The Campaigns Team had a busy 2021 responding to local and national consultations, showing that we as constituents and residents care about plans and strategies being put forward. Public opinion can influence government decisions!
We commented on the consultations over the desirability of container return schemes and the making of producers be responsible for the items they sell (and the packaging). All steps towards the fabled ‘Circular Economy’ where all waste (like that in the natural world) becomes the material for further products leaving no waste.
This year the team are working on how to expand our campaign on waste which we initiated during the last PP Festival when our display and public interaction accompanied ‘Wanda the Waste Warrior Fish’. We are focused on getting out and meeting you. We want to hear which other issues concern you but also highlight ways in which you can take actions to make our locality cleaner, greener and a better place to live and thrive.
We will also contribute to local campaigns such as Dorset Deserves Better which is asking Dorset Council to rethink the Dorset Local Plan. More information from Dorset Can here>
Residents in Purbeck have until 17th November 2021 to take part in a consultation to reintroduce beavers to England After around 400 years of extinction in England, in August 2020 a wild population of beavers were officially given permission to remain in the River Otter, Devon. The government has now launched a landmark consultation regarding […]
March 2021 Introduction Planet Purbeck stands with anyone who is ready to take action to protect and improve the community, landscape and wildlife here on the unique Purbeck peninsula. Planet Purbeck is a movement that gathers together individuals, groups and organisations who understand that climate change and loss of biodiversity jeopardise everything we hold dear […]
The Climate & Ecological Emergency Bill (CEE Bill) is due it's 2nd reading / re-introduction to Parliament in the early summer (potentially May). If passed, this would be game-changing legislation and would accelerate the ability of local authorities, such as Dorset Council and all our Town and Parish Councils to tackle the C&EE and rapidly reduce carbon emissions. […]
Planet Purbeck is supporting a terrific proposal by a group of Wareham residents to pedestrianise Wareham Quay. Like them, we feel it is a perfect way to provide a safe, tranquil, traffic-free space that can become Wareham’s throbbing heart at the town’s most beautiful riverside location – Purbeck’s answer to the “café society” piazzas so […]
