There’s a lot of ‘eco-anxiety’ which is not doing our mental health much good: Climate anxiety is driving the West into dangerous mass hysteria  As Janet Daley concludes in the Telegraph piece: Enough with crying

Sidmouth has some fine examples of Art Deco: Fat Face on Fore Street – Leisure Wear in Sidmouth EX10 8HU, Devon Or at least it did: sunburst | The deco windows at Knight’s clothing shop

We’re heading for climate breakdown – but a vision of a way out which is also ‘utopian’ is not only very SolarPunk, but is being seriously considered as one of the only realistic ways out.

We need to give our children hope. Unfortunately, there is so much despair being thrown at them – as lamented by Mary Wakefield in the latest Spectator magazine: Our children are at breaking point –

The design ideas for the industrial park north of Sidford are not very inspiring: Controversial Sidford business park will be built as plans approved – Devon Live The design ideas north of Ho Chi Minh

These are very difficult times – but perhaps we can make them a little easier – with stories from north of the border: We’re learning to make do and mend as living costs soar’ Margaret

Can something better emerge from difficult times? Well, that’s pretty much the message from the SolarPunk movement. For example: there’s what seems to be bad news coming from today’s Mail on Sunday: Fruit and veg

Remember the moon landing at Exeter Cathedral? Landing in Exeter: the Museum of the Moon – Sidmouth Solarpunk The ‘projection art gallery’ has now landed: A touring light and sound show at Exeter Cathedral promises

Solarpunk is very much about science – with some great examples here: Science | Solarpunk Station Solarpunk came out of science fiction – and sees science as full of real promise: Its essential premise is

In 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed – leaving Cuba under US sanctions and without any oil: Special Period – Wikipedia But out of desperation sprang action and hope: When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990,