{"id":578,"date":"2022-07-26T11:06:17","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T11:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/?page_id=578"},"modified":"2023-05-02T16:32:33","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T16:32:33","slug":"opening-gathering","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/index.php\/opening-gathering\/","title":{"rendered":"Past Green Weeks: 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The opening day was a great success.  Mayor, Ian Bark, described the highlight of the day: &#8220;Stars of the event were the pupils from St Mary\u2019s School who were showing us all how important it is that we take action now in order to let them have a safe and secure future. The school has a very active \u2018eco\u00a0club\u2019 and some of the pupils were there showing off a Plastic Free game they had come up with&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Images from this year&#8217;s event:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"738\" src=\"http:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN3992-1024x738.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN3992-1024x738.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN3992-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN3992-768x553.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN3992-1536x1107.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN3992-2048x1476.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN3992-1200x865.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>St Mary&#8217;s Eco group sing to those assembled.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"882\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN3965-882x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN3965-882x1024.jpg 882w, https:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN3965-258x300.jpg 258w, https:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN3965-768x892.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN3965-1323x1536.jpg 1323w, https:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN3965-1200x1393.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN3965.jpg 1446w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>Dorset Community energy demonstrate the power of the sun.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN3939-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN3939-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN3939-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN3939-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN3939-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN3939-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN3939-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 85vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Hand painted animals by scouts, school children, adults&#8230;&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/St.-Marys-undies-in-the-soil-lr-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/St.-Marys-undies-in-the-soil-lr-768x1025.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/St.-Marys-undies-in-the-soil-lr-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/St.-Marys-undies-in-the-soil-lr.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 85vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Burying undies in the soil to show how uncompostable plastics and elastic are.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/making-bird-boxes-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/making-bird-boxes-768x1024.jpg 768w, 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Mayor, Ian Bark, described the highlight of the day: &#8220;Stars of the event were the pupils from St Mary\u2019s School who were showing us all how important it is that we take action now in order to let them have a safe and secure future. The school has &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/index.php\/opening-gathering\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Past Green Weeks: 2022&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/578"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=578"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":850,"href":"https:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/578\/revisions\/850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}