West Dorset Group updates
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,...
September 15 at 05:17pm
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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...
August 29 at 07:00pm
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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...
August 21 at 11:32am
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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...
August 18 at 08:09pm
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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...
August 15 at 11:30am
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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...
August 12 at 11:01am
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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...
July 22 at 07:49pm
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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...
July 22 at 07:18pm
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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...
July 13 at 02:01pm
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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...
July 10 at 11:57am
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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...
July 10 at 11:35am
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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...
May 28 at 12:13pm
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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...
May 20 at 08:08pm
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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...
April 10 at 06:09pm
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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...
February 25 at 04:22pm
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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...
February 25 at 04:12pm
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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...
February 21 at 05:19pm
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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...
November 30 at 01:11pm
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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 ...
November 20 at 04:56pm
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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...
November 17 at 08:30pm
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