DorsetCAN visit to Alaska Wind Farm, near Wareham
We are delighted that Will Bond of Alaska Wind Farm has agreed to take a limited number of people round his four wind turbines and talk about his solar farm.
Rivers of Hope: The Workshop
River Char Action Group, in conjuction with Dorset Climate Action Network, are running a 2 hour workshop with the overall aim to mobilise communities and key stakeholders to begin developing a Rights of Nature approach for their river.
Community Solar Event in Lyme Regis – information event for residents
Do you want to reduce your energy bills and carbon emissions?
DCAN AGM - Annual General Meeting
DCAN AGM - Annual General Meeting
Cleaning Up Dorset's Rivers - Zoom Event
Across the UK, community action groups are in the news for the work they’re doing to clean up their local river. Dorset is no exception. But the range of challenges is huge and the problems faced are complex.
Building Community Waste Initiatives - Zoom Event
How community initiatives have successfully processed materials which are difficult or impossible to reuse or recycle using existing methods.
Retrofitting Reimagined 3: Sourcing Materials from our Local Landscape. RESCHEDULED
Explore how locally sourced material reconnects communities to their landscapes.
Food Resilience in Dorset
Where does your organisation belong within the Dorset food system? Calling all of you already working with food, as well as parish, town and county councillors...
Battery Storage Webinar
Many homes with PV panels have batteries installed. Is it worth it? How much will it cost? How much energy will it save? These questions and more will be addressed by our panel of speakers
Carbon Literacy Training 2025
Dorset Climate Action Network (DCAN) has been awarded funding from the Carbon Literacy Community Pot and is pleased to offer monthly training and accreditation workshops for town and parish councils and community groups in the Dorset area.
Dorset Greener Homes Event
Dorset Greener Homes Event - across Dorset to showcase ideas for greener living. For two weekends in September each year there’s an opportunity to visit homes - plus gardens, allotments, churches, schools, village halls - venues where steps have been taken to save energy and avoid using fossil fuels as well as to promote biodiversity. We also have many homes open all year round.
Dorset COP 2024 - Saturday 2nd Nov
Dorset COP 2024 - Will be held on Saturday 2nd November at Bournemouth University.
Dorset CAN's Annual General Meeting (AGM)
The Trustees of Dorset Climate Action Network are holding the Annual General Meeting on the 9th of May at 7pm on Zoom, as a member of Dorset CAN you are invited by the trustees to attend and vote on the election of new Trustees and usual business required to be passed at the AGM.
Feeding Dorset at Bridport Food Festival
Talks and demonstrations on Food resilience at the Bridport Food festival
Recordings of our past Talks & Events
Missed an online Event or need a recap? We record all of our online events, you can find them here or at our YouTube account.
DCAN webinar on Sustainable Energy in Dorset
Dorset CAN is involved in making homes greener, promoting solar PV panels on roofs, and on facilitating offshore and onshore wind farms with community benefit.
Carbon Literacy Training Workshops
DorsetCAN are pleased to offer Carbon Literacy Training Workshops in partnership with Lyme Regis and Weymouth Town Councils to Community Group Leaders and Town and Parish Councils based in the West Dorset Area.
Food Resilience in Dorset - Meeting 4
Building a Dorset Food Partnership.
DCAN Fortnightly Action Meeting - Mondays
Fortnightly Open Meeting - Mondays, where all our Team Coordinators come together to discuss and plan our projects and prioritise tasks. Guests and members are very welcome to join us.
DCAN Strategy and Priorities Day
Strategy Day Planning for our Projects and Priorities in 2024
Talking Walk on River Lim
Talking walk by Vicky Elcoate of the River Lim Action Group
Sustainable Food Places : who are they and should Dorset become a member?
Sustainable Food Places : Who are they and should Dorset become a member?
Dorset COP 2023
Zero Carbon Dorset, Dorset Climate Action Network (Dorset CAN) and Sustainable Dorset have joined forces to launch the first community-led Dorset COP in Dorchester on Saturday 9th September at the historic Corn Exchange building.
FOOD RESILIENCE IN DORSET
Stimulating speakers, informed discussion and exchanging some great ideas for actions and strategies.
Retrofit your Home and lower your carbon footprint
20% of our carbon footprint results from Domestic Heating. How can we lower our bills while still keeping our homes cosy
2023 Dorset Fairs & Fetes we attend
Programme of Dorset Fairs & Fetes we exhibit at - come along!