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 held on Saturday 18 April…
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Love Devon hate fly-tipping? Your county needs you! – ‘Clean Devon’ Logo Competition
‘Clean Devon’ is a new partnership of organisations working together to tackle litter and fly tipping across Devon, which will be launched in the New Year. It will see environmental…
Talking Rubbish – New Coordinator opportunity
November 2019: New Coordinator opportunity! Hardly a day passes without there being some news related to waste, pollution, plastics etc etc. Thank goodness it has become part of mainstream conversations,…
Dartmoor Local Plan Consultation
The final draft of the Dartmoor Local Plan has now been published – click here to download There will be a Dartmoor Local Plan Consultation Drop-in Event on Tuesday 1…
Climate Action
Climate Change Action: a Global Day of Climate Action was held on Friday 20 September 2019. Millions of school children and students around the globe have struck to demand an…
The Devon Bat Project
Find out about Devon Horseshoe Bat Project: http://devonbatproject.org/ Make the most of the long summer days by joining some of the Devon Bat Project’s events. For information on local events…
Shoe Recycling / Re-use – September collection
Buckfastleigh is doing its annual Shoe Collection during September and will take your unwanted shoes. They will be taken by a recycling company, who send good ones to third world…
Shipley Bridge Car Park closure and disruption from Aish to Shipley 9th to 13th September 2019
Shipley Bridge Car Park closure and disruption on road from Aish to Shipley Bridge between 9 and 13 September 2019: West Country Rivers Authority, in partnership with South West Water,…
Working at the ‘apple-a-day’ orchard
Down at South Brent Health Centre there’s been some scything going on… If you haven’t already visited the orchard at the rear of the Health Centre then please take a…
Volunteer with SSB
Autumn is just around the corner! It’s a great time to start something new, and if you’re thinking about volunteering, Sustainable South Brent (SSB) has lots of opportunities – from…
The new South Brent Archive is launching on 19 August
The new South Brent Archive – will be launched on Monday 19 August 2019 in the Old School Community Centre from 11am-8pm. Local Historian Christine Scott, who has donated her…
Dartmoor Invasive Species Project: Himalayan Balsam – Volunteers needed
Dartmoor Invasive Species Project: Himalayan Balsam – Volunteers needed. Work has now started on the Dartmoor Invasive Species Project. Ecologist Mervyn Newman has planned volunteer work parties focussing on Himalayan…
“Unite behind the science” – Greta Thunberg at the French National Assembly on 23 July 2019
Video of Greta Thunberg’s speech to the French National Assembly on 23 July 2019 “Unite behind the science” (12 mins) https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2412771489046644
Lights! Puppets! Action! – Creative Climate Awareness Workshop
Saturday 3rd August, 10:30 – 4:00 Old School Centre For adults and children (over 10 years). Explore solutions to the climate crisis in a collaborative and creative workshop, using shadow…
South Brent Parish Council Declares an ‘Environment and Climate Emergency’
At the first meeting of its new council on 20th May 2019, South Brent Parish Council resolved to declare an ‘Environment and Climate Emergency’. Prompted by a letter from SSB…
Wider Countryside Butterfly Survey – Volunteers needed
Wider Countryside Butterfly Survey – Volunteers needed Butterfly Conservation are after volunteers to survey 1km grid squares within Dartmoor National Park. If you are interested, Please open the links below…
Brent Island Silver Jubilee Fair – Can you help?
SSB will have stalls at the Brent Island Silver Jubilee Fair on The Island on Saturday 8 June from 2-5pm (see event). If anyone is able to help set it up,…
Towards a Zero Carbon South Brent
Environment and Climate Emergency – towards a Zero Carbon South Brent: Sustainable South Brent has created a ‘Zero Carbon South Brent sub-group’. The group will look to pursue further local…
Greta Thunberg: “You did not Act in Time”
Following the discussion at the end of the AGM about what we should be doing in relation to climate change and the inspiration that had been gained from those participating…
Let’s help the Share Shed go mobile – UPDATE
UPDATE: Share Shed won its ‘People’s Projects Campaign’, thanks to the public votes, and received a cheque for £48,599! See Facebook. Visit https://www.thepeoplesprojects.org.uk/projects/view/share-shed , watch the short video about Share…
The Marsh container has been moved… brilliant team work!
On Wednesday Richard Buckpitt brought his amazing machine to the Marsh site and, with the help of a number of volunteers was able to move the container we have used…
What do we want?
SSB projects feature in the Corridor Gallery throughout February – and the displays give a real flavour of the breadth and depth of SSB activities. And here are just a…
News from Bangalore
SSB Trustee, Laura Denning, is currently in Bangalore (India), undertaking a month long project with local art students, exploring the water crisis in the city and developing problem-solving strategies through…
Christmas Recycling
Wrapping paper is difficult to recycle as it contains thin fibres, is often dyed, laminated, glittery, metallic or has tape attached. For these reasons, not all areas will accept wrapping paper…
Permitted development for shale gas exploration – open consultation deadline October 25.
