EVENTS
EVENTS
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...
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...
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...
SSH July 2021: Going from A to B more Sustainably
We're proudly part of the Sustainable South Hams (SSH) group of groups - and had one of the regular meetings today. Alastair Mumford from came and told us about the wonderfully named ORCS - on street residential chargepoint scheme, with potential funding for parish...
What happened/happens in this old green lane?
Join Valerie Belsey, author of books on Devonshire’s green lanes, and take a slow walk up and down one of the longest lanes in the South Hams. Sailors, millers, woodsmen, paper makers, nuns came here and many more. There are buzzards, ravens, dippers here, some rare...
Family Wildlife Explorers at Sharpham
Join Sharpham's wildlife leaders on a friendly nature stroll looking for butterflies, crickets, grasshoppers and more. Suitable for age 5 – 12 years with an accompanying adult. Advance booking is essential as numbers are strictly limited. The event is a free Heritage...
Hugh Warwick: How to help our Hedgehogs?
If there's someone you'd call "The Hedgehog person" in the UK, it's Hugh Warwick, and we're lucky enough to have him join us to help answer the seemingly simple question: "What can we do in our gardens, our land, and our interactions with councils and other bodies, to...
Help needed to rescue UK’s old rainfall records
At a loss to know what to do with your self-isolation time? Well, why not get on the computer and help with a giant weather digitisation effort? The UK has rainfall records dating back 200 years or so, but the vast majority of these are in handwritten form and can't...
Next Meeting Cancelled
Hello everyone The meeting on Wednesday 18th is Cancelled. This is to reduce the risk of transmission of the coronavirus and is, I think, the most responsible thing to do. Could each group send me an update on progress and any of your initiatives please? I can then...
Film Screening – 2040
Film Screening '2040' Saturday 29th February 6pm - 9pm, Blackawton Village Hall So much of the messaging around the climate and environmental challenge we face seems to to focus on the dire consequences. And they are very serious issues, and yet there are so many...
Electric Vehicle Demo
Electric Vehicle (EV) Demonstration Saturday 29th February 2pm - 4pm, on the Ham, Dittisham Sustainable Dittisham's Transport group is running the first EV-Demo - a chance to come see and try Electric cars and electric bikes. EV = Electric Vehicle. There will be a...