****NEWS UPDATE***
Read the Dorset CAN Briefing on the review of ELMS and scrapping of various retained EU laws, which the RSPB has called "an unprecedented attack on nature and the laws that protect it".

30th September: Read Dorset CAN's open letter to Dorset MPs about the "attack on nature" and see our Press Release on the subject.

DorsetCAN (Dorset Climate Action Network) is a network of community groups and individuals working together for a shared vision of a clean, green, sustainable Dorset.

Dorset (really) CAN in 2022

After all the high hopes for COP26 last year, the consensus of experts and commentators is that it did nothing like enough to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees. (The latest IPCC Report, released in March 2022, draws on thousands of academic studies and concludes that climate change is already causing “dangerous and widespread disruption” to the natural world, as well as to billions of people. Failure to curb pollution from fossil fuels and other human activities, it says, will condemn the world to a future that is both universally dangerous and deeply unequal.)

That means we can expect dire consequences - not only for people whose lives, homes and livelihoods are immediately at risk but for all of us who are threatened by mass migration, economic disruption, food and crop shortages as well as extreme weather events in the future. It's also very bad news for those other species that are going extinct increasingly rapidly. 

Dorset CAN works to inform,  help and encourage families, businesses and individuals across the county to 'do their bit' to reduce their carbon footprint and minimise our contribution to the climate and nature crisis. We also work to engage with and encourage Dorset Council and BCP Council to 'do their bit' to make this happen.

Find out about our current campaigns, events across Dorset, Action Teams, recent newsletters, updates, ideas, case studies, examples and contacts. But, above all, please join us - it's free and you don't have to take an active part. The more members we have, the louder our voice is and the more we can achieve. Stronger together!

Read the invitation to become a Member (there's no fee).
We're raising money to pay a co-ordinator to help us increase our membership and handle that day-to-day administration of DorsetCAN. Our £14,000 goal will pay a skilled co-ordinator a part-time salary for one year.

If you can make a contribution, it will help us build our network and get our voice heard. Thank you!

EVENTS:

  • Great Big Green Week 24th Sept - 2nd Oct. Events in Bridport
  • Discussion - a Car Club for Shaftesbury? Explore an electric car rental scheme. Shaftesbury Town Hall, 29th Sept, 7.30pm.
  • Dorset Greener Open Homes: 2 weekends: 1-2 Oct 8-9 Oct. 
  • ​Illustrated talk - The Right Light at Night Are you responsible for light pollution? Find out what you can do. With Steve Tonkin, the Cranborne Chase AONB Dark Skies Advisor. Shaftesbury Town Hall, 6th Oct, 7.30pm.
  • TEDx Sherborne 24th Nov. - 16 speakers, most aged between 13 and 19 from six countries, give a series of short talks on Climate Change related issues at Shaftesbury Arts Centre.
     Details: www.tedxyouthshaftesburyschool.com, Instagram @tedxshaftesburyschool 
​Quick guide to DorsetCAN

*  JOIN  DorsetCAN as a member (it's free!)

*  JOIN our Dorset Deserves Better Campaign

Image credits

Like the photos? All the header images on this website were taken and kindly supplied by Colin Tracy: see more of his work here 
 DorsetCAN Policy Documents