Plastic-free activity across Dorset is set to receive a boost with a crowdfunded UK film premiere and tour starting in Wimborne on March 14th.
Rubber Jellyfish is a feature-length documentary that explores the effects of balloon releases on wildlife, the environment and ultimately us. We know that throwing rubbish on...
Journeys made on foot, by bike and scooter during Sustrans Big Pedal event could have created 1,600kg of CO2 and 31kg of NOx if pupil’s journeys to school had been made in cars.
The walking and cycling charity Sustrans’ Big Pedal event saw over 4,900 children take part in Dorset...
A new kind of vending machine is being trialled in Dorchester in partnership with Litter Free Dorset.
Residents can come and try out the ‘reverse vending machine’ – a new scheme that pays people to pick litter – on Thursday 13 September outside Lloyds bank, South Street.
What is a reverse vending...
If you have a stove or fireplace then make sure you choose dry or seasoned firewood. Unseasoned firewood gives off more smoke, which harms air quality, as well as less heat. Seasoned logs are better for your appliance, chimney and fuel bills. Consumers should look for ‘Ready to Burn’...
Commenting on the one year anniversary of Labour's socialist Green New Deal motion passing at Party Conference 2019, Labour for a Green New Deal spokeswoman Lauren Townsend said:
"A year ago today, Labour members and trade unions came together to back a groundbreaking Green New Deal, to tackle the climate...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is pleased to support the establishment of a new, collaborative way of farmers working together in Dorset: ‘The Brit and Hooke Facilitation Fund’, where farmers and landowners in west Dorset will discuss land management, farm business and wildlife conservation issues, plus opportunities arising from Brexit....
Heatwaves, flooding and droughts will be more frequent and more intense as the world is set to hit the 1.5C global warming limit in the next 20 years, a landmark United Nations review has predicted.
The milestone scientific assessment says the rate of warming in the last 2,000 years has...
Dorset Council’s (DC) Climate Change Executive Advisory Panel met on Friday 13 September to listen to members from Extinction Rebellion and discuss the Council’s progress with their plans to tackle climate change.
The panel, made up of councillors from across the political divide, is responsible for working with officers to gather...
Dorset Council has brought together its new Climate Change Executive Advisory Panel for the first time.
The panel was established following the declaration of a climate change emergency at Dorset Council back in May. It will work in partnership with organisations across Dorset to develop its climate emergency plan for Dorset.
With a cross-party membership of...
Vegans and pescatarians may be less likely to get severely ill from coronavirus, according to a new study.
The research - which took place across six countries, including the UK - showed that those who had plant-based diets were 73% less likely to develop severe symptoms from COVID-19.People who ate fish...
