of them (and they are manufactured about 10 yards away). He describes them as “second generation designs” and admits their more advanced technology doesn’t come cheap.

“But the benefits, in terms of heat produced against fuel burnt, means the customer soon reaps the benefits,” says Simon.

And talking of fuel, logs are another subject on which Simon has very strong views, but that will have to wait for a future issue. Unless you want to get in touch with Simon and ask The Guru yourself…

Call 01884 33559, visit www.woodwarm.co.uk, or email simon@woodwarm.co.uk.

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Where fair art thou?

THE South West Contemporary Art Fair has proved so popular since it launch in 2005, it has outgrown its original Exeter Phoenix home and moved to the Civic Hall in Totnes.

The fair showcases the work of 40 dynamic painters, sculptors, ceramicists, printmakers, textile artists and photographers - and gives buyers the chance to meet and purchase direct from the artists, with no commission on sales.

The next fair is the Autumn showcase, on Saturday and Sunday, October 22 and 23. Artists wanting to exhibit should visitwww.swcaf.co.uk, or emailinfo@swcaf.co.uk.

Organiser Matthew Calder said: “We are very excited about our new venue in the spacious Civic Hall in Totnes, which provides a larger platform for artists and offers more choice for buyers.

“The fair gives artists the chance to network directly with the public and galleries in a relaxed and unstuffy environment and gives buyers the chance to purchase high quality contemporary art direct from the artist.” Call 07775 774 652.

Child’s play A SERIES of workshops at Exeter Phoenix should keep children occupied for at least four days, with subjects ranging from breakdancing to creating miniature worlds in matchboxes.

Aimed at 8-12-yearolds, the workshops also include screenprinting T-shirts and creative costume making, and cost £15 (£45 for the T-shirt printing) and run for around four hours on April 6, 8, 9 and 14.

Find out more from Exeter Phoenix in Gandy Street, call 01392 667080, or visit www. exeterphoenix.org.uk

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Transition in Exeter

EXETER Transition admit they need to do more to spread the word about their “local response to climate change and peak oil”.

But the group that started out as Low Carbon Exeter three years ago already has 475 addresses on its newsletter mailing list and is active in five areas, transport, food, energy, economics and something called ‘inner transition’, which aims to “go a little deeper”, with discussions on subjects like consumerism and using intuition to effect transformation.

“It’s always easier to reach other green-minded people,” said Transition Exeter’s Clare Bryden, “but we’re working hard to attract the ‘unconverted’.”

To that end, one project has proved particularly successful. In 2008, with funding from Exeter City Council’s climate change levy on car parking, they bought 70 domestic electricity consumption monitors. They take these to schools and, after talking to the pupils about energy use and its consequences in carbon production, hand them out for the children to take home, putting a positive perspective on pester power.

By autumn 2009, eight schools across the city had used the monitors, with some families reporting savings of more than 40 per cent, and two cutting back a massive 70 per cent.

Transition Exeter has also been putting out the message by showing related films. Screenings at Exeter Phoenix for April are Paul Grignon’s 47-minute animated film, Money As Debt, on April 11, and the documentary that graphically illustrates the consequences of society’s demands for cheap meat, Pig Business (www.pigbusiness.co.uk), on April 18. Both screenings are free and will be followed by discussions.

The food group, meanwhile, is developing a Food Hub for the city – see more in Local Food, in this issue of Reconnect.

Transition Exeter’s individual groups hold their own meetings, but members from across the organisation meet at action meetings on the second Tuesday of the month. April’s is on Tuesday 13th at Jurys Inn, Western Way, 6.30-9pm, and is also a good introduction for newcomers.

Call 01392 248 894, or visit www.transitionexeter.org.uk.

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Between weekends approximately 15 hours a week home study will be required.

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New home for school THE British School of Homoeopathy is moving to Exeter.

Established in 1985, and currently located at Bath Spa University campus, the School will be opening its doors to a new intake this September, from its new base at the Exeter Natural Health Centre.

This light and airy venue in the heart of the city is managed by Ali and Mo Morrish, both experienced practitioners and teachers of homoeopathy, who have been core members of the school since 1992.

Said Ali: “This is an exciting development in the training of homoeopaths in the South West. We will offer a four-year, part-time training in homoeopathic medicine and the course begins on September 18 and 19.

Seminars will run monthly for 11 months of every year.”

The school has earned what amounts to a five-star rating from the Society of Homeopaths (to which it is affiliated) and offers a “rigorous and dynamic training” in all aspects of being a homoeopathic practitioner.

Ali said all the lecturers were experienced homoeopaths and teachers who brought “a richness and depth to the art and science of homoeopathic medicine.”

