Planet Wimborne aims to bring the community in Wimborne and surrounding areas together in response to the climate and ecological emergency.
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The 2025 Green Festival will be officially opened at 10:30am on Saturday 11th October (on Minster Green) by Paralympic silver-medal-winning canoeist Jack Eyers, with Wimborne’s Deputy Mayor, Cllr Simon Wheeler; Town Crier, Chris Brown; and Planet Wimborne Chairperson, Linda Bunting.
We are excited to announce that Patrick Grant, from the BBC series ‘The Great British Sewing Bee' will be speaking at Queen Elizabeth’s School on Saturday 18th October at 5pm (doors open at 4.15pm). Patrick is a regular on TV and radio, and has been a key figure on The Great British Sewing Bee since its first series in 2013.
International E-waste day - focusing on the unused electronics that people store in their homes without realising these items contain valuable materials that could gain a new life.
Please join us for Wimborne BID and Wimborne War on Waste's 'Steps to a Greener Business' free event at Wimborne Methodist Church Hall on Tuesday 14th October 2024 at 12.30 until 14.00.
Across the UK, businesses are rethinking their impact on the environment. Come and find out what some local businesses are doing to work towards a more sustainable future. Lunch will be provided when there will be opportunity to chat with other businesses.
A Climate Café® is a community-led, informal, inspiring space to get together, share ideas, information and get involved in climate action.
No need to book tickets. Just come along for a friendly chat about how we can help the environment over a cup of tea/coffee and cake.
Donations to help us cover costs would be appreciated.
Celebrating, Visiting, Tasting Food at local artisan food shops, restaurants and cafés.
Tickets, £10 per person, or £15 for two. Numbers are limited, so please book your tickets in advance.
Buy tickets from:
Salamander Cookshop, 57 High Street, Wimborne.
Tel: 01202 840144
Email: office@salamandercookshop.com
Our Planet Wimborne Green Festival page has details of all the other great Festival events.
Have you ever wondered where all your, and the rest of Dorset’s, food waste goes, and what happens to it? And what about road-sweepings, wood and soil waste?
Now’s your chance to discover how Bournemouth-based company Eco Sustainable Solutions is finding innovative and ever more sustainable solutions to recycling and reusing waste products – and making a successful business of it.
Justin Stone, Eco’s Food Recycling General Manager will tell us how.
About Eco Sustainable Solutions
Join us for a tour of Lush's Green Hub. Lush’s Green Hub is their commitment to, and investment in, the circular economy.
On 20th April, 80 volunteers dismantled 8000 disposable BBQs in under 4 hours!
This winter by the end of March, Trees for Wimborne, a subgroup of Wilding Wimborne, will have planted 650 trees in the Dogdean and Stourview SANGs of Wimborne. Most were provided by the Woodland Trust, some bought thanks to funding by Dorset Council and the Dorset Community Foundation and some provided by individuals. Then, over the winter, fifty or so volunteers have prepared the ground, planted and continued to care for the saplings, so furthering Trees for Wimborne’s vision for increasing the tree cover in the area.
More than 40 volunteers from the Wimborne Community enjoyed the sunshine on Sunday 5th February and helped pick up the biggest amount of litter we have ever collected in 2 hours on one of our picks! It was shocking to see and we could have easily spent the whole day clearing rubbish along verges, underneath bushes, on streets, paths and the river banks! The worst offenders were cigarette butts - we lost count of those in town, especially outside pubs, bus stops, and other venues where people gather then drop their butts as they rush in!