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Past Events
November 2020
Communicating on Climate Change and the Environment: Zoom workshop
25 November, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:15 pm GMT
Wednesday 25 November 2020: Communicating on Climate Change and the Environment: A Zoom workshop from 7:00 - 9:15pm. For people engaged in actions about Climate Change and the Environment that involve talking with people. An evening to explore skilful communication using improvisation, play and calling on what we already know; an exploration of how to respond in situations when we may feel challenged. How can we communicate with more impact and engage in meaningful conversation with people we meet whilst…
Find out more »Tree Charter Festival Day and ‘Meet Beech’
28 November, 2020 @ 12:30 pm - 5:00 pm GMT
Stream Park (virtual)
on-line,
Devon
United Kingdom
Saturday 28 November 2020: Tree Charter Festival Day from 12.30 - 5pm. Join the Woodland Trust and the Tree Charter for Tree Charter Day, held on the last Saturday of November - the biggest virtual celebration of woods and trees the UK has ever seen! This year to celebrate the third anniversary of the launch of the Tree Charter they are hosting an on-line festival at STREAM PARK, an interactive digital park. There will be fantastic artwork, music, dance throughout…
Find out more »Marsh Composting Site – Lockdown arrangements
29 November, 2020 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm GMT
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An event every week that begins at 10:00am on Sunday, repeating until 29 November, 2020
SSB’s Marsh composting site will remain open on Sunday mornings from 10am-1pm for garden waste deliveries throughout lockdown as long as sufficient volunteers are available . During lockdown: Social distancing must be observed on the site therefore minimal help can be offered for unloading garden waste or loading compost. The number of vehicles on site will be controlled by the volunteers. No parking on the main road will be permitted while waiting fo entry into the site Compost may be…
Find out more »December 2020
SSB Trustees / Directors meeting
1 December, 2020 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm GMT
Hedges & Woodland – ‘Steepers’ session
20 December, 2020 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm GMT
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An event every 2 weeks that begins at 10:00am on Sunday, repeating until 20 December, 2020
The 'Steeper’s are a lively group of SSB volunteers who are in their ninth year of hedge laying and collecting wood for fuel. The group will be coppicing 25 year old trees, at Penstave Copse, to let more daylight get to the woodland floor. This will encourage natural regeneration of trees, and wildflowers, with benefits for insects, small mammals, and birds. The ‘new planting’ at the top of Penstave should become more like natural woodland, over time. To do this…
Find out more »SSB’s Virtual ‘Betwixt & Between’ Pub Quiz
29 December, 2020 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm GMT
South Brent,
Devon
United Kingdom
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Tuesday 29 December 2020: SSB’s Virtual ‘Betwixt & Between’ Pub Quiz at 8pm via Zoom. Teams of between 4 and 6 are warmly invited to join our virtual SSB pub quiz on Zoom. (Single players can come along too and we'll team you up). Questions will relate to matters seasonal, sustainable and environmental. So please bring your mulled cider to your computer and enjoy an evening of fun and frivolity! Each team is also asked to bring one question. ……
Find out more »January 2021
Hedges & Woodland – ‘Steepers’ session
3 January @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm GMT
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An event every 2 weeks that begins at 10:00am on Sunday, repeating until 28 March, 2021
South Brent,
Devon
United Kingdom
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The 'Steeper’s are a lively group of SSB volunteers who are in their ninth year of hedge laying and collecting wood for fuel. The group will be undertaking various activities in the village including coppicing, hedging and clearing. This will encourage natural regeneration of trees, and wildflowers, with benefits for insects, small mammals, and birds. e have updated Risk Assessments to take both Ash Dieback (Hymenoscyphus) and Covid19 into account. Ash dieback is progressively killing many of the ash trees,…
Find out more »What’s my Carbon Footprint?’ – Zoom workshop
14 January @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm GMT
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An event every month that begins at 7:30pm on day Second of the month, repeating until 14 January, 2021
South Brent,
Devon
United Kingdom
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‘What's my Carbon Footprint?’ Zoom workshop at 7.30pm. Sustainable South Brent, is looking to run monthly one hour workshops on Zoom, organised by its Zero Carbon Group to help you establish your carbon footprint and think about ways to reduce it. The workshop is open to anyone who's interested and no preparation is needed. To get the most from the workshop, you'll need to have basic Zoom and internet skills. (If successful, we will look for ways to help non-techie…
Find out more »The Garden Jungle: how to save our insects’: on-line talk by Dave Goulson
14 January @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm GMT
South Brent,
Devon
United Kingdom
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Thursday 14 January 2021: ‘The Garden Jungle: how to save our insects’: on-line talk at 7.30pm by Prof Dave Goulson, renowned environmental scientist and author of the best-selling ‘A Buzz in the Meadow’ and ‘The Garden Jungle’ explores the key role we can play in helping to revive our natural world and what we can do to increase insect numbers. Organised by Moor Meadows, grassroots community group based on Dartmoor. The talk is free (Donations welcomed) but you will need…
Find out more »The Marsh composting site is closed during Lockdown
24 January @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm GMT
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An event every week that begins at 10:00am on Sunday, repeating until 19 December, 2021
As a result of the current pandemic situation, the decision has been taken, in consultation with lead volunteers, that The Marsh, SSB's Composting and Reuse site will remain closed for the foreseeable future. We aim to follow the spirit of the government's request for people to stay at home until the current National Lockdown ends. The volunteer rota will be re-instated nearer the time we can prepare for re-opening.
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