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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.
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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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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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DCAN members visited Cockcrowing Farm Eype, an experimental climate project.
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After more than two years campaigning by the West Dorset Commons and others a new weekend bus service between Bridport and West Bay will be launched at the start of the school summer holidays.
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A wonderful meeting took place, where many ideas and challenges were shared between individuals and organisations, passionate about cleaning up Dorset’s rivers.
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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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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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