After the success of our webchat with Shell, and the revealing answers we were given, it is time for the next stage of our campaign to Make Shell Come Clean
Join us as we target Shell on Google Maps, turning Shell stations into ‘hell stations’ to publicly highlight the damage Shell is doing in the Niger Delta (see Amnesty’s report for further details)
We can’t do this without you, so please get involved by taking photos that obscure the S of the Shell sign from view, and sending them to us. Click on one of the logos below to get the idea.
Wherever you are in the world, we want your hell stations!
View Hell stations in a larger map
Task 1: Start snapping those Hell Stations!
Instructions
- Find a Shell station in your area, by searching ‘Shell’ or ‘Shell UK Ltd’ on Google Maps. Alternatively you could use Shell’s own station finder (UK only)
- Use a prop to block the view of the ‘S’ of Shell, as others have done on the map above. Get creative! You could use a friend’s hand, or better still an object that represents your outrage at Shell’s disregard for human rights in the Niger Delta.
- Snap away!
Send them to us
- Simply send an MMS to +44 7733 134670 or amnesty.amnesty@gmail.com with the location of the station, and we’ll do the rest
Task 2: Give Shell stations bad reviews
- Find any Shell station on Google Maps, and give it a one star review, ensuring that your main message is in the first line of the review. It will then show up in searches like this:
Trade knows neither friends nor kindered.
I just tweeted this. Can we extend it to the Americas?
Will do Edinburgh this weekend
This might make it easier for others to do Edinburgh, here’s the list of all the Shell stations I could find, hopefully with useful descriptions.
11-23 Montrose Terrace, EH7 5DJ (100 yards up from London Road)
Crewe Toll, EH4 2NT (Crewe Road N/S and Ferry Road roundabout)
7 Seafield Rd (where Seafield Pl joins)
139 Craigleith Road, EH4 2EH (Next to Craigleith Hill)
209 Dalry Road (between Downfield Place and Springwell Place)
277 Comiston Road, EH10 6AP (CAN’T FIND THIS ONE??)
1 Stenhouse Rd (and Gorgie Road)
19-21 Glasgow Rd (near Craigs Ave)
166 Glasgow Road, EH12 8LS (Near Maybury Road)
50 Murrayburn Road (Next to “Westside Plaza” and Murrayburn Gate)
50 Dreghorn Link, EH13 9QR (Actually by the roundabout with Swanston Muir)
http://www.protectthehuman.com/bookmarks/mapping-hell-stations
Mersea Road, Colchester, Essex, CO2 7RA
Colchester Road, Little Bentley, Colchester, Essex, CO7 8RX
Hey- cheers for that Mike! Reckon I can get to the Seafield Rd one tonight
yes, please send us hell station snaps from all around the world. it is not only UK – there are Hell stations everywhere on this planet.
juvenile assholes
@Bob: Who are you addressing this to?