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Mid-June 2023 the 6th Latvian Rural Communities Parliament took place in the town of Ērgļi. ARC President Hannes Lorenzen was asked to share his views on the past, the challenges of today, and ideas for the future. In this excerpt from the speech he gave, Hannes reflects on how three key ideas - Intergenerational Responsibility, Reduction (or Sufficiency) and Rural Resilience - can frame action for radical change Mid-June 2023 the 6th Latvian Rural Communities Parliament took place in the town...

Director general of the Countryside Commission who oversaw the creation of Britain’s National Forest

<strong>Other lives:</strong> Self-styled ‘King and Lord of the Roaches’, ruling over a rocky ridge in Staffordshire

CAMPAIGNERS are calling for a rethink of Dorsets Local Plan which they describe as damaging.

CAMPAIGNERS are calling for a rethink of Dorsets Local Plan which they describe as damaging.

There is a proposal to build 3,500 homes north of Dorchester Environment campaigners have claimed Dorset’s draft Local Plan proposals for 39,000 new homes in the county over the next 17 years should be halved. The Dorset Climate Action Network says the current Dorset target is flawed and could not be achieved without damage to Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and greenfield sites and would impede the council’s own climate strategy to cut greenhouse gas emissions. They also say it wou...

ENVIRONMENT campaigners have claimed Dorset’s draft Local Plan proposals for 39,000 new homes in the county over the next 17 years should be halved. The Dorset Climate Action Network says the current Dorset target is flawed and could not be achieved without damage to Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and greenfield sites and would impede the council’s own climate strategy to cut greenhouse gas emissions. They also say it would be against Government planning policy to protect the best ...

A CLIMATE action group is urging Dorset Council to fix 2030 as the date for the whole county to achieve zero carbon emissions. Dorset CAN (Climate Action Network) has called on the council to act far more rapidly than it had planned to cut greenhouse gases and stop the loss of wildlife amid the climate crisis. The council in its draft Climate and Ecological Emergency Strategy set 2040 as the target for cutting to zero its own carbon emissions, and 2050 for all other organisations in the D...