Building a Resilient, Fair and Low Carbon Bridport
The New Face of Transition Town Bridport
- Climate change is touching the lives of us all; biodiversity is being wiped out. Consumerism and economic growth as we have known it are no longer sustainable.
- Imagine a future where everyone has a part to play in making our local community work- from energy supply, food production, transport, and leisure, through to all other aspects of life.
- Sustainable Bridport works toward flexible and creative responses to:
-
- Reduce local energy consumption- personal and business.
- Encourage local production and consumption.
- Adapt to change and work with others to become more self-reliant.
- Trying to act alone, the challenges we face can feel overwhelming, but when we come together, we start to realise our power and potential.
We are looking at a whole range of initiatives from Local Food Security, Sustainable Fashion and Recycling, to Energy saving in the home and widespread growth of Renewable Energy.
We have run numerous continuing projects and campaigns:
- Edible Gardens in two primary schools, growing vegetables and running cooking courses and community events.
- Open EcoHomes, now Dorset Greener Homes
- Reskilling courses for school leavers
- Draught busters and curtain lining workshops
- Green Fortnights, focussing on buying local, sustainable farming , reducing plastics and fast fashion
- Talks on COPs, circular economy, universal basic income etc
- Numerous films, eg Demain, The age of Stupid, This changes everything.