🎬 MMMM! Monday – Plan Z Premiere, Climate Impacts Talk + Paddle-Out Protest Next Saturday 🌊

This week we’re back with MMMM! Monday Movie, Meal & Mingling, featuring the Dorset premiere of Plan Z: From Lab Coats to Handcuffs - plus a delicious meal and time to mingle.

There’s also a chance to take action: join the West Bay Swimmers’ Paddle-Out Protest this Saturday, 17 May, as part of Surfers Against Sewage’s National Day of Action.

And don’t miss HOPTalks on Thursday 29 May, where Bob Ward will be talking about the impacts of climate change in Dorset. Green Reads is also back on Thursday 22 May.

🍽️ MMMM! Monday Movie, Meal & Mingling – Plan Z Dorset Premiere

📅 Monday, 12 May
📍 The Chapel in the Garden, Bridport (entry is via Rax Lane, DT6 3JX)
🎟️ https://ud.coop/PlanZ

This week’s MMMM! Monday Movie, Meal & Minging is something special: the Dorset premiere of Plan Z: From Lab Coats to Handcuffs, a powerful film documenting scientists taking direct action on the climate emergency.

As usual, we’ll start with shared meal and some relaxed mingling - and they'll be time for discussion after the film too.

Menu:
Bharta (Courgette and Aubergines)
Kodava Mushroom Curry
Masoor dal
Rice and salads

Pre-book (or at least let us know you'd like food) to avoid disappointment!  🎟️ 🍲😋 https://ud.coop/PlanZ

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MMMM! Monday 12 May, Movie (Dorset Premiere: Plan Z: From Lab Coats to Handcuffs), Meal & Mingling

Hi all, it’s MMMM! again this Monday 12 May: West Dorset Commons and Sustainable Bridport present: MMMM! Monday Movie, Meal & Mingling Inspiring documentaries, short films, (mostly) organic vegan curries, hot and cold drinks. An exciting new fortnightly event for Bridport in the lovely White Room at the Chapel in the

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🌊 Paddle-Out Protest – Saturday 17 May, 11AM, West Bay

West Bay Swimmers Action Group is calling for action on sewage pollution - and you're invited to join their paddle-out protest this Saturday.

📍 Meet at the East Beach Car Park, West Bay (///quilt.dustin.reclaimed)
📅 11am, Saturday, 17 May
Bring your wetsuit, paddleboard, kayak or just your body and your voice.

This is a peaceful, family-friendly action in solidarity with Surfers Against Sewage’s National Day of Action.

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West Bay Swimmers Action Group Paddle Out Protest 17th May 11am

A group of locals are sick of sewage alerts in our waters. We are furious that shareholders get paid and our bills go up while the water companies dump sewage in the rivers and seas endangering humans and wildlife. Enough is enough. We are testing the water ourselves. We demand

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🌍 HOPTalks – What Impact Is Climate Change Having on Dorset?

📅 Thursday, 29 May, 7PM
📍 Sladers Yard, 6 West Bay Road, West Bay, Bridport, DT6 4EL
🎟️ https://bridportandwestbay.co.uk/product/hoptalks-what-impact-is-climate-change-having-on-dorset-thursday-29-may/

Join us for the next HOPTalks, where we’ll ask: What impact is climate change having on Dorset?

We’ll be hearing from Bob Ward, Policy and Communications Director, Grantham Research institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science

⬇️ Learn more and register:

HOPTalks: What impact is climate change having on Dorset?

What could and should we do? Coastal and river flooding along with heatwaves are accelerating coastal erosion and affecting both water and land based wildlife. The growth of these impacts are predicted to continue for at least the next 25 years meaning Dorset will have to adapt and become more

West Dorset NewsGarry Constable

📚 Green Reads – 4th Thursday of the Month

📅 Every 4th Thursday, 7:30 PM
📍 The Tiger, Bridport

It's Green Reads again on Thurs 22 May where the book of the month is Life Cycle

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Green Reads - 4th Thursday of the Month, 7.30 pm at The Tiger

Green Reads is a monthly eco-themed book club that meets in The Tiger pub in Bridport on the 4th Thursday, 7.30pm (except in June, when we have a picnic on a nearby hill, weather permitting). Started by local writer and academic, Dr Kevan Manwaring, who wanted to connect with

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We want this newsletter to be a platform for your stories. If you’re working on a project that contributes to a thriving West Dorset bioregion, we’d love to help share your news!

📩 Contact our editor at josef@uniteddiversity.coop to contribute.

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Share Your Stories with West Dorset (Bioregional) News

Same Mission, New Name As many of you will know, we’ve long referenced the “Bridport bioregion” which, as we define it, roughly aligns with the area of West Dorset shown in the maps below. This topographic map illustrates the “life place”—or bioregion—we’re talking about, following the hills from

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