You may wish to add your voice to the consultation on the principle of granting planning permission for shale gas exploration development through a permitted development right and to making…
Ta -da! … the new solar powered compost tumbler…
It’s in action NOW. So come down to the Marsh with your garden waste and see it in action. The electric trommel (compost sieve) was made by Richard Mumford to…
Volunteering opportunity at Shipley Bridge
Shipley Weekend – Are you able to come along to help the Archaeologists and Dartmoor National Park Rangers at Shipley Bridge, South Brent? – Grid Ref: SX 680 629 On…
Brent Bees….
We have heard that a local beekeeper needs to relocate three beehives – really to a place where the bees will be undisturbed and also the beekeeper can visit without…
Talking Rubbish – A New Group is Launched!
SSB’s Talking Rubbish Group has had two lively meetings in May and June. We discussed all things to do with rubbish – particularly plastic pollution and how we can reduce,…
Guided walk in Penstave Copse, Sunday 3rd June 2018
Guided walk in Penstave Copse, Sunday 3rd June 2018 This was the first walk of this kind, which the ‘Wood Group’ has organised, and it went splendidly. We did everything…
Guided walk, Penstave Copse, June 3rd, 2:30 departing Village Hall.
Penstave Copse, is a 21 acre Woodland Trust site, all less than a mile from South Brent, in the Avon valley. It’s part ancient woodland, part grassland, and part ‘new’…
Family Woodland Activity Day on Sunday 29 April 2018
Family Woodland Activity Day from 11am – 3pm in Railway Wood (on the far side of Palstone Recreation Ground). Come along and have fun! Join in woodland crafts, games, campfire,…
Sustainable South Brent AGM on 19 April 2018
Sustainable South Brent AGM at 7.30pm in the Village Hall. The AGM will be followed by a talk on ‘Energy Storage – Past present and future’ by Joddy Chapman: Recent…
Talking rubbish
Thanks to Dan Taylor and Hayley Russell who gave us a thought provoking presentation on ‘Reduce, Reuse and Recycle’. The fifty or so people at the meeting were keen to…
Secrets of the refuse sack
• Thursday 22 March 2018: Re-cycling: Secrets of the refuse sack: at 7.30pm in the Aune Room at the Old School Community Centre (note change of venue). Sustainable South Brent…
A new season of guided bike rides – March events
Here are the details for the March Rides. We will post details for later rides when we have them. Sunday 11 March 2018: Ivybridge to South Brent (11.5 miles /…
Spring is coming…get pedalling
Just a reminder that the bike bank is ready and waiting for you to loan a free bike. Click on the link to find out more or go to the…
Listening to the South Brent Radio Archive
The South Brent Sound Map has sprung into action. This is an online map with snippets from the SB Radio archive. Click on the pins to listen in to conversations…
Vote, vote, vote for The Marsh
Congratulations to our team of volunteers at The Marsh Composting site who have been shortlisted for the Recycle Devon People’s Choice Hero award. Now they need your vote to help…
Feedback session – with cake…
A picture from the food project volunteer evaluation session. A huge thank you to the volunteers. Karin, our food project worker has totted up all the hours ‘given’ and it…
Woodland management and adding value to wood…
Our ‘Wood Group’ don’t cut trees down, because we dislike them; but to encourage new growth. Then, we make the best use we can, of whatever resources we have; woodland,…
‘They’re changing guard at the Old School palace…”
Rowan Wylie penned this tribute to Alice – which a motley crew sang on air during the last broadcast of South Brent Community Radio. They’re changing guard at the…
New SSB website launched!!
As you will have noticed, the SSB website has a very new look and feel. Although it was launched on 15 November, following the trustees decision to revamp the website,…
South Brent Food Project
A brilliant cafe ran alongside the South Brent Radio Day at the Old School Centre. Karin Jordan and a wonderful team of volunteers provided first class cakes and drinks, and…
Autumn Newsletter
SSB members have been busy over the past few months. Watch out for the Autumn Newsletter for all the latest news. You can opt to have this delivered by email…
Storytelling
In the Summer of 2016 SSB were contacted by Awards for All and offered £500 towards a special project of our choice. We decided to launch an Artist’s Commission and…
Wood Fair 2017
South Brent Wood Fair from 10.00am to 5.00pm at and around South Brent Village Hall. A free, family friendly event, celebrating our local trees and woodlands and all their rich…
Community Radio Workshop – Saturday 10 June 2017
Saturday 10th June 2017: Free Community Radio workshop in the Old School Centre from 10.30am-12.00. Make your own radio show! Have a go with the community radio equipment: Sound recording,…