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We welcome any submission of relevant News and/or Events to dorsetcan@gmail.com for inclusion in our Newletters, News Articles and Events Listings (maximum word count 250)

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Dorset COP 2024 - Saturday 2nd Nov
Nov 2, 2024 at 9:00 am
Location: Bournemouth University
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Dorset COP 2024 - Will be held on Saturday 2nd November at Bournemouth University.
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Barn Dance - Charity Fundraiser
Oct 25, 2024 at 6:30 pm
Location: St Georges Church Hall, Dorchester, DT1 1LB
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Come join us for a fun-filled evening of dancing, music, and laughter at Dorset CAN's Annual Barn Dance event!
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DCAN Strategy and Priorities Day 2024
Oct 25, 2024 at 9:00 am
Location: Dorchester Youth and Community Centre
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Strategy Day   Planning for our Projects and Priorities in 2025
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Carbon Literacy Training October 24 - January 25
Oct 16, 2024 at 9:00 am
Location: Online on Zoom
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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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Dorset Greener Homes Event
Sep 21, 2024 at 9:00 am
Location: Dorset Wide
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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.
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Recordings of our past Talks & Events
Jan 1, 2024 at 9:00 am
Location: Online on Zoom
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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 Fortnightly Action Meeting - Mondays
at 5:00 pm
Location: Zoom - Online Meeting
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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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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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BBC report states that burning rubbish in incinerators to make electricity is now the dirtiest way the UK generates power
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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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This in depth event on the 5th June 2024 examined the truth of the greenwashing accusation made against private and public sector initiatives and what can be done about it.
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CPRE continue to show their support for our Great Big Dorset Hedge Project with £6000 of funding to carry our project forward and continue to grow in strength, numbers and achievements.
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Church Beach in Lyme Regis has been redesignated as a bathing beach after a two year campaign. Local water quality campaigners, swimmers and many local businesses have been celebrating after receiving the news.
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During the final meeting in a series of 6 which has brought together organisations and individuals from across Dorset to work through the subject of Food Resilience in Dorset, participants came together to discuss whether Dorset could develop into a Sustainable Food Place.
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The first-ever community led Dorset COP, uniting the local community in urgent action to combat climate change, was held Saturday the 9th of September at the historic Corn Exchange building in Dorchester. The carbon-neutral event hosted a variety of workshops and keynote speakers, welcoming visitors from across the county.
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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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Organisers of DorsetCOP 2023 announce it will be held on Saturday 9th September at Dorchester Corn Exchange
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The turbine is located close to Bristol Docks and with a blade diameter of 115 metres it generates 4.25 megawatts at its peak - enough for 3,500 homes.
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Dorset CANs Retrofit Event proved a huge success!
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Funding to pilot a project involving the Lyme area community in the creation of the Great Big Dorset Hedge has been approved by Lyme Regis Town Council.
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