She added: “They are passionate and inspirational communicators who have committed themselves to the continuing development of this beautiful, rational and important medical art.”

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In-betweeny bits THE wild and wacky Jackie Juno is doing her bit again, providing the “funny in-betweeny bits” between a varied mix of extraordinary local talent, and all raising money for Clic Sargent.

The line-up includes funky funsters The Invisible Opera Company of Tibet, genius pianist Dave Holland, the droll John Elliott, a’capella divas Strange Angels, jazzer Peter Whittle and, of course, Jackie.

It’s all at The Dolphin in Bovey Tracey on Saturday, May 1, at 8pm. Call 01626 835802, or www.myspace.com/jackiejuno www.clicsargent.org.uk

A new kind of health plan YOU could be forgiven for thinking that a “comprehensive health care plan” was some sort of insurance package.

But acupuncturist Ramin, also known as The Barefoot Doctor, has devised a package that allows people to achieve optimum health by learning techniques they can then use and manage themselves.

“This approach places the individual at the heart of the process,” said Ramin, “with the therapist supporting the system while the individual acquires the know-how to fully integrate it into their daily life and, in time, take over the role of the therapist.”

He will explain his approach at a free talk, Optimum Health Through Personal Responsibility, at St John’s Church, in Bridgetown, Totnes, at 7.30pm on April 21.

“For five years I have run a very busy practice in the local community,” said Ramin. “I will use the evening as a platform to share my findings and explore the nature of health and disease - and some of the myths that inform our choices.

“It will be an open forum and people will be invited to ask questions.”

Hart of your garden AFTER initially being inspired by the Findhorn Foundation, Sam Hart took a permaculture design course and has been working as a gardener since.

“I like to work organically, with nature in mind and without chemicals,” she said. “I use only green, environmentally-friendly practices and do fruit and vegetable cultivation and general garden maintenance.”

Sam prefers to work in gardens on a regular basis and her patch is generally the eastern side of Dartmoor, from Whiddon Down to Ashburton, but she is prepared to travel further if required for full days.

Find out more by calling 07971 179 086 or email fallingleaves11@yahoo.co.uk.

Holsworthy Fayre THERE’S the chance to try alternative therapies at the Well Being, Mind, Body and Soul Fayre, in Holsworthy on Saturday and Sunday, April 10/11.

Still small, still beautiful

ALMOST two decades ago, two young men, equipped with little more than some large pieces of canvas, hazel poles, a spade and a lot of energy, created the first ever Qigong Camp on Dartmoor.

From this simple, small and beautiful gathering of 20 or so people a Westcountry success story was born.

The infrastructure has since grown to a meadow full of yurts, domes and marquees, and the number of camps has grown from one to three, so as well as Qigong, you can now also spend a week singing at Rise Up Singing, or meditating at BuddhaDharmaSangha camps.

The saying goes that less is more, says co-founder Daverick Leggett.

“We keep the camps small, finding that 120 adults and children is the maximum we can hold as one community. The camps are ‘less’ in terms of their impact on the planet, but ‘more’ in terms of the richness of the experience.

“We provide something for which we all hunger: the experience of community, closeness to the earth, simplification of our complex lives and shared practices.”

Call 0845 456 1852, or visit www.qigong-southwest.co.uk or www.riseupsinging.co.uk.

The fayre will include a range of free workshops, plus crystals, books, Reiki healing, Tarot reading, astrology and life coaching.

There will also be a line-up of international mediums and psychic artists, including Angie Kruger, a trace medium, and Krishna Ravi, who will be offering personal readings.

For a list of free workshops at the event, in Holsworthy Memorial Hall between 10.30am and 4.30pm, call 07977 044230 or email lixcashmore@ aol.com. www.reikiliz.co.uk.

Learn to talk to your body A PLYMOUTH-based therapist is offering the opportunity to learn kinesiology, an energy-based “health care system” he says allows you to “open a dialogue with your body.”

Using a simple form of non-intrusive muscletesting, kinesiologists are able to work with chi, the energy force at the foundation of acupuncture, to diagnose and treat a range of physical and emotional complaints.

“Where there is a build-up of this energy, the body can become overwhelmed,” says kinesiologist Sergie Hajikakou. “The emotional state of the causes these meridian points to be flooded. This in turn creates a toxic build-up and it is these toxins that cause diseases and emotional problems.

“By eradicating this blocked energy, the pain and tension is removed and the balance is restored to the body.”

Sergie, through his practice, Healthserg, is offering a four-part foundation course in kinesiology, over four weekends from April to July. It is aimed both at those who already work in health care and those who want to use it among friends and family.

