Waste Less, Save More is new Poole mission
Borough of Poole council has secured nearly £50,000 funding for the Sainsbury’s food waste project Waste Less, Save More.
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Back-to-back shouts for Poole lifeboats
Both Poole lifeboats launched together on 11 September at 2.10pm, to a report of vessel aground at Whitley Lake off Sandbanks Road and were soon on the scene.
Over 9,000 badgers could be killed this year in Dorset despite advice that culling is unlikely to reduce bovine TB
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) has announced that it is shocked and saddened to hear that the areas where badger culling will take place in Dorset this year will be substantially increased despite scientific advice that it is unlikely to have a meaningful effect in reducing bovine tuberculosis (bTB).
Conference celebrates the ash tree in Dorset and Wiltshire before it’s too late
The beautiful ash tree, which has proved so vital to human society down the ages, could soon disappear from the British Isles altogether due to Chalara, ash dieback disease, and the Springhead Trust is running a six-day celebration of the tree in Dorset and Wiltshire before it’s too late.
No gunpowder, no treason, but an abandoned plot in Ferndown
Green-fingered volunteers have set about transforming an abandoned allotment plot in Ferndown for the use of those living with dementia.
Visit Ferndown on 26 September if you are passionate about butt binning
As part of the wider #BinYourButt campaign there will be a launch in Ferndown on Tuesday 26 September between 10am and 4pm with campaigners under the clock tower until 1pm and between Tesco and the Barrington until 4pm.
Meet Dorset’s new Sustainability Champions
These committed individuals from across Dorset each have a unique way of working within their community, but what they share is a common aim to see a more sustainable Dorset.
The hills are alive with the sound of poetry
Verse in the vicinity, the ancient Dorset landscape of the South Dorset Ridgeway is alive with poetry.
Thorncombe Wood is flying the flag as one of the UK’s very best green spaces as well as Avon Heath Country Park and Stour Meadows
Thorncombe Wood near Dorchester, Avon Heath Country Park in St Leonards and Milldown Stour Meadows in Blandford have been recognised by the Green Flag Award Scheme as some of the best in the world.
Marine Conservation Society aims to create biggest beach and river clean event
The UK’s leading marine charity, the Marine Conservation Society, joins forces with Waitrose supermarket to fight plastic beach pollution.