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Green Issues, Science, Conservation & Gardening - Dorset West

How to elevate your garden 

When it comes to renovating, your garden is often the last thing to be done, and once you are ready to sort your garden out, you will need to think about whether you want to implement small, more subtle changes, or go all out with a statement piece. Here are...
In 1922, a group of scientists went to the Toronto General Hospital, where diabetic children were kept in wards, often 50 or more at a time. Most of them were comatose and dying from diabetic ketoacidosis. Others were being treated by being placed on an extremely strict diet, which...
Ecosafe Group, a leading provider delivering high quality building, construction, and maintenance to Homeowners, Landlords and Residents nationwide, is thrilled to announce its recent triumph in winning contracts on Fusion21's esteemed £346 million Building Improvements Framework. Ecosafe Group will be delivering services for Kitchens and Bathrooms, as well as...
Continuing our journey along the coast from Abbotsbury, as mentioned in a previous instalment (22 on Chesil Beach), peat can be washed up on the Beach during storms as seen in the picture below. This would have formed in the Fleet when Chesil Beach was further off-shore. Over the centuries and even...
This section is probably best covered as a split trip, walking along the beach from Eype and from Seatown. The section between Great Ebb and East Ebb is quite challenging with a boulder strewn beach and this is likely to be difficult unless you are physically fit! East Ebb is the furthest point in...
Common sense dictates that a doubling of industrial global infrastructure will only further the ecological crisis. #NetZero is the continuation of the industrial-capitalist system being restructured under the fourth industrial revolution architecture. The Global South serves, and will serve, as the continued sacrifice zone. Nicholas Stern, Green Horizon Summit: "Green...

Discovering The Fleet

The Fleet is a lagoon behind Chesil Beach and extends from Abbotsbury to Ferry Bridge from where it opens into Portland Harbour and then into Weymouth Bay. The picture below shows Lyme Bay on the left, then Chesil Beach and the land of south Dorset on the right The Fleet is tidal...
2023 was the hottest year ever recorded globally, while the population of the planet is now approximately 8.5 billion. Take those 8.5 billion and throw in to the mix an ideology that manipulates people to keep breeding and at the same time obsess with consumption, and the impact will...
In 1933, a beautiful, young Austrian woman took off her clothes for a movie director. She ran through the woods, naked. She swam in a lake, naked. Pushing well beyond the social norms of the period. The most popular movie in 1933 was King Kong. But everyone in Hollywood...
The UK is currently dealing with a cost of living crisis, and as a result, many people are being more careful with their purchases. There is less emphasis on fast fashion and a greater need for quality pieces that will withstand the test of time and retain their value. We’re investing...