“It will become a powerful tool for use throughout the rest of your life,” said Sergie. “This course will give you many practical skills to alleviate pain, enhance energy, reduce stress and enhance overall health and well-being.

“It is both the perfect starting point for those looking for a career in the health industry and a good way to boost the skillset of those already working in another therapy.

Kinesiology is a great way for families and friends to help each other, and ideal for those involved in sports and athletics too.”

To find out more about kinesiology, and Sergie’s foundation course, call 07851 007719, email learning@ healthserg.co.uk, or visit www. healthserg.co.uk.

Our new online home NEXT time you’re in front of your computer with a little time to spare, check out our new website.

The address is the same, www.reconnectonline.co.uk, but it’s looking a whole lot slicker and should now tell you everything you need to know about the magazine, the team behind it, all the outlets where you can pick up a copy and what it costs to advertise.

Design and graphics are by Reconnect designer Andy Gooding of Vision Graphic Design, who can do a similarly tasty job for you – call him on 01626 353977, or visit www.visiongraphicdesign. Dare say one of the Reconnect team could give you some help with words too, if you need it. Just ask Andy.

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THE weather’s wonderful as we write this (although possibly pouring as you read it), and there’s a real sense that we’re all finally coming out of hibernation. So if you’re looking for something to do with all that new-found energy, read on. As always, we would suggest you call the organisers to check ticket availability and details.

If you have events for our next issue (June/July), email us details before May 7 – editor@reconnectonline.co.uk. And don’t forget our workshops and courses diary on pages 25-27. Have fun!

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Plymouth Green Party meeting, The University of Plymouth Campus at the Centre for Sustainable Futures, Kirkby Place, 7pm, www.plymouth. greenparty.org.uk

Craft Fair, West Town Farm, Ide, near Exeter, 11am-4pm, 01392 811257, 07530 187446, www.westtownfarm.co.uk Money as debt, film and discussion with Transition Exeter, Exeter Phoenix ground floor studio, 2.30pm, free, www.transitionexeter. org.uk Craft Fair, West Town Farm, with Organic Arts, 11am-4pm, www. transitionexeter.org.uk

Sam Cowlishaw, exhibition of digital collages, The Flavel arts centre, Dartmouth, 01803 839530, www.theflavel. org.uk UntIL MAy Random Acts of Art, new work from three UK artists, Spacex gallery, Exeter, www.spacex.co.uk UntIL Wed 21 Positive earth, open art exhibition, Harbour House gallery, Kingsbridge, Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm, 01548 854708, www. harbourhouse.org.uk UntIL MAy 2 exhibition by Sovay Berriman, Exeter Phoenix, www. exeterphoenix.org.uk, 01392 667080 FRIdAy 2 Until Sunday 4 embercombe Friends’ Working Weekend, volunteer and stay in a cosy yurt, 01647 252983, www.embercombe.co.uk SAtURdAy 3 Mind, Body & Spirit Fayre, The Carlton Theatre, Teignmouth, 10am-4pm, 01626 775401 tUeSdAy 6 tall storytelling for 4-12-year-olds, The Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Riverside Mill, Bovey Tracey, 10.3011.30am, free but book on 01626 832223, www. crafts.org.uk Screenprinting workshop for 8-12-year-olds, with Double Elephant, Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street, 10am-4pm, £45, 01392 667080, www. exeterphoenix.org.uk

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thURSdAy 8 Singer/songwriter nick harper, Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street, 8pm, 01392 667080, www.exeterphoenix.org.uk Green drinks, organised by the Green Party, The Tavern, Well Street, Exeter, 8pm to Infinity and Beyond, creative costume-making workshop for 8-12-yearolds, £15, Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street, 10am-4pm, £45, 01392 667080, www.exeterphoenix.org.uk Scarecrow workshop, Occombe Farm, Paignton, 10-11.30am, 12.302pm, free, funded by Torbay Council Recycling, www.countryside-trust. org.uk duod, interactive dance, Studio 31, Dartington Estate, 8pm, 01803 847070, www.dartington.org FRIdAy 9 Breakin’ with Just 4 Funk, breakdancing workshop for 8-12-yearolds, 1-4.30pm, £15, 01392 667080, www.exeterphoenix.org.uk SAtURdAy 10 Woodcraft, Spoons & Spatulas, open-air workshop, Ashcombe Woodlands, near Exeter, 10am-4pm, booking essential, 07786 233787, lmarks45@yahoo.co.uk Quirky, art fair, Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street, 11am4pm, 01392 411449 earth Café: eco networking, news & vegan buffet, Cellar Bar, Mutley Plain, Plymouth, 7.30-11pm, 01822 832815, www.plymouth environmentcentre.org.uk

