Open Meeting – Community Asset Transfer Update. Friday March 21st Village Hall 7.00pm
The term ‘Community Asset Transfer refers to a Green Martinstown application to Dorset Council to transfer 10 acres of DC owned land (to the north of St Martinsfield and the church) to Green Martinstown for community and environmental benefit. The meeting is open to anyone interested.
Working together with Dorset Council, Green Martinstown has been looking at how the land could be transferred to and managed by, the community in Martinstown. Initial proposals and ideas for using the land include a play area, a quiet space, allotments, ponds, tree planting and a solar farm to help power the village.
There will be a presentation about the project, where we are with the application and a chance to offer your ideas and to volunteer your expertise, skills and time. Please do join us.
Dance on Waste with Claire Benson – The Day the Village Hall Became an Ocean!
On February 8th the kids and myself found ourselves leaping like dolphins, scuttling
like crabs, and even becoming part of a coral reef. This was Dance on Waste, a brilliant event organised by Green Martinstown, led by professional dancer and local mum, Claire Benson.
Claire’s show Plastic Paradiso has toured the UK, bringing to life the beauty – and the tragedy – of what we throw away. Inspired by The Tin Forest, she reimagined the story with plastic pollution at its heart, using movement and puppetry to show children (and parents!) the magic of transformation.
Armed with bread bags, plastic bottles, polystyrene balls, and feathers, we crafted all sorts of sea creatures. Then, with Claire’s guidance, we discovered how, by moving our bodies with imagination and energy, we could bring them to life. One moment, we were waving plastic around. The next, it was alive—dancing, scuttling, gliding through an ocean that just happened to be our village hall floor.
Soon we were leaping like dolphins, scuttling like crabs, and swirling like jellyfish. Our creations now dangle proudly from the dining room ceiling, a colourful, constant reminder that rubbish isn’t always rubbish, and that sometimes, if you move the right way, plastic can fly.
A huge thank you to Claire and Green Martinstown for such a joyful, thought-provoking morning.
Charlotte Beare
From Claire Benson:
“It was truly my pleasure to lead this group, glad to be able to input into our community – I’m always teaching other people’s kids and it felt really important to do something so close to home and give back to our community – you all do so much for us, it’s the least I could offer:”
Positive news from Positive News Magazine
Japanese researchers have developed a new kind of plastic that dissolves in seawater! Despite it being just as tough as plastic it dissolves within 10 hours in seawater and 10 hours in soil – leaving behind phosphorous and nitrogen. It is made of non-toxic large organic molecules.
