by Terry Prue | Dec 17, 2024 | News
Many members will already know that back in 2011/12 the Ramsgate Society restored the 14 Listed seafront shelters with a grant of £450,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund. At that time the Society was granted a 12-year lease on the shelters by Thanet District Council,...
by Terry Prue | Dec 17, 2024 | Climate Matters, News
In September’s Climate Matters I presented the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, launched in 2015 as an ambitious plan to transform the world by 2030. The 17 goals were broken down into 169 targets. Approaching the two-thirds point of this 15-year plan,...
by Terry Prue | Dec 17, 2024 | Featured, News
On 7th December this year, on behalf of The Ramsgate Society, I attended a Civic Voice meeting in London when representatives of over 50 Civic Societies in England came together for their Annual General Meeting. Unfortunately, it was the weekend of the severe travel...
by Terry Prue | Nov 28, 2024 | News
We had a very good litter pick earlier today – Sunday 27th October – supported by Ramsgate Town Council and Thanet District Council. We were lucky with the weather and this helped us have a great turn out of approximately 40 volunteers, including...
by Terry Prue | Nov 28, 2024 | Climate Matters, News
For a change of subject and viewpoint, this month’s Climate Matters is a guest article from a local , Dr. Harrison Watler MRCVS describing his work with a sea turtle charity. You may think that sea turtles are not part of our local marine fauna, but ocean...
by Terry Prue | Oct 23, 2024 | Climate Matters, News
With the recent announcement of £22 billion pounds investment in carbon storage and capture research by the new government, it is pertinent to ask whether technological solutions may allow the planet to avoid the worst ravages of climate change. The magnitude of the...
