News and stories
Read about latest news, updates, and sustainable stories with our blog
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Upcoming Slapton Ley Research Seminar
Slapton Ley Field Studies Council and National Nature Reserve are holding their annual Research Seminar on Saturday 9th November 2024.
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Saltmarsh Restoration in Progress
Throughout March 2025 the Saltmarsh Project team will be trialling a range of restoration approaches at the upper fringe of the Dart Estuary shores, around Totnes and Stoke Gabriel.
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Collaboration at the Climate and Nature Symposium
The Climate and Nature Symposium for South Hams Councillors held in Totnes on 16th October, saw group leaders and councillors gather to find ways to collaborate for climate and nature.
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Energy Efficiency in South Hams
Our most recent Change Makers Meeting saw Sustainable South Hams Energy Mentors discuss various aspects of energy efficiency, particularly relating to public buildings, as well as funding options available to community groups.
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Communicating Climate and Nature through Community Events
Our last Changemakers meeting focused on how we communicate climate and nature change through community events.
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Councillors Provide Feedback to Inform Symposium and Support Pack
Sustainable South Hams has had conversations with more than 30 town and parish councillors to help design an upcoming Climate and Nature Symposium for local representatives.
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Shareshed Saves More Than 275 Tonnes of Carbon
Shareshed, the world’s first mobile library of things, has so far saved more than 275 tonnes of carbon with their innovative borrowing scheme.
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65-acre Community Woodland To Be Created at South Brent
With the support of the Government’s Trees for Climate Land Acquisition Fund, South Hams District Council have purchased a 65-acre site to be transformed into a community woodland, orchard, and market garden.
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Community Composting - a Whistle Stop Tour and Home Compost Demo Site
Often the Sustainable South Hams compost mentors will come out to communities to share the love for compost, but last week, a group of compost enthusiasts from Dartmouth and Totnes did a tour around several of the fabulous community sites that exist in the South Hams.