Sustainable South Brent is launching its new ‘South Brent Sustainability Hub’ in the Moor Room (formerly the gym) in the Old School Community Centre for a trial period from today (24th September) until the end of November. There will be an exciting programme of activities lined up, including advice sessions, workshops, a film evening, and…
Thursday 29 September 2022: The first of 2 sessions today with Hugh Warwick & Sustainable South Brent, in SSB’s new Sustainability Hub’ in the Moor Room (formerly the gym) in the Old School Community Centre. Session 1: 4-5pm: 'Meet Mr Hedgehog' Hugh Warwick is the Hedgehog Man and is an ecologist, writer and hedgehog expert.…
Thursday 23 March 2023: ‘Climate Fresk’ workshop with a soup supper from 6-9.30pm in the SSB HUB. Want to help tackle climate change but don’t have the time to become a climate scientist? In order to take action and find solutions, we need to understand the problem. ‘Climate Fresk’ is a scientific, collaborative and creative…
Saturday 9 September 2023: SSB’s Energy Café from 10am-12 noon at the HUB in the Old School Community Centre. With stalls; advice; café; children’s drop-in workshop; domestic renewables; retrofitting; thermal imaging cameras; energy advice; VR displays; Experience sharing. Raffle – draw at 12.00. Followed at 12-12.45pm by South Brent Community Energy Society’s Annual General…
Wednesday 4 October2023: ‘Thermal Imaging Training’ at 7.30pm in the Hub at the Old School Community Centre. Want to learn about heat loss from your home? Sign up for a training session and for free use of SSB’s Thermal Imaging Cameras. Spaces are limited and restricted to Sustainable South Brent members only – sign…
Wednesday 18 October2023: ‘Thermal Imaging Training’ at 7.30pm in the Hub at the Old School Community Centre. Want to learn about heat loss from your home? – A second chance to sign up for a training session and for free use of SSB’s Thermal Imaging Cameras. Spaces are limited and restricted to Sustainable South…
NB. This event has been postponed - New date to be announced ‘Bogs and Frogs: Understanding the role of peat in our moorland ecosystems’ from 7 - 8.30pm at the Old School Community Centre. Steve Edmonds - National Trust and SW Peatland Partnership Ranger, gives an introduction to the peatland restoration work that is taking…
Wednesdays 22 January; 19 February 2025: Energy Advice Drop-In Sessions from 9.30am-12noon in The Hub at the Old School Community Centre. Free impartial advice from Mark Skinner of South Dartmoor Community Energy. Worried about the rising cost of energy? Struggling to Heat your home? Not sure where to get good advice? Drop in and find…
Saturday 15 March 2025: Home Composting Masterclass from 1-4pm at the SSB's new home compost demonstration site at the Marsh Compost Site (Exeter Road South Brent TQ10 9QF – adjacent to South West Water’s site). This your chance to learn all you ever wanted to know about compost - and more! Sustainable South Hams ‘compost mentors’…
Wednesdays: Energy Advice Drop-In Sessions from 9.30am-12noon in The Hub at the Old School Community Centre. Free impartial advice from Mark Skinner of South Dartmoor Community Energy. Worried about the rising cost of energy? Struggling to Heat your home? Not sure where to get good advice? Drop in and find out about: Reducing your energy…