MondAy 12 Until Sunday 25 Jim Brown, exhibition of photography, The Flavel arts centre, Dartmouth, 01803 839530, www.theflavel.org.uk Art with recycled materials, discussion led by TRAIL organiser Liz Lockyear, Ariel Centre, KEVICC, Totnes, 7pm, www.trail.org.uk tUeSdAy 13 transition exeter monthly action meeting, Jurys Inn, Western Way, Exeter, 6.30-9pm, 01647 24789, www. transitionexeter.org.uk WedneSdAy 14 Matchboxes and Miniature Creations, workshops for 8-12-yearolds, 1-4.30pm, £15, 01392 667080, www. exeterphoenix.org.uk Burglar Bill puppet show for 3-10-yearolds, The Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Riverside Mill, Bovey Tracey, 4.305.30pm, 01626 832223, www.crafts.org.uk London Philharmonic Skiffle orchestra, Newton & Noss Village Hall, 7.30pm (tickets 01752 873026), www.villagesinaction. co.uk, 01363 773660 Sow & Grow, children’s workshop at Occombe Farm, Paignton, 11am-3pm, £2.50 per child, www.countrysidetrust.org.uk

thURSAy 15 London Philharmonic Skiffle orchestra, Diptford Parish Hall, 7.30pm (tickets 01548 821704, www.villagesinaction. co.uk, 01363 773660 FRIdAy 16 dJ Shadow, Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street, 8.30pm, £15, 01392 667080, www. exeterphoenix.org.uk London Philharmonic Skiffle orchestra, Peter Tavy Village, 7.30pm (tickets 01822 810552), www. villagesinaction.co.uk, 01363 773660 transition Plymouth, meeting for all, Room 301, Roland Levinsky Building, Plymouth University, 6.30-9pm, 01752 604422, plymouthtransition @nature-mail.com SAtURdAy 17 And Sunday natural building taster weekend, Greyfield Timber, Huxhams Cross, Dartington, 10am-5pm each day, £15/10 per day, 01803 866835/ cbirduk@googlemail.com London Philharmonic Skiffle orchestra, Stokeinteignhead Village Hall, 7.30pm (tickets 01626 873724), www. villagesinaction.co.uk, 01363 773660 Mind, body and spirit fayre, Hedley Hall, Dawlish, 10am-4pm SUndAy 18 Pig Business, film and discussion with Transition Exeter, Exeter Phoenix ground floor studio, 2.30pm, free, www. transitionexeter.org.uk dowsing and healing course (and Sunday, April 25), with WEA, Creykes Court, The Millfields, Plymouth, 10-3.30pm, £33.30 (free on benefit), 01752 666265, www.wea.org.uk

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SoUth MoLton: fourth Sat tUeSdAy 20 Climate change question time, Ashburton Community College, 7pm, 01392 453758, www.rspb.org.uk WedneSdAy 21 Ask the Candidate, election debate organised

by Transition Totnes, Totnes Methodist Church, 8pm, totnes. transitionnetwork.org thURSdAy 22 election question time hosted by Exeter University Geography School and Transition Exeter, Peter Chalke Building, Exeter Uni, 6pm, www.transitionexeter. org.uk.

Rasa theatre’s A handful of henna, Crediton Arts Centre, 8pm (tickets 01363 773260), www.villagesinaction. co.uk, 01363 773660.

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teenage Festival of Sound, music showcase for 14–18-year-olds, 11am-3pm, free, Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street, www.exeterphoenix.org. uk, 01392 667080 Good2drum African drumming workshop, organised by Sustainable Ottery, Old Boys School, Yonder Street, Ottery St Mary, 2pm, 01404 814217 www. harbourhouse.org.uk SUndAy 25 Rasa theatre’s A handful of henna, East Portlemouth Village Hall, 7.30pm (tickets 01548 842185), www. villagesinaction.co.uk, 01363 773660 national youth Jazz Collective, concert, Ariel Centre, Totnes, 3pm, free but advance booking required, 01803 847070 tUeSdAy 27

FRIdAy 23 natural Beekeeping, talk by Phil Chandler, Embercombe, Exeter, Higher Ashton, Exeter, 7-9pm, 01647 252983, www.embercombe.co.uk Rasa theatre’s A handful of henna, Lustleigh Village Hall, 7.30pm (tickets 01647 277498), www. villagesinaction.co.uk, 01363 773660.

SAtURdAy 24 Until May 3 Ivybridge Walking Festival, call Ivybridge Information Centre 01752 897035.

