Devon CPRE

Devon painter to help find CPRE’s Best Young Landscape Artist 2021

Exeter-based landscape artist Kath Hadden will be giving Devon CPRE the benefit of her expertise this autumn to help find the county’s most talented young landscape artists.

Devon CPRE, the local branch of the countryside charity, recently launched a new competition to find Devon's Best Young Landscape Artist 2021

Budding young artists up to the age of 18 can now compete for the prestigious title, following a rebrand of the charity’s traditional painting competition for children.

The contest allows the county’s under 18s to showcase their artistic skills - and win a...

Muck on country roads caused by vehicles carrying liquid digestate to ADs (photo: Devon CPRE)

Massive lagoon and expansion of industrial anaerobic digesters has to stop

Authored by Sharon Goble
Posted: Tue, 04/20/2021 - 11:41am

Devon CPRE believes the expansion of anaerobic digesters (ADs) has to be curtailed to protect rural communities and the countryside, as fourteen villages and hamlets join forces to protest against development plans for an industrial-scale lagoon near Upton Pyne. This facility will act as a massive storage and distribution centre west of Exeter for liquid digestate, a by-product of ADs.

Devon CPRE, the leading campaigner for the protection of Devon's rural environment, says that the AD sector in the county is out of control. The result is a rise in pollution incidents, damage to...

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