Purbeck Environment Action Team (PEAT) is a network of like-minded individuals working towards sustainability in Purbeck. We encourage “living lightly” and sharing the Earth’s resources fairly.
NEXT EVENT:
Talk about bees and their vital role as pollinators.Langton Village Hall, 19.30 on Wednesday 10th April.
£1 entry, with refreshments available. More info here.
Navitus:
Some thoughts from PEAT regarding the Navitus off-shore wind farm can be found here.
PEAT aims to:
- Raise public awareness and understanding about sustainability
- Support and initiate projects which demonstrate sustainability
- Influence decision makers to take sustainability into account throughout their decision making.
PEAT started life as a Dorset Agenda 21 (DA21), Community Choices for Sustainable Living (CCSL) group that formed in June 2006. DA21 is an independent charity that works co-operatively with local people, communities, businesses, educational bodies, local government and other organisations to encourage sustainable living in Dorset.
PEAT, along with thousands of community groups around the world, has now joined the Transition Network which means that we follow their main aims and approaches to creating a sustainable and environmentally responsible way of life in Purbeck. The Transition Network gives us a useful framework we can use within our group.
The Transition 
Network is made up of Transition Initatives (towns, villages, islands etc) which are community-led projects to help build resilience to two major factors – Peak Oil and Climate Change. Both of these factors mean that we need to consume less and have a lower environmental impact by re-localising our food, services, skills and energy. A key part of the Transition movement is raising awareness of the changes we need to make and why and then working together to implement a variety of community projects all working towards the production of an energy descent plan for Purbeck or ‘Power Down’! Find out more on our Transition page.
With regard to the Renewable Energy Open day 4th June, 2011 at 13:00 …
Purbeck School, Purbeck Sports Centre … can anyone just pitch up? How long will the session last?
I’m interested in buying a system of PV panels on my south facing roof in East Dorset, & would like to know more about them. Particularly, whether the 25yrs commitment is sensible at this stage. Unfortunately, I have another arrangement on that date – when is there to be another? Any likelihood it would be further east?
Regards
Thank you for the Open Day Saturday 4th June, 2011.
Very well run, informative & friendly – so glad I attended; although
travelled 90miles in that day – thank you so much for organising local drivers for the visits. Much appreciated.
Thanks too for those who opened their homes & projects for me/us to view & interrogate.
Best wishes for the good work & future.
Greetings for a greener 2012!
I noticed a proposed Purbeck scheme to charge to collect garden waste. Great idea to separate out green waste, but is a charge of 35 quid much of an incentive ? Especially as I don’t see them anywhere across their website offering back the composted waste to residents, even for another charge. There must be a demand. Me and my allotmenteer mate, we could use a ton or two!
A real PEAT alternative?
Does PEAT have a view?
Best wishes, Peter B.
Please can PEAT encourage members to sign a petition at: http://www.seed-sovereignity.org, against a new proposal to BAN any gardener, local horticultural society, co-operative, seed bank, organic farmer etc, from storing, swapping or selling their homegrown seeds. The EU Commission is clearly being dragooned by the Big Farming and chemicals lobby, as happened with the new laws banning sales of certain vitamins etc.
I’d post the actual link but I lack the web skills!