Until May 9 Garden time, paintings by Simon Dobbs and sculpture by Carl Hahn, Harbour House gallery, Kingsbridge, Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm, 01548 854708, www. harbourhouse.org.uk

Climate change question time, Exeter Phoenix, 7pm, 01392 453758, www.rspb.org.uk WedneSdAy 28 new Perspectives theatre Company’s those Magnificent Men, East Budleigh Village Hall, 7.30pm (tickets 01395 445129), www.villagesinaction. co.uk, 01363 773660 home of the Wriggler presented

by Stan’s Cafe, eco-drama, Studio 1, Dartington estate, 8pm, www.dartington.org thURSdAy 29 devon Guild of Craftsmen visit to Leach Pottery and St Ives, 8.30am-7.30pm, £30, 01626 832223, www.crafts.org.uk

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new Perspectives theatre Company’s those Magnificent Men, Lympstone Village Hall, 7.30pm (tickets 01395 23928), www. villagesinaction.co.uk, 01363 773660.

Introduction to organic vegetable Gardening, Occombe Farm Education Centre, Paignton, 10.30am-4pm, £30 for three days (also July 11 and Sept 12), book on 01803 606035 trees for health & ttt food group present: Spring Wild tree Food, food from native trees, Follaton Arboretum and Follaton Village Hall, 10am, free, totnes. transitionnetwork.org

FRIdAy 30 Until Sunday June 2 embercombe Friends’ Working Weekend, volunteer and stay in a cosy yurt, 01647 252983, www.embercombe.co.uk new Perspectives theatre Company’s those Magnificent Men, Uplyme Village Hall, 7.30pm (tickets 01297 445050), www. villagesinaction.co.uk, 01363 773660.

MondAy 10 Farm for the Future, Rebecca Hosking’s film and discussion discussion with Transition Exeter, location to be confirmed, 7pm, free, www. transitionexeter.org.uk

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Until Sunday 9 Barbican international jazz and blues festival, www. barbicanjazzand bluesfestival.com

Until Sunday 16 exhibition by Aline Rose, Harbour House gallery, Kingsbridge, 9.30am-4pm, 01548 854708, www. harbourhouse.org.uk transition exeter monthly action meeting, The Global Centre, Exeter Community Centre, St David’s Hill, 6.30-9pm, 01647 24789. www. transitionexeter.org.uk

SAtURdAy 1 Bird Architects, blend of music from jazz to classical, The Flavel arts centre, Dartmouth, 01803 839530, www.theflavel.org.uk new Perspectives theatre Company’s those Magnificent Men, 7pm (tickets 01626 859073), www. villagesinaction.co.uk, 01363 773660 Mind, body and spirit fayre, Rydon Hall, Community Centre, Kingsteignton, 10am-4pm, free, tkelly14@btintrnet.com SUndAy 2 outfoxed, film and discussion with Transition Exeter, Exeter Phoenix ground floor studio, 2.30pm, free, www. transitionexeter.org.uk and www.outfoxed.org FRIdAy 7 natural Beekeeping, talk by Phil Chandler, Embercombe, Exeter, Higher Ashton, Exeter, 7-9pm, 01647 252983, www.embercombe.co.uk SAtURdAy 8 Until June 20 Collection, exhibition of contemporary crafts at The Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Riverside Mill, Bovey Tracey, free, 01626 832223, www.crafts.org.uk

FRIdAy 14 Until July 4 A Point in the Field, exhibition by Anne Gathmann and Fiona MacDonald, Exeter Phoenix, www. exeterphoenix.org.uk, 01392 667080 evening of Storytelling – for adults and older children (10+), Embercombe, Exeter, Higher Ashton, Exeter, 7-9pm, 01647 252983, www.embercombe.co.uk SAtURdAy 15 Until July 3 theo Jansen, sculpture from Dutch artist and engineer, Spacex gallery, Exeter, www.spacex.co.uk SAtURdAy 15 exeter Steiner School traditional May fair, Merrivale Road, 11am4pm, 01392 427200, www.exetersteinerschool. com earth Café: eco networking, news and vegan buffet, Cellar Bar, Fortescue, Mutley Plain, Plymouth, 7.30-11pm, plymouthenvironment centre.org.uk

tUeSdAy 18 Until Sunday 23 Photography by dick todd, Harbour House, Kingsbridge, 10am-5pm, 01548 854708, www. harbourhouse.org.uk WedneSdAy 19 Punk band the damned, Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street, Exeter, 8pm, £15, www.exeterphoenix.org. uk, 01392 667080 thURSdAy 20 eliza Carthy trio, Dartington Great Hall, 8pm, 01803 847070, www.dartington.org FRIdAy 21 Fiddle player harald haugaard and his trio, Highweek Village Hall (tickets 01626 364268), www.villagesinaction. co.uk, 01363 773660 transition Plymouth meeting for all, Room 301, Roland Levinsky Building, Plymouth University, 6.30-9pm, 01752 604422, plymouthtransition@ nature-mail.com

FANCY some cool jazz and dirty blues down by the waterside?

