Julia Hailes MBE

Sustainability Pioneer

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Julia Hailes

Beaminster Rebellion over Parnham Planning (Dec25)

There was shouting.There were walkouts.There were calls for councillors to resign.Placards were waved reading “Represent Us – Reject Parnham.” Feelings were running high at Beaminster’s extraordinary planning meeting on Parnham

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Julia Hailes

All Pain, No Gain for Beaminster

All Pain, No Gain for Beaminster Parnham House – the striking Elizabethan mansion just outside Beaminster – is once again in the spotlight. In 2017 a catastrophic fire gutted the

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bees
Julia Hailes

Leave your leaves (oct25)

Do you love a tidy garden? Your wildlife doesn’t. 🍂 Do you sweep up your leaves or blow them away? Why not leave them instead? They’re perfect for sheltering insects

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Circular economy
Julia Hailes

We’re wasting our Poo! (Sep25)

Humans produce around 1 million tonnes of poo every day and at least 80% of it is wasted. Aargh. On a finite planet, this is yet another example of how

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