After the hugely successful first Dorset COP in the Dorchester Corn Exchange last year Dorset COP returns at Bournemouth University this year on Saturday November 2nd. It is called The Power of Community. Here is more information: https://dorsetcop.info/ There is also a short video clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOlSDpvJJEA introducing this year’s event. I will be going as a rep […]
Category: Environment
The Green Living Project – 2023
The Green Living Project is a process of ongoing practical education on different daily living topics, using the Green Living Guide, created in 2019 from an original document by Transition Towns Totnes. A group of Green Martinstown members met together as a GLP, pilot group once a month for 7 months with the aim to […]
Nature Friendly Farming
Over the last few years many farmers have taken advantage of ‘nature friendly farming’ incentives in order to try and reverse some of the damaging effects that years of intensive farming has had on our wildlife and biodiversity. These include measures to restore lost habitat like planting trees, restoring lost hedgerows and implementing margins on […]
Streets Alive – 22 September 2023
Green Martinstown attended the Streets Alive event in Dorchester on 22nd September 2023 with a stall showcasing what we have achieved and what our current projects are. There were many stalls and activities. Groups of children arrived from each of the local schools by bike, all dressed up in high vis jackets and helmets. Altogether […]
LETS Annual Harvest Lunch 2023
Annual Harvest Lunch 2023 – Sat 4th November – 11am to 3pmMartinstown Village Hall – St Martins Field – DT2 9JU Please put the date in your diary for the Harvest lunch 2023. This is our biggest event of the year and is great fun for so many of us to get together. The lunch […]
Dorset Greener Homes September 2023
Supper with John Calder
Dorset COP and The Great Big Dorset Hedge
Dear All, I hope you are all well. I have a couple of pieces of news that may be of interest to you. The first is to let you know that tickets are now available for the inaugural Dorset COP. This is to be held at the Corn Exchange in Dorchester on Saturday September 9th and […]
Bring Our Rivers Back To Life Petition
As we begin our citizen Science study of our precious chalk stream – this may be of interest. All of England’s rivers have failed quality tests for pollution, and the River Thames has some of the highest levels of microplastics of all rivers on the planet. Our rivers, essential to our survival, are choked with […]
Banning Plastic Packaging Petition
Dear Green Martinstown members Hello to you! I just signed the petition “Remove plastic packaging from supermarket fruit and veg” and wanted to ask if you could add your name too. This campaign seems at least a start in the right direction. (France is doing even better! see below) We are calling for all […]
