Dartington is in serious trouble. We are a group looking to help and protect Dartington Hall Estate and save it for the community https://xitter.cf/t.co/UP3qp1g3yM

Joined November 2019
From a Totnes resident this morning “How depressing to hear that developers were out this morning, pouring over Lower Field - school also out early removing community banners! #whythisfieldwtf #childrenbeforeprofit”
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Our partners, @nationaltrust, do fantastic work on climate & nature. But they’re under attack. If you’re member, please vote on AGM motions & in the elections for the NT council. You have till Friday.
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So very sad to hear of @JonathanCoopr's sudden death – he was a great supporter of people struggling for freedom in many walks of life, including those connected to Dartington Hall @SavingHall @DartingtonTrust
#ADartingtonOuting - @DartingtonArts LGBT+ Arts Festival - was a great opportunity for me to explore @Dartington Hall's rich #LGBT past. Dorothy & Leonard Elmhirst were remarkable. They created a safe haven for all at Dartington. Here's the PPT of my talk bit.ly/2ymHsnd
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We at Save Dartington are devastated to hear of the death of @JonathanCoopr a wonderful man & a huge supporter of this campaign and of course of #DartingtonHall. Our love to his partner @KevinChilds10 and to his family and our heartfelt thanks to the man himself.
And this is why folk are ao disappointed in @DartingtonTrust decision to sell land for open market housing - the least useful and most uncreative outcome to their financial woes @SavingHall @SchumacherColl @francesnorthrop @atmosfortotnes @AtmosTotnes @robintransition
Average loss of #agricultural land per year is 26,000 hectares per year over the last 20 years (Savills UK). Let's not lose another 650 to greenfield development. #harvest21 @RosieP4 @UttlesfordDC
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I'll be talking about Dartington Hall and other attempts to build a better world at @EastGateBooks, Totnes at 7pm on 28 July, followed by 8pm drinks at Ben's Wine & Tapas a few doors up. Please come and join either part of the evening. @DartingtonTrust @TTTotnes @picadorbooks
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Save Dartington retweeted
Julian Huxley (first director of @UNESCO, founding member of @WWF) in the courtyard of Dartington Hall, trying out acupuncture with wife Juliette, brother Aldous and one of the founders of Dartington, Dorothy Elmhirst
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We're thinking of including a few Victorian and Edwardian houses with original features and scope for restoration in our newsletter. Would you like this? Would you nominate houses for sale we can help find appreciative owners for? rightmove.co.uk/properties/1…
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Gov’s proposal to zone areas is completely flawed! How do you zone somewhere like the S.Hams? Which third of it should be a growth area? Totnes & the Dart Valley? Dartmouth? We entirely depend on tourism & farming. Zoning will destroy our economy & this beautiful area forever.
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We’d agree...
The #planningbill looks to make a disaster out of a crisis, by further deregulating planning to profit developers rather than those in need of a house. @BylineTimes @JohnBirchTotnes @AnthonyMangnal1 @CarolineVoaden @Peston @MeirionTweets @JohnnyMercerUK
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And here it is again the only video anyone in UK ag should be sharing this week. xitter.cf/BBCCountryfile/status/…
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The triple danger of pressure from developers, Aus deal and climate change - farmers need support
The demise of British farming is painful to witness. I grew up in rural Devon. We had 9 dairy farms in our village. 20 years later, there were none. The farmers shifted to beef or lamb. They can’t compete with Australian mega farms. What next for our countryside without farmers?
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The demise of British farming is painful to witness. I grew up in rural Devon. We had 9 dairy farms in our village. 20 years later, there were none. The farmers shifted to beef or lamb. They can’t compete with Australian mega farms. What next for our countryside without farmers?
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We agree. They probably don’t recognise the irony.
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#Totnes has a Green county councillor, three Green (and 1 Lib Dem) district councillors and an eco-socialist Mayor. The prog group are the majority on town council. We (along with other Green-friendly towns Bristol, Brighton, Frome etc) are regularly voted best places to live!
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🆘SIGN THE PETITION TO SAVE FLEET STREET ➡️bit.ly/3tPIlO8⚠️Demolition of six historic but unlisted buildings on London's historic thoroughfare approved by the City of London Corporation
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