The third Barbican International Jazz and Blues Festival runs from May 1 until May 9 with a free day of music on the bank holiday Monday, with top international names, alongside the cream of local talent.

Headliners are Claire Martin (winner of best vocalist at the 2009 British Jazz Awards) and Ian Shaw (who took the same title in 2004 and 2007 – check out his album Drawn To All Things if you’re a Joni Mitchel fan, says MF), who will perform together at the Sherwell Centre.

Other big names are awardwinning UK jazz outfit Empirical and trombone funkateer Dennis Rollins and his band Badbone. For bluesists, there are US folk-bluesman Steve James, Marcus Bonfanti and boogiewoogie pianist Diz Watson.

Local acts include slide blues guitarist and harmonica man Thomas Ford, Louise Parker, paying her tribute to Billie Holiday, saxophonist Martin Dale and many more.

Check out the full line-up and venues at www. barbicanjazzandbluesfestival.com

SAtURdAy 22 devon Guild of Craftsmen plant sale, Riverside Mill, Bovey Tracey, 10.30am-4pm, 01626 832223, www.crafts.org.uk.

SAtURdAy 22 Good2drum African drumming workshop, organised by Sustainable Ottery, Old Boys School, Yonder Street, Ottery St Mary, 2pm, 01404 814217 tUeSdAy 25 Until June 6 exhibition by emma Carter, Harbour House gallery, Kingsbridge, 10am-5pm, 01548 854708, www.harbourhouse. org.uk SAtURdAy 29 Mind, body and spirit fayre, Carlton Theatre, Teignmouth, 01626 775401

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Mind Body Soul Fayre Sat & Sun 10th & 11th April 2010 At Holsworthy Memorial Hall 10.30 am until 4.30 pm With an outstanding line-up of International Mediums and Psychic Artists for your delight, including: ANGIE KRUGER – Trance medium KRISHNA RAVI – Giving personal readings to name but a few...

AlSo An extreMely fAb rAnge of: • stalls • complementary therapies • tarot • chrystals • books • reiki healing • astrology • aesthetic nurse practitioner • life coach • raffles • refreshements & much more free workshops both days - throughout the day Please phone or e mail Liz for a list of workshops being held at the fayre on 07977044230 lizcashmore@aol.com www.reikiliz.co.uk

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If you want it, here it is...

OUR very own green money man, Robin Currie, has some very valuable information for you – you only have to ask DO you know how financial products work?

Well, probably not. I mean, why would you?

And why would you want to? Issues such as what type of pension scheme would work best for you, for example; whether to choose a stakeholder or a personal pension or a SIPP or a SSAS… what’s the difference between them and what are these things anyway?

Or what about savings and investment options?

Life and health insurance? Inheritance tax planning? How to produce a regular, taxefficient income?

Stimulating? Fascinating? Utterly A combination of all three?

boring?

Ok, I know this comes across as technical stuff and can therefore be both bureaucratically confusing and pretty dull. But if you want to have your finances work to their best advantage, it’s quite good to have the basic information.

And unless they chose specific investments, they’d go into the mainstream stuff by default.

Stuff which they hated but didn’t know that there was an alternative.

arranged to have power in the UK by becoming an un-elected peer but has avoided paying full tax on his world income.

Which raises the question, why has he done it? If you literally have hundreds of millions of pounds in the bank, what’s the advantage of retaining an extra 10 million? Presumably you’re not anti-Parliament if you have arranged to join the House of Lords, so that doesn’t explain it. And you seem to be a committed capitalist or else you wouldn’t have become so rich in the first place. So what can it be?

So what can we do about this? Well, this is why Well, the answer seems to be a classic I need your feedback. combination of greed and fear; that losing About 20 years ago I started running seminars money means losing power. to provide people with basic information about what the products and options were. It wasn’t But what if the opposite is the case? What if to do with selling them, just a way to pass on retaining the money has a profoundly negative effect on the coming election? Integrity might the basic information. have led to admiration and greater support Quite a few conversations I’ve had over the whereas manipulating the system seems likely last year suggest it may be appropriate to to do the opposite. offer this option again – but I need to know if there is sufficient interest. Which is where Take this as a warning, future government (whoever you are...)! you come in.

