Activists from Animal Rebellion and local groups of Extinction Rebellion held the sit-in from noon on Saturday in St Marys Street Weymouth branch. Branded a McSit-in, they occupied areas of the restaurant for 2 hours.
Catherine Cannon, (43), a local climate activist at Saturday’s sit-in, said: “McDonald’s needs to transition...
Local charity Friends of Dolphins presented founder of Rockfish, Mitch Tonks, with their Dolphin trophy, given out annually to an organisation or group locally who has shown huge effort in supporting them. This year they chose Rockfish as the recipients, Trustee Chris Price, from Friends of Dolphins made the...
BCP Council, Hubbub and McDonald’s partner in UK first, mapping litter patterns across the regionLitter-busting interventions launch today in key hotspots including the world’s first disco bin, glow in the dark bins and voting bins
The most scientifically robust litter survey ever undertaken in the UK took place over May...
Every week, governments’ headline announcements save the planet, and every week their smallprint unsaves it. The latest puff by the G7 is a classic of the genre. Apparently, all seven governments have committed “to conserve or protect at least 30 per cent of the world’s land and at least 30 per...
Any technology, including artificial intelligence, designed to interface with humans that does not take into account human error and fallibility is junk technology. Charging people for this failure is a growing problem and the imposition of increasingly excessive penalty charges is an affront to humanity.
Two personal encounters with junk...
Dorset Pension Fund is still investing £128 million of their pension member’s money in environment-damaging carbon-emitting fossil fuel companies (oil, gas and coal). They continue to ignore increasing evidence to reconsider their investment strategy, as fossil fuel markets come under pressure and investors move their money out.
Dorset Action on...
This summer Dorset Action on Pensions are stepping up the campaign, because for every £££ invested in fossil fuel we release more and more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, causing an increase in global temperature rise, with all its problems for life locally and across the world.
Please join us in...
To demonstrate the devastating effect that rising sea levels will have on the Studland Peninsula Extinction Rebellion today placed HIGH TIDE ‘signposts’ at points along Ferry Road, that climate change modelling suggests high tides would reach in 2040, 2060, 2080 and 2100. They also had a number of banners...
Vegans and pescatarians may be less likely to get severely ill from coronavirus, according to a new study.
The research - which took place across six countries, including the UK - showed that those who had plant-based diets were 73% less likely to develop severe symptoms from COVID-19.People who ate fish...
The residents of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole are set to benefit from cleaner air in the future, with BCP Council’s first Sustainable Fleet Management Strategy recommending a significant increase in the number of Ultra Low Emissions Vehicles across its fleet, in a report being discussed at Cabinet later this...
