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...
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Richard Foreman
- Mar 27
- 2 min
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!)...
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Rachel Bodle
- Mar 23
- 4 min
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...
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Richard Foreman
- Mar 10
- 3 min
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...
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Richard Foreman
- Feb 3
- 5 min
“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....
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Rachel Bodle
- Jan 17
- 3 min
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...
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Rachel Bodle
- Dec 15, 2022
- 4 min
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...
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Richard Foreman
- Oct 17, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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Richard Foreman
- Oct 1, 2022
- 1 min
Shaftesbury Energy Park: Battery Storage for Wind/Solar Energy
Thanks to Emma at Nadder Energy for bringing the below item to our attention.
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Rachel Bodle
- Aug 10, 2022
- 6 min
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...
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Rachel Bodle
- Jun 23, 2022
- 5 min
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...
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Rachel Bodle
- Jun 8, 2022
- 8 min
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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Richard Foreman
- May 21, 2022
- 3 min
Shaftesbury 2030: Choosing Our Future. Some personal reflections.
Photo: Brie Logan This was probably Planet Shaftesbury’s most ambitious and complex event so far undertaken, and credit to Karen, Rachel,...
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Rachel Bodle
- May 19, 2022
- 5 min
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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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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