I’d be happy to offer a series of, say, three sessions to introduce the basic information on financial products – but I’d need at least 25 people to sign up and be willing to pay a fiver The problem is, if you try to read it, you’ll for each meeting. probably end up snoring on the sofa.

I would then offer something like a two-and-aOne of the problems about not being familiar half hour meeting, which I’d host, and which with this stuff is that there are a series of would include a presentation by a highly underlying issues, which we may not want to qualified specialist who can communicate. Plus say, 40 minutes of questions and answers. support but are actually doing so.

For example, because I grew up in the Sixties, like many of my generation I thought certain aspects of capitalism were bad and wrong and basically corrupt. And as a result I went on lots of protests against all sorts of things – many of which are still on my agenda.

It came as no surprise that these issues were also important to many of my clients when I started working in the financial services sector.

However, despite not really understanding financial products, how they worked or what they were investing in, they’d signed up to loads of them.

Having bought houses and started families, they’d taken out life insurance and joined pension schemes and were making regular savings and so forth.

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The alternative would be (or might also include) an ongoing blog. To which end I’ve set up the website www.greenmoneyman.com.

It’s a simple ‘blog site’ and I’d be very grateful if you would log on and let me know if you’re interested. And if there are any particular issues you want to know about.

If we can get enough people to sign up, I’ll start running these sessions in the next couple of months and pass on any information you ask for. Look forward to hearing from you!

ON a separate issue, it looks likely that there’s going to be a general election in the near future. And at the time of writing there is a load of stuff in the media about Lord Ashcroft, the deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, the multi-millionaire chap who seems to have

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Bristol

Robin Currie is an Independent Financial Adviser and a specialist in green, ethicallyscreened and environmentally-sensitive funds.

For an appointment, call Robin direct on 01392-411630 or e-mail robin.currie@barchestergreen.co.uk.

Details about the workshop Making Friends with Money are available at www.makingfriendswithmoney.co.uk or by calling Sharn Kern on 01392-346336

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Free 20-minute consultation: Telephone 01392 410090 for appointments.

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Dartington Chudleigh Exeter Free introductory session call 01626 834599 www.hcpsychotherapy.co.uk

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Viridian Nutrition, the leading brand of ethical vitamins.

Call 01327 878050 for a free catalogue & details of your nearest health store stockist.

www.viridian-nutrition.com QIGonG QIGonG. Weekly classes in Totnes on Tuesdays 5.30-7pm with Daverick Leggett. £5 per session, drop-in, at The Mansion.

Tel 0845 456 1852 www.qigong-southwest.co.uk QIGonG WIth MASteR zhIxInG WAnG at Foxhole Gym, Dartington, South Devon, May 29/30th. An excellent opportunity to study with an authentic Qigong Master. 0845 3305086 or www.qigong-southwest.co.uk.

QIGonG FoR SeLF heALInG weekly classes and Saturday workshops in Totnes and Exeter with Brad Richecoeur. 0845 3305086 or www.qigong-southwest.co.uk.

ReIkI ReIkI Practitioner/Master/teacher east devon Area. Reiki Treatments and Attunements. Contact 01395 443888 or 07933 026950 or email hootonsreiki@hotmail.com.

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RetReAtS hoW GUtSy ARe yoU? 4-11th June, 2010, Pilion Centre, Greece. In this week you will be empowered with knowledge about your second brain, “the guts”, massage techniques (abdominal-sacral massage), meditation, diet, laughter and great bonding. Contact Susan: Tel: 07500 800 076. www.pilioncentre.com/ www.abdominal-sacralmassage.com.

SAtSAnG SAtSAnG WIth UnMAnI. Totnes Natural Health Centre. Fri 28th May, 7-9pm. “Wake up to your True Nature”. Sat 29th May,10-4pm.

“The End of Seeking”. www.not-knowing.com Contact: Susan 07500800076.

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Allow the nurturing energy of a rural Andalucian cave house to work its magic in a week or more of deep relaxation, healing, inner exploration and experiential learning.

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WeekendS And evenInGS Basic Leatherwork Skills – Weekend courses and evening classes. Venue Dartington Estate.

Cost: £95 plus materials (approx £25) 01803 866257 / 07738 634136. www.tannerbates.co.uk

Transformation Day Transform your life in just 1 day.

Step out into nature and find your life’s purpose!

Sharpham House, Saturday 24th April 9.30am - 5.30pm.

Cost: £125 (Low Income Concession £95) To book call 07929 312675 or email simon@setyourspiritfree.com More info available at www.setyourspiritfree.com/transformation.htm

WeekLy Creative empowering Art Workshops.

Experiment or learn techniques in Painting, Drawing, Collage and Abstract Textiles. Starting April in Exeter and Dartmouth. Tel: 07967 047 981.

