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• Loving The Green Schools Revolution!

  

  I’ve come across another fab app from The Co-operative I had to share with you in case you hadn’t seen it yet! The Green Schools Revolution Game is supposed to... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Empowering Dorset with Renewable Energy

  Article by Wendy Pillar who has joined North Dorset Group Energize Stur Valley. What would a Dorset that was self-sufficient in electricity from renewables... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• For the Good of All the Community

  I hope that you are all coping with our English Summer, I know that I have been colder some days and nights than in Winter, oh and the rain , wow and we still... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• The Showstopping Audi Electric Bike (I’ll Stick with Mine Though!)

  Check out these short films featuring the Audi Electric Bike… It is an extraordinary piece of kit, however being capable of 50mph it does not qualify as an... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Greendor – Dorchester’s First Open Eco-Homes Weekend

  greendor 2012 is Dorchester’s first Open Eco-Homes weekend and there is now less than 2 weeks until booking opens! Homes with eco-features will open up to the... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Dorset Energized Team up with Compassionate Dorset for Tolpuddle Martyr’s...

  

  Saturday 14th July 2012 (11am – 5pm approx) Tolpuddle Martyr’s Festival Tolpuddle near Dorchester, Dorset Look out for Vince and I at the infamous Tolpuddle... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Is This Freak Weather a Climate Change Wake Up Call?

  

  There is an acknowledged relationship between climate change and weather, and much effort is being put into predicting how climate change will affect our... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2012 ENVIRONMENT, WEATHER

• Wood I Lie to You?

  We live in and off mains gas like a lot of people in rural areas and have a large propane tank that had been costing us around £1200 a year to keep filled. Ther... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Eco Travel Taking Off in the Brecon Breacons

  Things Electric seem to be taking off in the Brecon Beacons – the tourist sector embracing the new technology to boost trade and to bring the joys of Electric... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Successful Appeal for Alaska Wind Farm in Purbeck

  Great news! The appeal against the decision of councillors to oppose the proposed Alaska Wind Farm in Purbeck has been allowed by the inspector, thus paving... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Green Car of the Future? The Volkswagen Levitating Car

  What do you think of this video for the Volkswagen Hover Concept Car?! It’s a pod-like zero-emissions vehicle that uses electromagnetic road networks to float... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Vince’s Nissan LEAF Gets Dorset Energized with FJ Chalke!

  

  Dorset Energized’s very own Vince Adams came over to F J Chalke Wincanton today for his annual service… and to have the graphics done on his Nissan LEAF! Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Dorset Energized at the Lush Fest 7th & 8th July in Poole

  

  Lushfest 2012 (A fresh handmade festival!) Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th July Village Hall, Holton Lee, Poole, Dorset  Lush, one of my favourite ethical... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Green Grant Gives Dorset 2 New Electric Buses!

  

  New no. 6 electric bus at South Dorchester train station Dorset goes electric – on the buses, or at least two to start with! From the 11th June 2012, the... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Just Power: Advice on Solar Panels for Village Halls, Schools, Churches &...

  Just Power have released news and further advice for communities, on the recent changes to the Feed-in Tariffs (FIT) which reward generators for producing... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Appliances on Standby, Account for 16% of Domestic Energy Bills!

  Breaking News!!! A new BBC article has reported that UK homes are “getting more hungry for electricity”. Mark Kinver, Environment reporter for BBC News writes:... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• Dorset Energized at the Sturminster Newton Show Saturday 23rd June

  Come and say hi to the Dorset Energized team at the Sturminster Newton Show, where we’ll have our Nissan LEAF, solar panels, heat pumps, and will be running a... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Bridport Renewable Energy Group Meeting

  

  Last night I attended a Bridport Renewable Energy Group meeting at the new Core Showroom Centre art Bradpole just outside Bridport. Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Baking Hot Offer: Win Yummy Cakes by Respect Organics!

  

  As well as helping get Dorset Energized off the ground, I run Respect Organics with my family in Shaftesbury, Dorset. Respect Organics is the UK’s leading... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2012 ORGANIC

• Join the Rio Connection!

  The Rio Connection – 16th-22nd June 2012 This summer, 20 years on from the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, government representatives from around the world will meet... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT