da21s newsletter for Spring 2012 is now avaliable for download.

This edition contains a report about Europes first straw bale coldstore built by LUSH in Poole, as well as updates on get togethers, projects and funding news of relevance to green groups in the county.  Many thanks to our newsletter Daniel McCabe for all his efforts, please contact the office if you have any comments or would like to contribute towards the next edition.

Please send any feedback to Daniel or the da21 office,

da21s newsletter for Winter 2011 is now avaliable for download.

This edition contains a report about the Transition Town Training held at Holton Lee in the Summer, along with news on consultations, Dorset Car Club, energy news and LUSH fest. As well as contacts for sustainability groups in the county, and the usual funding roundup.

Greenhouse an integral part of Ashtree Cottage Garden project.

As a landmark, Holton Lee’s Greenhouse – an expansion of its Ashtree Cottage Garden – does not quite equal the former glories of the Crystal Palace. As a landmark of the development of Holton Lee, it’s beyond compare.

Opened today by Mrs Sara Weld of Lulworth Estate, which kindly donated the Greenhouse, Roger Johns of RJ Developments and Holton Lee estate worker Stewart Cull, the Greenhouse adds 93m² of accessible, covered space for horticulture therapy.

Local, home-made, seasonal food is booming in Britain as more and more people get back to the land – and the kitchen – and opt to grow and cook their own food. Now, thanks to support from the Big Lottery funded Making Local Food Work project, Country Markets – a group of 400 Markets throughout the UK – is calling on more people to get home baking to support its exciting new local food label from ‘the Cooks of Country Markets’.