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Event: Meeting, The Black Swan, Swanage, 20.00 on Thursday 2nd February
Meeting: Probably first Thursday in February, venue tbcEvent: Possible at Friends of Durlston, Tuesday 7th Feb
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National Beanpole Week, 17 – 25 April
National Beanpole Week, 17 – 25 April.
Dorset Coppice Group are holding an open day at The Living Classroom, Bonsley Wood, Hillcombe Coppice, Durweston, off A357, Grid ref. ST 833 086 April 17th 10am – 4pm with sales of bean poles and pea sticks + green wood crafts and demonstrations.
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‘Transition Tales’ – Minstead, New Forest, 15th April
STOP PRESS This Easter Break!
Alice Wynn, a Storyteller from Totnes will Walk the Ways of Wessex
Listening to each place the ‘Tales of Transition’.
On 16th April she will be at Minstead Study Centre
Do join her workshop Community Quest for 2030
From 10.00 till 1.00 to be followed by a shared lunch
Then 2.00 till 4.00 a workshop with local storytellers
Pete Gritton and Taprisha on Aboriginal Myths: Wisdom of the Ancients –
Hope for Earth’s Future.
Cost: whole day £25 r.s.v.p . Taprisha 02380 811286
Evening sharing of tales led by Alice Wynn (7.30) £5
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Interesting programme on BBC iplayer
A creative look at what happens after the bubble bursts…. ‘Requiem for Detroit’
This programme is available on BBC iPlayer for a few days. It’s worth watching as an example of a “post industrial city”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00rkm3y/Requiem_for_Detroit/
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Renewable Energy Event was a success
PEAT held a very successful event to help with more than 30 people. The evening was held to inform the community about the government’s new schemes to subsidise renewable energy through the Feed in Tariff and the Renewable Heat Incentive.
The slides can be seen here.
If you have any questions about the event, please contact Derek Moss derek@ecofirstconsult.co.uk.
Many thanks to al the speakers- especially Derek and also thank you to everyone for coming along and enjoying the cakes!
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Unlocking Community Energy-proposal for research
We have recenly been contacted by Rob Hopkins..see letter below. Linda Screen helped me to form an appropriate reply. On behalf of PEAT I have given a summary of the community projects that PEAT has supported or initiated…its amazing what has been achieved ! Everyone has played an important part in all of this.
Linda.. Transition Dorchester/part time PA for Rob in Totnes.. has now replied…
Dear Transitioners
The Transition Network is currently applying to the European Social Research Council (ESRC) for a research grant to explore the impacts of the Transition Movement in unlocking energy-dependent behaviours, and how learning from this research might help communities, be included in future training and learning and be shared more widely across the world.
The research is part of an “Energy and Communities” call - further details can be found here:
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We are working with Plymouth University, University of Gloucestershire and Schumacher College and are seeking involvement from Transition Initiatives to be part of this. We are interested in hearing whether you would like to participate and if yes, if you can send us a letter of support for this project (our deadline for this is Tuesday so sorry for the short notice)
The intention is that the project helps participating Transition Communities with a handful of activities to initiate or try-out interventions including some activities maybe co-designed with the Transition Network where you have particular problems /issues you want to tackle. We do not want to be too specific about what this might be like in practice. The research team also want to work with you to measure (in a sensible way), the impact that groups are making towards implementing low energy behaviours on the ground. This should help Initiatives evidence their local impacts, and also help future funding requests that you might want to make. Rob Hopkins will be employed as part of the research team, to spend at least some time personally working with/ helping the groups involved to design and implement interventions.
If you are interested, and able to provide a letter of support for this bid, we feel this would greatly assist our chances of being selected and will help grow capacity to do more work in the future. If you are able to help, then please address and send your letter of support (in electronic form, ideally including your logo) to Professor David Wheeler, Pro Vice Chancellor at the University of Plymouth (david.wheeler@plymouth) and copy to Linda Screen (lindascreen@transitionnetwork.org). We will try and get enough funding to work with 8 areas over 3 years.
We are on an impossibly short deadline, so you could aim to get the letter to us by Monday 8th next week (our submission deadline is the 10th) then that would be brilliant. If you need any further information, then please do get in touch with Linda, and thank you, in advance for your help!
Kind regards
Rob Hopkins
Hi Collette I have put PEAT forward as a possible Research “subject” cos it might mean you get Rob down for a few sessions and I know you’re a bit of a fan – hope this was ok?’
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Green Drinks, Wednesday 17th March 8.15pm, Kings Arms, Langton Matravers
Join PEAT for St Patrick’s day, Wednesday 17th March at the Kings Arms Langton Matravers 8.15pm onwards
Many thanks 
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Wool Workshop- Corfe
Wool Workshop
WHEN – Every Wednesday (including school holidays)
WHERE – Corfe Castle Village Hall, Corfe Castle, Dorset
TIME – 9.45am – 12.30
WHAT – we are a group of 50 yarn crafters and have been running for 9 years now. We meet each week and are a very informal bunch. We meet to do what women have been doing for generations – create, chat, drink tea and put the world to rights! Although I do have to point out that we have a much cherished gentleman who knits with us and we would welcome more chaps! We have spinners, weavers, dyers, tapestry makers, and of course, plenty who knit and crochet! We run ‘workshops’ a couple of times each month where one of us passes on their craft to those who want to learn – these can vary from Dorset Button making, to felting, wire and bead knitting, anything you can think of really! If you have any interest in yarn crafts, or would like to learn, then do stop by, have a slice of cake and come and meet us.
Contact Beverly Evans
email earthweave@gmail.com
tel: 01929 427067
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PEAT/Yes2wind campaign in the news!
Click here to read…
Also … currently parish and town councils are voting on the proposed windfarm and this week both Wool and Wareham Town have said YES!!
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Becoming a parish or town councillor
Hi all…
If you are interested in finding out more about being a Parish or Town Councillor there is an information meeting at Purbeck District Council on Monday evening, 1st March 6.30pm. This may be a good way of linking PEAT (Transition Purbeck) and the local councills. If you would like to attend please confirm with the Democratic Services Office: PeterAston@purbeck-dc.gov.uk
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