Community action/Dorset
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The aim of this page is to recognise, celebrate and encourage the self-empowerment of community agency networks (CANs) and community groups' activism for climate, environment and many other sustainability topics across Dorset.
News
[edit | edit source]Dorset
South West England
UK
Europe
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The UK towns at risk of running out of water within six weeks, inews.co.uk (Aug 12, 2026) - How solar panels saved this local community leisure centre, goodenergy.co.uk (Dec 19, 2025)
- 'Nobody owns the sand': The 12-metre fence dividing an affluent beach town, BBC News (Nov 01, 2025)
- ‘It bloody works’: why the world’s oldest cheddar-maker uses a ‘milk-source’ heat pump, theguardian.com (Sep 17, 2026)
- White storks: why introducing non‑native species in rewilding projects can be a good idea, theconversation.com (Jun 05, 2026)
- Citizens’ Assembly to invest £100,000 in West’s culture, westofengland-ca.gov.uk (Jan 16, 2026)
- Half a million trees to be planted in England in three years, says government, theguardian.com (Sep 30, 2026)
- The Space Time Continuum, Alternative Editorial (Sep 27, 2026) — Empty spaces will be put back into use, Andy Burnham said, turning them into "community hubs, health centres, shared workspaces, cafés and the local services that people actually want to see.”
- UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer, theguardian.com (Sep 23, 2026) — El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers
- Citizens need to power Europe's future, demnext.substack.com (Oct 02, 2026) — The EU can enable new democratic institutions: in European countries; with a European Citizens’ Assembly as a 4th branch of government, and by legally enforcing the Global Citizens’ Assembly on AI, Claudia Chwalisz and Another Democratic Future
- Reclaiming the streets: the architects clawing back Europe’s car-centric spaces, theguardian.com (Sep 09, 2026) — The European Prize for Urban Public Space’s shortlist highlights projects helping people cope with climate crisis
- We’re the mayors of Paris, Milan and Phoenix. The heat crisis has us all facing the same question, Emmanuel Grégoire, Giuseppe Sala and Kate Gallego, theguardian.com (Sep 07, 2026) — Our three cities are learning from each other about how to protect residents. These climate policies are also public health measures
- Citizens need to power Europe's future, demnext.substack.com (Oct 02, 2026) — The EU can enable new democratic institutions: in European countries; with a European Citizens’ Assembly as a 4th branch of government, and by legally enforcing the Global Citizens’ Assembly on AI, Claudia Chwalisz and Another Democratic Future
- Fifty Billion Seedlings: Can Ethiopia Replant Its Ravaged Forests?, e360.yale.edu (Oct 01, 2026)
- Want solar but don’t own a roof? California just legalized plug-in panels, no permission required, latimes.com (Sep 30, 2026)
Networks and sustainability initiatives
[edit | edit source]This section has been AI aided: AI Overview from a Google search, 09:36, 3 November 2025 (UTC)
- Langton Planet Action on dorsetcan.org, group in the Purbeck area that works with other local environmental groups to reduce environmental impact and promote sustainability. added 10:58, 3 November 2025 (UTC)
- Sustainable Dorset, website of Dorset Agenda 21, county wide sustainable development charity based in Dorchester
- Sustainable Bridport, Building a Resilient, Fair and Low Carbon Bridport, added 16:59, 10 April 2023 (UTC), link checked 11:01, 3 November 2025 (UTC)
- Transition Bournemouth
- Transition Town Dorchester
- Transition Town Christchurch
- Transition Town Poole
- Transition Towns Weymouth and Portland
CDC videos
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Events
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UK and international events
Mar 14, 2026 (Sat) — The Big Swim, Dorset, pinknicky.com
Regular events
see also: Dorset Eco Calendar, TTWP.NET
UK events
- Sep 7 - 11, 2026 (Mon-Fri) — Zero Waste Week, zerowasteweek.co.uk
- Sep 11 - 20, 2026 (Fri-Sun) — Heritage Open Days, celebrating our fantastic history and culture. Your chance to see hidden places and try out new experiences – all of which are FREE to explore, heritageopendays.org.uk
- Sep 18 - 27, 2026 (Fri-Sun) — Great British Beach Clean, mcsuk.org
Global or international events
- Sep 15, 2026 (Tue) — Free Money Day, Global invitation for people to explore, in a liberating and fun way, what it might be like if our relationship to money was a little different. Sep 15, annually, freemoneyday.org
- Sep 18, 2026 (Fri) — Park(ing) day, global, public, participatory project where people across the world temporarily repurpose curbside parking spaces and convert them into public parks and social spaces to advocate for safer, greener, and more equitable streets for people, myparkingday.org
- Sep 21-27, 2026 (Mon-Sun) — Global Week Of Action For Peace And Climate Justice, climatemilitarism.org
- Sep 21, 2026 (Mon) — International Day of Peace, Globally shared date, Sep 21 each year for all humanity to commit to Peace above all differences and to contribute to building a Culture of Peace, internationaldayofpeace.org
2021-2030, UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, International community action events
Dorset video
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Community and voluntary action
[edit | edit source]- Community Action Network, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, added 08:22, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
Food activism
[edit | edit source]Research
Can you help with NuFEAST?: send us your top tips for eating sustainably research.bournemouth.ac.uk, (2016)
Community energy
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- Dorset Community Energy, not-for-profit society that finances and installs solar PV on schools and community buildings to provide them with low-cost electricity. It also offers local investment opportunities and has a community fund for projects that reduce carbon emissions.
