Communities Living Sustainably in Dorset: Sept newsletter

Here is this month's CLS in Dorset newsletter - courtesy of Turn Lyme Green:
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CLS in Dorset Newsletter September 2015 Welcome to our September newsletter. If you have a news articles for our next edition, please e-mail to info@clsdorset.org.uk.

Big Ideas Challenge Launch Party 9 September Come along to Potter’s Cafe, Durngate Street, Dorchester at 6pm on Wednesday 9th September to cut and eat the BIG Ideas cake. The Challenge asks young people aged 7-24 to come up with solutions that help tackle climate change, the winner could win anamazing ... West Dorset Open Eco Homes 10-13 September This year, Hilfield Friary and 19 homes will be open! Owned and rented, normal houses adapted, and homes built from scratch.  Latest technical engineering and building from straw!  It cracks off with a "How to Build an Eco Home" talk on Thursday evening. More Six Dorset Community Energy Solar PV installations completed Dorset Community Energy has now completed the 3 larger PV installations on the roofs of Dorchester Middle School, The Thomas Hardye School, Dorchester and the roof of the Sports Hall at Lytchett Minster School near Wimborne. The final step is registration of the 3 school solar PV installations for Feed-in Tariffs (FITs) with Good Energy, which will be completed in early Septembermore. View the Dorset Community Energy August Newsletter. Save the Date for the Square Meal debate 28 October 2015   As part of Dorset Food Week on Wednesday 28th October, 4-9pm, join us for the Square Meal Debate at Kingston Maurward College in Dorchester. In the run up to the Climate Summit in Paris this December, CLS will be raising awareness of the links between our food system, public health and climate change. Read more here Volunteer with Eco-Schools!    Eco-Schools England are looking for volunteer Green Flag Assessors in the South West.  A rewarding way to support environmental education in your area. Find outmore Guest blog from Amanda Streatfeild I am lucky to have been born and brought up in the place I live now – Bridport.   I suppose that is one of the reasons I am so passionate about the projects with which I get involved, and several of those are to do with FOOD. I’ve chaired the.... Try This Dorchester 3-10 October 2015 The Dorchester and Bridport Transition Town groups and CLS have teamed up with Try This to offer a number of events. Booking opens on 18th September.  Watch out for: -Thermal curtains -Transition Streets taster -Get smart and savvy with your electricity Dorset Community action Training and Events  Find out more on all the forthcoming events and courses here  £1,000 Energy Efficiency grants for community buildings  Grants of up to £1,000 for village halls, scout huts and other community buildings.  Buildings must be in Western Power Distribution area (Bridport is in, Dorchester is out) details here  September Top Tips 1. Communing to save energy It's Community Energy Fortnight (5th - 20th) , so we are celebrating our 6 community owned solar PV systems, and asking you to support future community energy. 2. Can you go Zero Waste? It's Zero Waste Week(7th - 13th) Save one item each day that would otherwise go in the bin and find a new use for it. 3. Go Car FREE on 22nd September -WORLD Car Free day. Can you go car free and get your family, street, workplace to join you? Send your top tips to emily@da21.org.uk Transition Town Dorchester (TTD) have so far harvested 50 jars of honey and expect to double that!  TTD are also starting a forest garden project! If interested in joining E-mail TTD. All welcome! We’re so proud of the six West Dorset schools who earned Eco-Schools Silver awards this summer. Find out who they were Regular dates for your diary Also view the Sustainable Dorset calendar of events Prime Coppice Working Woodlanders Volunteer Groups. Check website for dates and times. Transition Town Bridport Green Drinks Third Thursday of month, 8pm The Tiger, Barrack Street, Bridport Transition Town Dorchester Green Drinks First Thursday of month at 8pm, Goldies, High East Street, Dorchester Workdays at Railway Orchard Usually on the first Saturday of the month 11am-3pm Workdays at the Dorchester Community Farm  Usually every second Saturday as well as the third and fourth Sunday in the month, 10am-3pm

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