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Qigong at the Mansion, Totnes. 5.30-7pm with Daverick Leggett. £5, drop-in.

Tel 0845 456 1852 www.qigong-southwest.co.uk Qigong at the exeter Phoenix Centre with Brad Richecoeur, 5.30-7pm. New term begins on April 27th. 0845 3305086 www.qigong-southwest.co.uk.

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1-2-1 Soul Readings on Fri 23rd & Sat 24th April

Qigong at St Johns Church hall, Totnes with Brad Richecoeur, 10-11.30am.

New term begins on April 30th. 0845 3305086 www.qigong-southwest.co.uk.

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One Day Workshop on Sun 25th April Foxhole Centre, Dartington. 10am - 3pm.

Cost £60 (Concessions available).

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APRIL MondAy APRIL 5 - SAtURdAy APRIL 10 Catalyst: for young adults (18 -25) who are concerned with social and environmental issues and want to make a difference £225.

For information contact Clare on 01647 252983 or info@embercombe.co.uk or our website www.embercombe.co.uk FRIdAy APRIL 9 – SUndAy APRIL 11 Wildcraft: fun weekend for young men aged 13 – 19 - outdoor activities, practical crafts, survival & building skills, and fireside conversation. £75. For information contact Clare on 01647 252983 or info@embercombe.co.uk or our website www.embercombe.co.uk FRIdAy APRIL 23 talk by Phil Chandler on natural Bee-keeping at 7.30pm, £5. For information contact Clare on 01647 252983 or info@embercombe.co.uk or our website www.embercombe.co.uk

Bob Ross Landscape Painting Workshops with Jo Le Rose.

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Foxhole Centre, Dartington.

10am - 4pm incl. all materials. £75 Beginners to advanced.

Discount if both days booked.

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FRIdAy APRIL 23 – SUndAy APRIL 25 natural bee-keeping: for novice to advanced beekeepers - learn bee friendly practices and how to make your own top bar hive, £140.

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Fab Four singing workshop Beatles songs in harmony with Vicky & Pretty Noisy, Ashburton Town Hall. 10am till 12.30pm, £10 www.devonlyvoices.co.uk 01803 866308.

natural bee-keeping: for novice to advanced beekeepers - learn bee friendly practices and how to make your own top bar hive, £140.

For information contact Clare on 01647 252983 or info@embercombe.co.uk or our website www.embercombe.co.uk FRIdAy MAy 7 talk by Phil Chandler on natural Bee-keeping at 7.30pm, £5. For information contact Clare on 01647 252983 or info@embercombe.co.uk or our website www.embercombe.co.uk FRIdAy MAy 14 evening of storytelling with local professional tellers Sara Hurley & Michael Quinn 7.30 – 9.30pm. £5. For information contact Clare on 01647 252983 or info@embercombe.co.uk or our website www.embercombe.co.uk FRIdAy MAy 14 – SUndAy MAy 16

SAtURdAy MAy 29 - SUndAy MAy 30 Qigong with Master zhixing Wang at Foxhole Gym, Dartington, South Devon.

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FRIdAy MAy 28 – SUndAy MAy 30 Wildcraft: Fun weekend for young women aged 13–19. Discover your strengths and gifts, learn wildcraft and share fireside stories, £75.

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Storytelling for change: draw out the natural storyteller within you (no experience necessary) and find inspiration in myths ancient, contemporary and personal. £175. For more information contact Clare on 01647 252983 or info@embercombe.co.uk or our website www.embercombe.co.uk SAtURdAy MAy 15 Qigong workshop at Foxhole Gym, Dartington, South Devon with Brad Richecoeur 10am-5pm. 0845 3305086 www.qigong-southwest.co.uk.

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PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK!!

That Robin Currie bloke is offering a set of sessions to explain financial products,

pensions and savings and insurance and tax planning and stuff like that.

You know him - the ethical financial adviser bloke who writes for Reconnect and does all those weird adverts on the back cover.

But he needs to know if enough people would be interested.

So please log on to his website at www.greenmoneyman.com and let him know if you are interested.

Or aren’t.

And you can sign up for his new blog as well...

BARCHESTER GREEN INVESTMENTS SERIOUS ABOUT MONEY, SERIOUS ABOUT LIFE ON EA RTH

Call Robin Currie on 01392 411630 15 Sylvan Road, Exeter, Devon EX4 6EW • mob: 07973-533352 e-mail: robin.currie@barchestergreen.co.uk • www.barchestergreen.co.uk www.makingfriendswithmoney.co.uk

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Independent Financial Advisers regulated by the Financial Services Authority.