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After Opening and Policies Sessions in the Main Hall there will be multiple streams of activity running throughout the day, the full details are set out below.
A downloadable 'planner' is at the bottom of the page to help you choose your preferences.
Please remember sessions run throughout the day so don't forget to plan in some time for refreshments and lunch!
Sessions in the Main Hall are being recorded and will be made available to view after the event.
All sessions remain subject to change at this stage. If booking is required for any session or workshop, this will be advised to ticket holders and indicated on the schedule.
Joining instructions will also be emailed to ticket holders with full details about the day including directions, accessibility, and on-site facilities.
9:30 - 10:30
Welcome and opening remarks.
Opening Remarks - Catherine Allinson (Future Earth)
Welcome and context for the day & Declaration - Sustainable Dorset / Dorset Climate Action Network / Zero Carbon Dorset
Keynote Address - Laura Baldwin (Climate Science Communicator)
10:35 – 11:35
Policies
Hosted by Catherine Allinson (Future Earth)
Keynote speaker Bob Ward (Grantham Research Institute & London School of Economics)
Contributions from Dorset & BCP Councils
Q&A
11:45 - 12:45
Power Up / Power Down
Hosted by Admiral Prof. Neil Morisetti (University College London)
Keynote speaker Poppy Maltby (Regen)
Contributors include Jason Hawkes (Magna Housing - Retrofit), Rupert Hardy (CPRE - Roof Top Solar)
Q&A
13:00 - 14:00
Youth Activism
Hosted by Laura Baldwin & Olivia Bowditch (Gryphon School - Sherborne)
Keynote speaker Alex More (Assistant Head Teacher Shaftesbury School)
Contributors include Damers School - Dorchester, Louis McKechnie (Climate Activist), Henrietta Love (Young Farmers)
14:10 - 15:10
The Circular Economy
Hosted by Jennifer Morisetti (Defashion Dorset)
Keynote speaker Sarah Arnold (Founder of Fashion Act Now)
Contributors include Julia Findlater (Sherborne Repair Café), Lucy Barfoot (Founder of Coconut & Cotton Waste Free Shop), Emma Teasdale (Litter Free Dorset), Jordan Trent (Trent Car Recycling).
15:20 - 16:20
Restoring Nature
Hosted by Alice Favre (Custodian - Chettle Estate)
Contributors include Imogen Davenport (Conservation Director, Dorset Wildlife Trust), Amy Smith (Dorset Local Nature Recovery Strategy), Prof. Rick Stafford (Marine Biologist, Bournemouth University), Julie Leah (Dorset Climate Action Network - The Great Big Dorset Hedge).
16:30 - 17:00
Closing Session
Including The Declaration
9:00 - 11:50
Room closed
11:50 - 12:50
Workshop: Developing the Dorset 2030 Vision
Facilitated by Abi Buckingham (Design Graduate, Bournemouth Arts University) and Mark Chivers (Zero Carbon Dorset)
Using Abi's illustration of the Dorset 2030 Report recommendations, this interactive session will explore the aspects of living in a zero-carbon county providing participants an opportunity to delve into the details; questioning what's behind some of the ideas and exploring any others you'd like to see.
13:00 -1 4:00
Workshop: Engaging the Disengaged
Facilitated by Carl Warom and Antony Littlechild (Dorset Council)
Exploring views on how we might better engage the disengaged to drive change whilst avoiding being polarising or paralysing.
14:10 - 14:40
An Introduction to Carbon Literacy Toolkits for Town & Parish Councils and Community Groups.
Led by Belinda Bawden (Carbon Literacy Facilitator and Town and Dorset Council Councillor)
Carbon Literacy training equips councillors, officers and community groups to achieve the changes necessary to address the climate emergency.
14:40 - 15:10
An Introduction to Dorset Local Nature Partnership
Led by Maria Clarke (Dorset LNP Manager)
Hear how Dorset LNP works strategically to maximise our environment for wildlife, people and the economy.
15:20 - 15:50
An Introduction to Climate Justice
Led by Mark Chivers (Zero Carbon Dorset)
Explore how the issues of equity, social justice, race and gender intersect with the climate and ecological crises, why some feel "environmental action without justice is just gardening" and how the most effective solutions are those which have justice at the core.
15:50 - 16:20
An Introduction to Effective PR for Groups & Campaigns
Led by Lizzie McManus and Beth Raffell (Warrior Agency)
Discover how one of Dorset's leading PR companies is leading the way on "ethical PR" and explore how this could help your group or campaign.
16:20
Room Closes
9:00
COP Cafe open for networking
NB refreshments will not be available until late morning - please see Joining Instructions.
9:30 - 10:20
Live streaming of Opening Session in Speakers Corner
10:30 - 11:30
Live streaming of Policies Session in Speakers Corner
11:45
Speakers Corner - Opening Remarks
11:50 - 12:20
Global Action
Facilitated by Tom Chivers
Talks from Efeca: how to build local, national and international strategic partnerships & The Word Forest a Dorset based environmental and educational charity working predominantly in Kenya.
12:20 - 12:30
Dorset Mammal Group - The Dorset Hedgehog Project
12:30 - 12:50
Dorset Community Energy - DCE is a not-for-profit Community Benefit Society, set up in 2013, which facilitates community ownership of renewable energy production.
13:00 - 13:30
Open Mic Session 1
Facilitated by Giles Watts
Local groups 'speed network' their projects and campaigns.
Including Tops Day Nurseries, Grounded Community, Parks Foundation, Eco Sobo and Greenpeace
13:30 - 14:00
What's going on in Dorchester
Facilitated by Giles Watts
Dorchester Transport Action Group, Hedgehog Friendly Dorchester, Riverside Reserve, Transition Town Dorchester , STAND, and Dorchester Civic Society share their local activities and campaigns.
14:10 - 15:10
People's Assembly - Imagining the Future
Hosted by Extinction Rebellion Dorchester, Weymouth and Portland
Have your say at this facilitated discussion on the type of future we'd like to create.
15:20 - 15:50
Getting your group up and running
Facilitated by Tom Chivers
Featuring Weymouth Climate Hub, Green Martinstown, Weymouth and Portland Transition Towns, Marnhull Repair Cafe, Bournemouth Uni Student Union Community Warden Scheme, Nature Watch Group
Hear from a cross section of groups about what they do and how they started.
15:50 - 16:20
Open Mic Session 2
Facilitated by Tom Chivers
Local groups 'speed network' their projects and campaigns.
Including XR BCP, Wilding Wimborne, and Planet Wimborne
16:30 - 17:00
Live streaming of Closing Session in Speakers Corner
Room closed until 11:50
11:50 - 12:20
The Declaration
Hosted by Colin Tracy
An open discussion about the Dorchester Declaration
12:20 - 12:50
Could you go by bike?
Dilys Gartside (Cycling Instructor - Cyclewise) asks
What would encourage you to cycle that journey? What stops you doing it now?
13:00 - 14:00
Open for informal networking
Want somewhere quiet than the COP Cafe to meet up - grab your lunch, grab a seat and meet someone new (don't forget to clear away afterwards!)
14:00 - 15:00
Compiling your Pledges
Facilitated by Colin Tracy
15:00
Room closes
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