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National Emergency Briefing
The climate & nature crisis threatens all aspects of British life from national security to food supply, but solutions exist. The National Emergency Briefing was commissioned to present the latest evidence, and build an irresistible call for the Government to stage a...
BeWild!
What is BeWild? BeWild was created by naturalist and trailblazer Victoria Benns. It's a growing community of bold, forward-thinking businesses and individuals all championing positive environmental change and sparking a much needed much wider conversation about the...
Open Eco Homes Weekend
Open Eco Homes Weekend – 26–28 September Hi everyone, I bet some of you are curious about how to make your home warmer, greener, and cheaper to run? This is Robin and Hannah - they decided to build a Passiv Haus in Dartington. They made it from natural materials and...
Smart choices for smart devices
Like them or loath them, devices like smartphones, tablets, and laptops are part of our lives. There are around 9 per household in the UK, and there are probably over 20 million thrown away each year. There is an environmental impact each time one is manufactured, and...
Wildflower Meadow Talk
Ross runs Abundant Gardens and is dedicated to revitalizing gardens through the creation of wildflower meadows. He is giving us an informative and interactive one-hour talk about wildflower meadows, their significance, and how to cultivate them successfully in our own...
Stop the sewage!
The Friends of the River Dart are submitting an application for Bathing Water Status for Steamer Quay, Stoke Gabriel, Dittisham, & Dartmouth. If successful SWW would have to allocate more funding to reduce the number of sewage outfalls at these sites, which is to...
Planning a Night Out?
Planning a night out or need a ride to the station? Green Compass Tours operate between Dartmouth, Totnes and Kingsbridge and offer very competitive rates. Being the first fully electric private hire in the South Hams they are proud to get you from A to B with zero...
An Overview of Heat Pumps in an older house
Adam Dalgliesh is involved with our local sustainability groups and has kindly provided this case study to share his approach and experience. Contrary to what people may tell you at the pub (or anywhere else for that matter) it is totally possible to heat older...
A Hedgehog Evening With Hugh Warwick
A Hedgehog evening with Hugh Warwick Come and find shelter from stormy clouds, real and political, at this Hedgehog Evening, this Friday (30th September 2022) at 6:30pm in Dartmouth Town Hall. I've booked Hugh Warwick, fabulous hedgehog expert, author, and...
Wild Things Art Exhibition
Wild Things! An art exhibition on the theme of climate & nature. Susi Nightingale is the organiser and she has booked Dittisham Village Hall from July 14th-20th. Art has a unique ability to cross boundaries, to directly communicate both intellectually and...
Oxford Real Farming Conference
The Oxford Real Farming Conference (ORFC) was started in 2010 by Colin Tudge and Ruth West (founders of the Campaign for Real Farming) and agricultural writer, Graham Harvey, to highlight the alternatives to conventional farming and to offer all farmers a different...
Carbon Budgets
What's a Carbon Budget? To stabilise global temperatures to a target level there is a finite total amount of greenhouse gas emissions that can be released. This is referred to as a carbon budget. Carbon budgets are FAR more useful than Net Zero by 20-whatever. Net...
All About Heat Pumps
On Monday 20th December we're lucky enough to have Graham Hendra of ABC Heat Pumps lined up to speak about Heat Pumps. I've been to a talk that Graham did for renewable heating professionals and so I can personally vouch for him. Heat is probably the biggest single...
8 Billion Trees
A message from Suzy Nguyen: I'm Suzy from 8 Billion Trees - a tree planting and wildlife conservation organization (NGO). I’m reaching out to share my story and hope that you would help me spread the words to your audiences/readers so we can together make a change our...
Electric Private Hire Vehicle
100% ELECTRIC PRIVATE HIRE VEHICLE NOW AVAILABLE IN BLACKAWTON and DITTISHAM! For those who fancy a night out in town or a ride to the station but dont want to have to drive, Laura and James Perry are now licensed and insured private hire drivers. Competitively...
Enhancing Biodiversity on Council Green Spaces
South Hams District Council has launched a consultation to explore what the public think about the Council enabling re-wilding of some of its green spaces. In 2020, South Hams District Council declared a Climate & Biodiversity Emergency. This reflected evidence...