Read all news in the July newsletter – includes updates on River Lim testing and pressure on South West Water, even taller sunflowers at the local library, new thermal imaging cameras for the Energy Champions. Also a search for a new TLG secretary and someone to handle communications and social media. Please get in touch if you are interested and want to be involved in local campaigns and action dealing with our environment and climate change.

Updates on the library sunflowers which remind the town’s new Ukrainian residents of the sunflowers growing in their home country, nurdle hunting, a possible bathing beach campaign and boomerang bags. Follow this link

All are invited to our AGM to receive the report and accounts for 2021/22. If you would like to come, could you please rsvp and we will send you the agenda, report and accounts in advance. Email enquiries@turnlymegreen.co.uk or ring Polly on 07586 301779

The talk by Philip and Julia Colfox follows the AGM. They will describe the challenge of building a food based land business at the Symondsbury  Estate that respects nature to the full. Free. Refreshments available.

The AGM is 6.30 for a 6.45 start. The talk to follow at 7.30.
Driftwood Cafe. Baptist Church, (top of Broad Street) Lyme Regis

Latest news of activities. All invited to join in. Just email enquiries@turnlymegreen.co.uk. We have been planting sunflowers at the library… hosting talks… arranging litter picks… tackling water pollution in our river Lim.

Tuesday 24th May  7.00 for 7.15pm  Driftwood Cafe, Baptist Church, Broad St, Lyme Regis

Laura Williams & Paul Butter  
from In My Back Yard, Bulstone Springs Farm & Axe Vale Conservation Society.
Our speakers will discuss the impacts of farming practices on wildlife, plant life and soil & how to support local ecologies and ethical food production.
FREE… All welcome… Refreshments available.
For more information enquiries@turnlymegreen.co.uk

Join in on SATURDAY 21st MAY. 10.00 – 11.30am
Meet at the RNLI shop at the Cobb

We will provide litter pickers, bags and gloves, but we also thought, in order to reduce plastic, we would encourage participants to bring a bucket in which to collect waste. We will then dispose of the rubbish.
If you want to join the Litter Picking WhatsApp group to get news of ad hoc litter picks where a problem is spotted, please email litterpicklyme@gmail.com.

Calling all children! Plant a sunflower in front of the library. The seedlings are ready. Just choose one and plant it. Certificates will be given and children will be able to visit their plants over the summer. Which one will be the tallest??!!
SATURDAY 7th May. 11.00am-12.30pm
Lyme Regis Library. Silver Street.
Children to be accompanied by an adult.

Catch up on news of the latest beach clean and litter pick and ‘kicking up a stink about sewage’.
Click here to read

Sunflowers, litter, events and material – appeal for help

Turn Lyme Green and Plastic Free Lyme Regis are committed to taking action to address environmental issues and engage more people who care about the place where we live or visit.  Do you want to get involved? If you do, we’ve got plenty of ideas. Click here to read about a great scheme to plant sunflowers; arrangements for the Great Dorset Beach Clean and a call out for donations of fabric to recycle into boomerang bags. We’ve got events to attend and some great talks and visits coming up too

Join the local litter pick in Lyme on Sunday 3 April. 1000-1130am. Meet at the RNLI shop at the Cobb to collect your litter picker and bag. If you want to come along please email Caroline / Janet on litterpicklyme@gmail.com.
Families welcome; children under 16 do need to be supervised.  Wear sturdy shoes and bring gloves.

Read about latest on tackling pollution in our River Lim, keep cups survey, meetings with local businesses and other topical issues. Click here.

Dates coming up fast in February:
Tues 15th ‘Our Farms and Food. Talk & Q&A
Sun 20th Beach Litter Pick
Sun 13th and 27th Apple Tree Pruning Workshop
Wed 9th Closing date for views on oil drilling in Puddletown
ALL DETAILS HERE

We are hosting an evening with two speakers and Q&A on this topical issue.
OLIVER HEMSLEY (Hollis Mead Farm)
DAN POWELL (Landbase Dorset)
How farms can be adaptable and enhance nature. Plus, a look at the politics of food and farming and the impact of new regulations – ELMS (Environmental Land Management)
Driftwood Cafe, Baptist Church, top of Broad Street, Lyme Regis 7.00 for 7.15pm
All welcome. FREE. Refreshments available.

Our January newsletter highlights our first ever Seed Swap and plans to make this an annual event. Also the plague of single use cups is debated and a survey for readers on views for refills and keep cups. And the campaign to tackle water pollution is featured – NO MORE POO. Read more here

Bringing some festive cheer – including a picture of our plastic free Christmas tree at the local festival. Also news of the team monitoring pollution in our River Lim and an outline of TLG projects in 2022. Follow this link to read all news

Follow this link to latest news – including updates on water pollution in our River Lim and the start of a citizen science scheme for testing the water in the coming year.

Turn Lyme Green is hosting a series of 3 films during October, November and December on the 2nd Thursday of each month. Curated by Suzy Gallina, the films explore the tragedy of how our soil is being depleted and the need to preserve seeds. 
THURSDAY 14 OCTOBER       ‘The Need To Grow’ follows pioneers of cutting edge technology as they fight to localise sustainable food systems and regenerate Earth’s dying soils. Run time:1 hr 36 min
Entry   FREE
Location   Driftwood Cafe, Baptist Church, top of Broad Street 
Time     Doors open 7pm for 7.30 start.       Refreshments available.
Future dates:   11 November – ‘Seed – The Untold Story’
                       9  December – ‘In Our Hands – Seeding Change’