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Sunday, May 19, 2024
New research shows that over 11,600 jobs could be created in Dorset across green infrastructure and care work in the next two years, rising to more than 27,000 over 10 years.   The data, compiled by Green New Deal UK, shows that Dorset is likely to suffer over 26,000 permanent...
Activists from Animal Rebellion and local groups of Extinction Rebellion held the sit-in from noon on Saturday in St Marys Street Weymouth branch.  Branded a McSit-in, they occupied areas of the restaurant for 2 hours.    Catherine Cannon, (43), a local climate activist at Saturday’s sit-in, said: “McDonald’s needs to transition...
In response to the final draft of the agreement approved at COP28 in Dubai, the global movement Scientist Rebellion has released a scathing statement of criticism, continuing their call for a global "climate revolution." The full statement can be read below and can also be found on our website: The...
George Monbiot
Why do we tolerate the massive environmental impacts of the very rich? Most of our dysfunctions are caused by pandering to the rich. The way governments have allowed democracy to be eroded by lobbyists (including politicians with lucrative private interests); the deregulation that lets corporations, oligarchs and landlords squeeze their...
JOIN THE GREAT DORSET BEACH CLEAN 2023! We are very excited to share with you that there will be 17 beach cleans across the Dorset coastline for the Great Dorset Beach Clean, starting on the 15th April till the 23rd April. This year will be our 33rd annual event and we...
In the coastal section from Golden Cap to Charmouth clay rocks again dominate with Lower and Middle Lias capped by Cretaceous Upper Greensand. Faults complicate the section especially between St Gabriel’s Mouth and Stonebarrow but they are not always well exposed because of landslips. The view below from Cain’s Folly...
Tory Starmer, get the furniture van ready. The other Tory party has lost this BBC presenter (for the moment at least). Nick Robinson goes after Rishi Sunak over proposals that he says he's scrapped."Your pretending to halt frightening proposals that simply do not exist... you're making a series of claims...
Plants and flowers look beautiful in the great outdoors, but they're also a fantastic addition to your interior design too. If you don't have a green thumb, don't worry. There are plenty of plants that require little attention or light to thrive. We’ll help you decide where plants will...
This summer Dorset Action on Pensions are stepping up the campaign, because for every £££ invested in fossil fuel we release more and more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, causing an increase in global temperature rise, with all its problems for life locally and across the world. Please join us in...
As a species, we are by far and away the most wasteful and selfish. We are destructive, ignorant and egocentric. With the mountain of evidence all around us that our behaviour is killing multiple species and contributing to global warming and climate change and all of the apocalyptic scenarios...