- Energy Local Bridport on dorsetcommunityenergy.org.uk. The first Energy Local Club in England, this group allows residents to buy electricity at a lower cost directly from local renewable sources, such as the 50kW wind turbine at Salway Ash.
Community resources
[edit | edit source]- The Power House, Poole, added 08:21, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
- Help And Kindness, for Dorset, added 08:49, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
Climate action
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- DorsetCAN, Dorset Climate Action Network. Network of community groups and individuals across Dorset that works toward a sustainable future. It supports local groups and actions aimed at climate change.
Cycling activism
[edit | edit source]Maps:
- Interactive cycle maps, dorsetforyou.com
Biodiversity
[edit | edit source]Rewilding
[edit | edit source]- Beavers at Little Sea, Studland, project of nationaltrust.org.uk, added 10:32, 1 March 2025 (UTC)
- Wild Woodbury, dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk, community rewilding project at Bere Regis. added 16:03, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
- Wilder Dorset, project of Dorset Wildlife Trust: "plans for transforming the landscape from being intensively managed to letting nature take the lead will be developed in conjunction with the surrounding community, giving local people more opportunities to connect with nature while also benefitting local wildlife."...wildlifetrusts.org.
Trees, woodland and forest
[edit | edit source]- Wareham Forest on forestryengland.uk, added 15:11, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
News archive
[edit | edit source]- The ‘bin-novative’ approach to rubbish that’s slashing beach litter, positive.news (Feb 16, 2023)
- Hundreds march in Dorchester in protest at housing plans, BBC News (Apr 03, 2022) — protest at plans to build 4,000 houses on open land and "desecrate" the Thomas Hardy countryside
- England's first community rewilding project launches in Dorset, Sep 6, 2021...wildlifetrusts.org
- The activist entrepreneurs running zero-waste shops, Aug 6, 2021...bbc.co.uk/news
- Support growing for National Park bid (which could bring £90m funding to Dorset), May 18, 2017...dorsetecho.co.uk
- Dorset organisation wins national award for innovative health project, Nov 10, 2016...dorsetecho.co.uk
- Bournemouth is a step closer to becoming world leader in green economy, Oct 6, 2016...bournemouth.gov.uk
- New seafront recycling campaign launched, Aug 2, 2016...bournemouth.gov.uk
- Bournemouth's getting a weekly food market... sort of, Jul 13, 2016...bournemouthecho.co.uk
- Bournemouth's first ever Street Kitchen to help town's homeless, May 14, 2016...bournemouthecho.co.uk
- Bournemouth and Poole become the world's first Sustainable Fish City, April 17, 2015...Sustain
- Test run for Poole Harbour heat project, July 21, 2016...Transition Free Press
About Dorset
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From Wikipedia:Dorset
Dorset ( DOR-sit; archaically: Dorsetshire DOR-sit-sheer, -shər) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north and the north-east, Hampshire to the east, the Isle of Wight across the Solent to the south-east, the English Channel to the south, and Devon to the west. The largest settlement is Bournemouth.
Over half the county is designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
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