Golden Cap from Charmouth, 2004. Attribution: Nigel Chadwick

• The ‘bin-novative’ approach to rubbish that’s slashing beach litter, positive.news (Feb 16, 2023)

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Over half the county is designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Networks and sustainability initiatives[edit | edit source]

• 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)
• Transition Bournemouth
• Transition Town Dorchester
• Transition Town Christchurch
• Transition Town Poole
• Transition Towns Weymouth and Portland

Events[edit | edit source]

Regular events

Dorchester Green Drinks

see also: Dorset Eco Calendar, TTWP.NET

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)

Biodiversity[edit | edit source]

• Dorset Wildlife Trust

Rewilding[edit | edit source]

• 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."^[1]

Community and voluntary action[edit | edit source]

• Community Action Network, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, added 08:22, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

Cycling activism[edit | edit source]

• Dorset Cyclists' Network

Maps:

• Interactive cycle maps, dorsetforyou.com

News and comment[edit | edit source]

2022

• 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

2021

England's first community rewilding project launches in Dorset, Sep 6^[2]

The activist entrepreneurs running zero-waste shops, Aug 6^[3]

2017

Support growing for National Park bid (which could bring £90m funding to Dorset), May 18^[4]

2016

Dorset organisation wins national award for innovative health project, Nov 10^[5]

Bournemouth is a step closer to becoming world leader in green economy, Oct 6^[6]

New seafront recycling campaign launched, Aug 2^[7]

Bournemouth's getting a weekly food market... sort of, Jul 13^[8]

Bournemouth's first ever Street Kitchen to help town's homeless, May 14^[9]

2015

Bournemouth and Poole become the world's first Sustainable Fish City, April 17^[10]

2014

Test run for Poole Harbour heat project, July 21^[11]

Resources[edit | edit source]

Research[edit | edit source]

Can you help with NuFEAST?: send us your top tips for eating sustainably research.bournemouth.ac.uk

External links[edit | edit source]

Wikipedia: Dorset

References[edit | edit source]