Blog: Climate

When the alarm rang at 4.45am this morning, I was already awake. Nobody overslept or moaned about feeling tired. And after a quick pre-action breakfast we piled into the minibus, loaded with climbing equipment, a huge banner and our petition printed with the names of 20,000 UK campaign supporters. We were on route to Lewes, the constituency of UK Transport Minister, Norman Baker, who this Wednesday will represent the UK in a make-or-break moment for the future of pollution from cars.

This year, Greenpeace returns to Glastonbury and it will be massive! But we need a lot of help. Would you like to come with us? We’ll be there with The Rolling Stones, Arctic Monkeys, Dinosaur Jr., Django Django, Phoenix and many other amazing bands are playing. So why not join the Greenpeace crew and help save the Arctic?

Last Saturday, more than 10,000 of us in more than 280 cities came together in a declaration of love for the Arctic. Thousands of volunteers, all around the world, speaking with one voice to send a clear message to politicians: the Arctic belongs to everyone.

Before I got involved in my local Greenpeace group, I remember thinking, am I the only person who cares about this? Today, I know that I'm part of an unstoppable movement to protect the planet from greed.

I’m starting a new job at Greenpeace this Summer: ‘Actions Creator’. It’s very much a natural step for me, having spent the past five years working on the creative side of campaign communications at Greenpeace. It’s a traditional action logistics role but with a front-loaded creative twist. I’ll work for six months of the year, sharing the job with another who does the other six. He’s in post now – I go second. The idea is that for the half of the year where you’re not working at Greenpeace HQ, you pursue your own creative projects.