Upcoming events.
Lyme Regis Hedgerow Survey
Can you volunteer 1 hour of your time to help survey a local hedgerow wildlife corridor along the River Lim. Little Green Change (littlegreenchange.com) is supporting DorsetCAN’s Great Big Dorset Hedge project. Please register with Little Green Change (littlegreenchange.com/hedgerows) and get more information
Himalayan Balsam Pulling - May 11th
Join us for a day of conservation in the Lim catchment as we work together to remove this invasive plant species from our local area. No experience necessary - just bring your enthusiasm and willingness to pull out plants.
Lyme Regis Hedgerow Survey
Can you volunteer 1 hour of your time to help survey a local hedgerow wildlife corridor along the River Lim. Little Green Change (littlegreenchange.com) is supporting DorsetCAN’s Great Big Dorset Hedge project. Please register with Little Green Change (littlegreenchange.com/hedgerows) and get more information
Children's Sunflower Planting
We invite children to plant a sunflower in the Library Garden, and label them with their names. Sunflower plants and slate labels are provided. All welcome to this free event and children should be accompanied by an adult
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
All are welcome to attend our Annual General Meeting which will be followed by a talk from Lesley Windsor, of Bridport, on sustainable fashion. All are welcome at either one or both of these meetings.
AGM: 6.15 for 6.30pm to 7.00pm. It would help us to know if you plan to attend so that papers can be sent to you in advance.
Lesley Windsor’s TALK is after the meeting beginning at 7.30pm.
TALK ‘How to be a Fashion Revolutionary’
LESLEY WINDSOR is the creator and leader of Bridport Fashion Revolution. She will illustrate how we can become fashion revolutionaries. All are welcome to this talk which follows Turn Lyme Green’s AGM.
Lyme Regis Hedgerow Survey
Can you volunteer 1 hour of your time to help survey a local hedgerow wildlife corridor along the River Lim. Little Green Change (littlegreenchange.com) is supporting DorsetCAN’s Great Big Dorset Hedge project. Please register with Little Green Change (littlegreenchange.com/hedgerows) and get more information
Himalayan Balsam Pulling - Jun 22nd
Join us for a day of conservation in the Lim catchment as we work together to remove this invasive plant species from our local area. No experience necessary - just bring your enthusiasm and willingness to pull out plants.
Himalayan Balsam Pulling - July 13th
Join us for a day of conservation in the Lim catchment as we work together to remove this invasive plant species from our local area. No experience necessary - just bring your enthusiasm and willingness to pull out plants.
Himalayan Balsam Pulling - August 17th
Join us for a day of conservation in the Lim catchment as we work together to remove this invasive plant species from our local area. No experience necessary - just bring your enthusiasm and willingness to pull out plants.
Himalayan Balsam Pulling - Sept 7th
Join us for a day of conservation in the Lim catchment as we work together to remove this invasive plant species from our local area. No experience necessary - just bring your enthusiasm and willingness to pull out plants.
South West Water Roadshow at Lyme Regis
South West Water are running a roadshow next Thursday 18 April 12:30pm - 4.30pm at Woodmead Halls, Lyme Regis. To attend and ask any questions you have, you need to register your attendance here. Please share any Q&A’s with River Lim Action on our facebook post here or tag @riverlimaction on instagram.
Litter Pick (Part of the Great Dorset Beach Clean)
1 free ice cream or coffee from Baboo gelato
Simon Williams: ‘The River Lim: Past and Present’
Simon Williams of Footprints of the Futures will brief us on the past and present of the River Lim.
Litter Pick
All welcome. A free hot drink or ice cream is offered by Baboo Gelato afterwards! More info from litterpicklyme@gmail.com
Free Film Screening: The Seeds of Vandana Shiva
A new feature-length documentary, this film presents a remarkable woman’s life and work to regenerate the environment, the climate and human democracies. Free, refreshments available.
Giles Bristow Talk: ‘Motion for the Ocean’
A talk from new CEO of Surfers Against Sewage Giles Bristow about : ‘How Surfers Against Sewage will be working both nationally with the three main political parties and locally with communities to ensure this is an Ocean Election.’
Bring and Share Vegan Lunch
Bring a dish of delicious Vegan fayre to share with veg-loving friends. Please bring a list of ingredients in your dish for allergens or preferences. Funds raised will be used to plant trees!
£2.50 per person to attend the lunch
£5.00 for vegan traders to hire a table to sell goods
Contact: Lunch@wordforest.org
Charmouth Nurdle Beach Clean)
Pioneering Beach Clean Experts, Nurdle, are in town! Whatever the weather, they’ll be working hard to remove the hundreds of thousands of plastic pellets that litter our shore line and river mouth, using their range of ingenious machines. It will be cold; it will be wet; it will be worth it! Josh and the team would love to meet you! For more info go to: Charmouth Green Group facebook page!
What can you do? Come to the foreshore any day (Weds-Sunday) any time before dusk to show your support and lend a hand!
Meeting and Social
An update on our projects, share your ideas and meet friends old and new. Bring some nibbles to share. Drinks available. At the Driftwood Cafe in the Baptist Church at the top of Broad Street. All welcome.
PLEASE RSVP to this email address: enquiries@turnlymegreen.co.uk
River Lim Action Evening
Talks from Harry Barton, former CEO of the Devon Wildlife Trust and members from the action group
Demonstrations and disaplys
B Sharp: Listen Up!
B Sharp is pleased to invite you to ‘Listen Up!’ an evening of young people’s performances, films and discussion about the climate emergency. We are privileged to be able to screen ‘Can I Live?"‘ a work by an international theatre company Complicite.
River Lim Walk
A guided walk along the River Lim to celebrate World Rivers Day
Contact: Shutefest@gmail.com to book a space, £10pp