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Welcome to the new Shell garage in Poole!

A new Shell Garage opening in Poole - surely too good an opportunity to miss? With Bournemouth&Poole taking the lead, volunteers from West Dorset,...
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Honking for the Arctic

Saturday 25th August was the 4th Saturday running at the Dorchester Shell garage. Only ten of us this time in the lead up to the bank holiday but a...
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Bear Suffers Heat Exhaustion after 3 Garage Weekend

Paul A. Bear is recuperating after a hectic weekend, that saw him take in Dorchester, Bere Regis and Poole, as the temperatures soared to the highest of the...
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Shell: Through the Eyes of a Polar Bear

Here’s a stupid question for you – which can see better, Shell or a polar bear?  Well, a quick Google search says a polar bear’s eyesight is pretty...
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August Get Active newsletter

Shell-Day 2 Saturday 22nd September by Sara Ayech, climate campaigner Last month saw two huge days of action against Shell in the UK in support of our...
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Keeping up the Pressure in Dorchester

Saturday 11th August saw a successful follow up to Shell Day. We wanted to show Shell that our visit on July 21st was not a one off and that we intend to keep...
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Dorchester tells Shell to stay out of the Arctic

To our amazement we discovered there were 28 of us - everyone who e-mailed actually came! Age range 14-75.And then the Bournemouth polar bear came visiting!And...
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Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival 2012

An excellent weekend on our stall at the Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival. The huge downpours the week prior to the event led us to expect a typical 'festival...
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Greenpeace Netherlands action at Shell HQ - the Hague

July Get Active Newsletter

Shell-Day Saturday 21st July by Vicky Wyatt, climate campaigner At 6.30 this morning 70 + Dutch Greenpeace volunteers, including their executive director...
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All records broken at the Dorset Seafood Festival!

The worst rain of the summer led to Saturday being cancelled - but Sunday made up for it! Glorious sunshine really brought out the crowds. People were very...
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Maisie meets Mermaid at Green Scythe Fair

This is surely a festival we will visit again - great location and receptive visitors. Maisie the Mackerel made friends with a real live mermaid and we got...
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Be a Fisherman's Friend!

Great official launch to the campaign on Saturday May 26th at the Hive Beach Cafe, Burton Bradstock. The photo shows the chefs with produce off the morning...
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A Fair Catch at the Spring Tide Food Festival

Local fishermen who have fished responsibly for generations are not getting a fair catch.The European Common Fisheries Policy uses taxpayers' money to support...
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40th Birthday Gig

A great night! It was great to have so many people contribute their efforts to this event: Jayne persuaded Thomas and the Mockups and 2 DJs to perform for free...
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Save the Arctic from Shell

A team of West Dorset Greenpeace volunteers visited 4 Shell garages yesterday (Dorchester, Bere Regis, A303 Yeovil and Ilminster). Our task was to let the...
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VW Campaign - Brian visits Dorset

On the weekend of Jan 28th/29th, 260 people signed postcards in support of Brian's efforts to turn VW away from the dark side. He visited Lyme Regis, Bridport...
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Pancake race

Once again we were trying to win the Golden frying pan in the annual Hive Beach Cafe Pancake race and like last year we came second to last, oh well it was...
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Tar Sands protest

West Dorset activists directly involved in the fight against tar sands. On Monday 28 November, over 50 Greenpeace activists helped to blockade the Department...
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First Time in Lyme

Now that we have Rachael on the ground in  Lyme Regis we decided to go for it and launch the VW street campaign in Lyme Regis.We set up in a ...
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Touring The Rainbow Warrior III

Seven of us travelled down and had a brilliant tour around the ship's bowels with our own tame chief mate! Many thanks to Dan. This purpose-built ship is...
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