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DCAN AGM - Annual General Meeting
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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We are delighted to announce that we have been accredited as a Silver Carbon Literate Organisation by the UN-recognised Carbon Literacy Project.
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Ancient Crafts: A Modern Approach to Nature & Conservation by George Darvall
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DCAN member Shaftesbury Town Council last week declared Shaftesbury England's first Nature Friendly Town (NFT) following a recommendation from Sustainable Shaftesbury.
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This successful evening had over 50 participants including individuals and those representing the many groups throughout Dorset who are interested/active in the challenges around community waste management.
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Following on from our series of Food Resilience meetings in 2024 Co-Organised with Help and Kindness, on January 27th a further meeting was held which invited those already working with food, as well as parish, town and county councillors to gather to see how we could support each other to create a local, sustainable, healthy, fair and affordable food system throughout the county.
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DCAN Energy Team's Battery Storage Webinar
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A recent search of statistics sourced from recognised scientific bodies paints a sobering picture of the near future both globally and in the UK.
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On September 16th, a junior minister ignored advice from the Department for Culture, Media, and Sport and Historic England, approved a 202,000-tonne-per-year waste incinerator in the heart of Dorset's UNESCO-designated Jurassic Coast at Portland.
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An Informed discussion took place exchanging some great ideas for actions and strategies. We had three prominent speakers who came and shared their ideas and projects with attendees
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