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Here you can read and comment on articles from our Planet Shaftesbury bloggers. These include notes made after significant meetings, all in reverse chronological order.
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Rachel Bodle
Jul 26
The Case for Growth Agnosticism
This piece by Michael Albert (University of Edinburgh) has been distributed through the newsletter of the Climate Majority Project....
Richard Foreman
Apr 26
A Work of Art, A Work of Heart
Shortly after returning from last Saturday’s ‘Funeral For Nature’ event in Bath, where I and four other local Planet Shaftesbury...
Rachel Bodle
Apr 26
Dorset Local Plan Alert
From Richard Thomas, 25 April 2024 Dorset Climate Action Network (DCAN) has raised the alarm on the latest moves by Dorset Council to...
Rachel Bodle
Feb 29
Sustainable Shaftesbury
Information and reflections from Richard Thomas ... So, after 18 months of work by a miscellaneous group of resolute local volunteer...
Rachel Bodle
Sep 29, 2023
'Planet Wreckers' Report
Thank you to Jocelyn Elson-Riggins for drawing attention to this report, highlighted in the newsletter extract below from Oil Change...
Richard Foreman
Sep 11, 2023
Dorset COP - 9-9-23
On Saturday 9th September 2023, more than 250 people, including representatives from more than 100 Dorset based organisations, came...
Rachel Bodle
Aug 10, 2023
Imagine effective action on deforestation
This is the latest (9th August) edition of Imagine – a weekly synthesis of academic insight on solutions to climate change, distributed...
Rachel Bodle
May 29, 2023
Reflections on The Big One, April 2023
Several people from the Planet Shaftesbury network participated in this action. Here are reflections from three of them: Richard...
Richard Foreman
Mar 27, 2023
Place, protest and belonging
Many thanks to Sue Clifford for this piece on Nicola Chester's recent talk. (And apologies for delay in getting this into the blog!)...
Rachel Bodle
Mar 23, 2023
People's Plan for Nature
Launched today, the People's Plan for Nature was initiated by the WWF, the RSPB and National Trust and created through a unique...
Richard Foreman
Mar 10, 2023
Whale Poo Matters
At last year’s Shaftesbury Fringe Festival, ‘The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party’ was an enjoyable music and readings event conceived by Emily and...
Richard Foreman
Feb 3, 2023
“I Knew a Bank Where the Wildflowers Grew……”
Many thanks to Julia Desch, who wrote this piece originally for the Donheads newsletter, but has kindly allowed us to reproduce it here....
Rachel Bodle
Jan 17, 2023
10 ways permaculture can help tackle the rising cost of living
In this post I'm sharing an article from the Permaculture Association's latest newsletter - this is a different perspective on the...
Rachel Bodle
Dec 15, 2022
New Scientist reports from COP15 Biodiversity Conference
Another one of my occasional sharings of the Fix the Planet newsletter from New Scientist. This one written by Madeleine Cuff. Hello from...
Richard Foreman
Oct 17, 2022
Planet Shaftesbury’s Autumn Programme 2022 – a Review.
Following a summer lull, the Autumn Programme was intended to build on the May ’22 school event: Shaftesbury 2030 and also to roughly...
Richard Foreman
Oct 1, 2022
Shaftesbury Energy Park: Battery Storage for Wind/Solar Energy
Thanks to Emma at Nadder Energy for bringing the below item to our attention.
Rachel Bodle
Aug 10, 2022
Has the circular economy finally reached a positive tipping point?
This article was compiled by Daniel Fahey for the latest copy of Positive News (July 29, 2022). It was supported by Green Alley Award. I...
Rachel Bodle
Jun 23, 2022
Power Up
Here's another blog taken from the New Scientist Fix the Planet series. This look at the potential for meeting electricity needs with...
Rachel Bodle
Jun 8, 2022
Power down: reducing our energy needs
At the current time, amidst rising energy bills and a 'cost of living' crisis, reducing our energy needs is 'where its at'. Planet...
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