COP26 - 6 months on ...
Another share from Adam Vaughan, author of the Fix the Planet newsletter from New Scientist, this one on the day that we host the...
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Rachel Bodle
- May 1
- 3 min
STOPPWI Campaign Support
A follow up from the campaign We had a stall at the TUC Dorchester Event that was rained off yesterday leaving us with a well prepared...
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Rachel Bodle
- Feb 10
- 5 min
When net zero means not zero
This latest 'Fix the Planet' newsletter from Adam Vaughan at New Scientist seems worth sharing ... Hi. Have you ever wondered if...
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Rachel Bodle
- Jan 23
- 7 min
Planet Shaftesbury: 20-01-2022
This was a small online session which barely scratched the surface of our meeting theme - Permaculture, Transition & Planet Shaftesbury....
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Rachel Bodle
- Jan 3
- 6 min
Planet Shaftesbury: 16-12-21
This last meeting of 2021 followed meetings where we'd talked about ways of being more of a 'presence' in the town, considered the UN...
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Rachel Bodle
- Nov 17, 2021
- 4 min
New Scientist assesses outcomes from COP26
I'm sharing the latest and last in New Scientist's COP26 newsletters from Adam Vaughan. Adam ends by quoting Greta Thunberg in what could...
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Rachel Bodle
- Oct 24, 2021
- 4 min
Extract New Scientist: Countdown to COP26
I don't share every one of these New Scientist newsletters - but thought I'd share this one. It had the sub-title 'Is the UK net zero...
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Richard Foreman
- Sep 16, 2021
- 2 min
Rupert Read suggests development of a 'moderate flank' to climate/ecological activism.
In an article written for the Green House Think Tank, Extinction Rebellion founder member and frequent spokesperson Rupert Read suggests...
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Richard Foreman
- Aug 31, 2021
- 1 min
Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show, 18/19-8
Struggling to complete the construction of our gazebo in strong winds, an intrepid team from Planet Shaftesbury, Greener Gillingham and...
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Richard Foreman
- Aug 23, 2021
- 3 min
Planet Shaftesbury: 19-8-21
Photo from recent Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show display. It has been strange, this cautious and careful return to meeting in person...
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Rachel Bodle
- Aug 12, 2021
- 4 min
New Scientist comment on latest from the IPCC
Adam Vaughan of New Scientist publishes a periodic climate change newsletter 'Fix the Planet'. This week his newsletter follows Monday’s...
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Rachel Bodle
- Aug 11, 2021
- 1 min
Ecosystem Collapse, what is it and what does it mean for Dorset?
This online talk (15th July) from Professor Adrian Newton of Bournemouth University did not attract a large crowd. That was a shame....
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Richard Foreman
- Jun 21, 2021
- 2 min
Zooming with Bees
Once again, our thanks to Brigit Strawbridge Howard for her series of monthly Zoom talks for Planet Shaftesbury. The series began in...
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Rachel Bodle
- May 21, 2021
- 6 min
Is this the right path to net zero?
This newsletter from the New Scientist popped into my inbox whilst I was wrapping up the May newsletter. I found I wanted to share it in...
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Richard Foreman
- Apr 19, 2021
- 1 min
HS2 Ecocide - Campaign Video
Thanks to Jocelyn Elson-Riggins for passing this on (and apologies for delay). She writes: Blaize O'Callahan has been campaigning to...
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Ed Bersey
- Mar 22, 2021
- 1 min
Our Collective Response to Dorset Council's Strategy for the Climate and Ecological Emergency
Here (thanks to David Brown) is a document that summarises the views collected from participants in Planet Shaftesbury weekly Zoom...
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Richard Foreman
- Mar 20, 2021
- 1 min
Welcoming the Swifts
Thanks again to Catherine Simmonds for passing on the link below. ‘Derbyshire swift group have made available a recent webinar by Edward...
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Richard Foreman
- Mar 4, 2021
- 1 min
Climate Change - The Technological Response
Thanks to Arthur for bringing this to our attention. It's the blurb for a talk given at Messums in Tisbury on 3rd March. It's quite...
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Ed Bersey
- Jan 26, 2021
- 8 min
Disinvestment by banks from fossil fuel company shares – does it make a difference?
In a recent conversation with a good friend, we turned to the subject of the high street banks and their involvement in fossil fuels. My...
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Richard Foreman
- Dec 16, 2020
- 1 min
Rivers Action 12-12-20
Limited once again by current restrictions, Planet Shaftesbury and XR supporters participated in a cross-country action on the degraded...
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