South Brent Climate Fair – 18 April 2020
South Brent Climate Fair is being planned in response to the ambition to make South Brent and other communities carbon neutral by 2030. It will be hel...
Past Events
January 2020
South Brent Climate and Ecological Emergency Advisory Group – Inaugural meeting
16 January @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Thursday 16 January 2020: The inaugural meeting of the South Brent Climate and Ecological Emergency Advisory Group at 7.30pm in the Old School Community Centre. Following the declaration of a Climate and Ecological Emergency by South Brent Parish Council at its May meeting, the Council has published a document setting out its commitments to this and is now setting up an Advisory Group, made up of Councillors, local organisations and interested parties, to advise and support the Council in forming…
Find out more »Reuse-Recycle Jumble Sale
18 January @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Saturday 18 January 2020 Reuse-Recycle Jumble Sale from 10am-12noon in the Old School Community Centre. Are you wanting to Reuse or Recycle or Repurpose some clothing, bric-a-brac or unwanted Christmas presents? Come to the Reuse-Recycle Jumble Sale. Fund-raiser for climate change causes. Refreshments café. Donations of items can be dropped off at the Old School at 8pm the previous evening or taken earlier to ‘Laurel Bank’, Totnes Road, South Brent. Volunteers needed to help before, during and after. For further…
Find out more »Greener Ugborough Parish Talk: ‘What can you do about your CO2?’
18 January @ 12:15 pm - 1:00 pm
Saturday 18 January 2020: ‘What can you do about your CO2?’ in Ugborough Village Hall from 12.15-1pm, after Sustainable Saturday. Greener Ugborough Parish welcomes David Roe in a public talk highlighting how we might determine our carbon footprint and practical steps we can take to reduce it. Carbon footprint, sustainability, CO2 emissions, life cycle analysis – these all sound bewilderingly complex. David will boil these terms down for us, help us digest them and impart positive steps we can all…
Find out more »‘Talking Rubbish’ Group meeting
29 January @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
FFI or to suggest agenda items contact Eva, the new 'Talking Rubbish' Coordinator - samball42@gmail.com
Find out more »February 2020
SSB Trustees / Directors meeting
4 February @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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An event every month that begins at 7:30pm on day First of the month, repeating until 8 December, 2020
Ivybridge Futures Fair
8 February @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Saturday 8 February 2020: Ivybridge Futures Fair from 10am-1pm in the Watermark Centre, Erme Court, Leonards Rd, Ivybridge. Ivybridge Town Council, PL:21 and South Dartmoor Community Energy invite you on a journey of zero carbon discovery. Most people are aware that something big is happening, the science is overwhelmingly telling us we must act now to reduce our carbon emissions. But what does that mean? Is it really that urgent? How do we figure out what to do when there…
Find out more »Archaeological work party at Shipley on Sunday 9 February cancelled due to the predicted arrival of ‘Storm Ciara’
9 February @ 10:30 am - 3:00 pm
The archaeological work party is cancelled due to the predicted arrival of ‘Storm Ciara’. Next planned day is Sunday 15 March Dartmoor National Park volunteering opportunities: on Sunday 9 February & Sunday 15 March 2020: Archaeological work party at the old clay workings at Shipley - Are you able to come along from 10.30am – 3pm to help the archaeologists and Dartmoor National Park Rangers. We will be continuing to clear the gorse from the clay working remains. Meet…
Find out more »“The Climate and Ecological Crisis; What’s all the fuss about?” – talk by David Ramsden MBE
20 February @ 7:40 pm - 9:00 pm
Thursday 20 February 2020: “The Climate and Ecological Crisis; What’s all the fuss about?”: a talk at 7.40pm in the Old School Community Centre by David Ramsden MBE. “Do we really need to be concerned about heatwaves and storms? Surely these things have always happened?” David has worked in nature conservation for over 30 years and in 2007 received and MBE for services to Wildlife’ from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Free entry; donations towards room hire welcome. See www.facebook.com/Whatalotoffuss.
Find out more »SSB Zero Carbon Group meeting
21 February @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Agenda: Apologies Minutes of the last meeting Climate Fair update Parish Council update Solar streets update (Joddy) Electric car club update (Ross?) Other projects update Date of next meeting If you would like to be part of the group or just want to be on the mailing list contact Jeremy Sabel - jeremysabel@gmail.com
Find out more »‘Talking Rubbish’ Meeting
25 February @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Meeting of the Talking Rubbish Group at 7.30pm in the Packhorse. FFI see: www.sustainablesouthbrent.org.uk/projects/talking-rubbish/ or contact Eva on talkingrubbish@sustainablesouthbrent.org.uk
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