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Jenny Morisetti
- 1 min
Sewing Workshop by Re-bourne
Community sewing workshop encouraging individuals to reinvent, repair and re-wear the existing garments in their wardrobes Organised by...

Jenny Morisetti
- 1 min
Eco Sobo: An eco community festival in the heart of Southborne
Eco Sobo is a community movement for people in and around Southbourne who are keen to live a more sustainable lifestyle at home or at...


Jenny Morisetti
- 2 min
Bridport Fashion & Textile Network events for Sustainable Fashion Week
Thursday 28th September Rebecca Smith: Wearing Wellbeing & Sustainable Fashion: good for you, good for the planet. Public lecture, 6 pm,...

Jenny Morisetti
- 4 min
Efeca Newsletter - August 2023
I am writing this newsletter listening to the August rain on the roof of my garden office – it hasn’t been the best of summers...

Jenny Morisetti
- 1 min
The Future of Business - CONFERENCE
Dorset Chambers is holding The Future of Business, a Festival Conference on 10th October 2023 from 8:30am - 4:00pm. This business event...


Jenny Morisetti
- 3 min
Recycling Waste Plastic into Bricks
A Dorset start-up says it is turning plastic waste into building materials, and looking to empower communities in developing countries to...




Saj Collyer
- 1 min
Shaftesbury Vintage Fair : First Sunday of Every Month
Shaftesbury Town Hall 10am - 4pm Every first Sunday of the month The market includes the repair & redesign approach to prolonging the...


Angela Fendley
- 1 min
Planet Earth Needs Our Help
In October 2016, Poole Library launched the book Planet Earth Needs Our Help by local artist and writer Marylyn Cropley, with a creative...


Angela Fendley
- 2 min
Tesla Powerwall Comes to Southbourne
Soo Chapman and her son Richard kindly welcomed visitors to their home in Southbourne to view the many carbon-saving improvements they’ve...

Tracee Cossey
- 2 min
Blandford Community Fridge
Earlier this year in May, Blandford’s first-ever ‘Community Fridge’ opened, with the support of environmental charity Hubbub UK, in a...


Angela Fendley
- 2 min
Wimborne War on Waste
WWoW is a focussed and dynamic grassroots community group that seeks to raise awareness about the environmental impact of single use...


Angela Fendley
- 2 min
Reduce Your Plastic
More than 8 million tons of plastic are dumped into our oceans every year! Packaging accounts for just over 40% of total plastic usage....


Michael Hancock
- 1 min
Be Water Wise
An average Wessex Water customer uses 140 litres per day. Do you have a meter, if so you can see how you compare with the average and...


Tracee Cossey
- 1 min
English Aquaculture Innovation Hub
Dorset has a thriving aquaculture sector and has been recognised by the Department for International Trade with the award of a High...

Angela Fendley
- 3 min
Could you go a Year without a Car?
Our Community Engagement Officer Angela Fendley decided to do just that – to live more sustainably and reduce her reliance on fossil...


Tracee Cossey
- 2 min
Colin Dewsnap– An appreciation of a committed Ecologist
Colin Dewsnap (15.6.1935 – 01.10.2021) Colin’s concern for the wellbeing of the planet stemmed from the Rio Convention of 1992 one of the...


Angela Fendley
- 2 min
Dorset gets Set for Renewable Energy Revolution
As part of community energy fortnight, Sustainable Dorset was delighted to attend this inspirational event on 29 June in Dorchester...

Tracee Cossey
- 1 min
Sustainable Dorset AGM Docs
To view our documents please see the following page entitled ‘Meetings’ for our upcoming AGM on 29th January 2022 at 2-4 pm; click the...

Michael Hancock
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Repair Cafe
Repair Cafés are free meeting places and they’re all about repairing things (together). In the place where a Repair Café is located,...