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Wordsmiths wanted to write Arctic story

While the 28 activists and two journalists still being detained in Russia are never far from our hearts and minds, it's also important we continue our work to...
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Arctic 30: let's bring them home

After the highs of Aurora, it might seem like dark days are upon us, with 30 of our friends stuck behind bars in Russia. However we are a global movement of...
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The Making of Rocky Bear (or, What I Chose to Do Over Summer)

During the summer, I didn't have a permanent abode for a little while. As I couch surfed around London, I was without a Greenpeace group to call my own. The...
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Snowball Fights in the Summer Sun and Other Adventures

Ok, so I know I'm a little late in getting my Glastonbury blog out there, but you know how it is, the sun is shining, who wants to type up a blog? But that is...
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You don't have to be a Shard climber to work here...

Want to protect the planet but have no head for heights? At Greenpeace we're a team, and behind each incredible hero are hundreds of unsung heroes. Could you...
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Canadian floods – the missing link

On a trip to Canada in late June, I was saddened to hear of the tragic flooding in Alberta that led to at least four deaths, millions of dollars in damage and...
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Inspired by the Arctic Sunrise

The gleeming skyscrapers were each adorned with the logos of the banks they housed. JP Morgan. HSBC. Barclays. And, in front of this capitalist backdrop, was...
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Bringing the Pod home

A couple of weekends ago I had the honor of helping to bring the new Pod, that we have all worked so very hard  to fund through local network fundraising...
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Our number's up

Recently the membership of our little webgroup nonchalantly strolled past the 100-mark. I was rather pleased by this, given that we've only existed for about...
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What I learned from organising a Greenpeace fundraiser

Organising a fundraising gig for Greenpeace is a piece of cake. Cup cakes, gingerbread, muffins and cornflake cakes, to be precise. I decided to organise the...
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Wind of change

A glimpse of sunshine raises hopes of spring amid the cold winds in this crazy world of disappearing seasons. The other day, I set off for a five-mile stroll...
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Roads to nowhere: Where is our once vibrant environmental movement?

I am saddened by what I perceive as the lack of momentum in our environmental movement in this city (London), and in this country as a whole. As exemplified by...
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International Women's Day: Greenpeace's Warrior Princesses

This is one of my favourite days of the year. It's a day when I feel energised, inspired and able to move mountains. Because today is International Women's Day...
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Bus Stop poster of George Osborne

Green tweets

An MP tweeting something cool and green? Whatever next? I spend a lot of time on Twitter. I use it as a replacement for shouting at the television; the...
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Freer than you and me?

Who’s free? Are trees free? Can’t pick up their roots and run away. Wave a chainsaw at a tree, all it can do is tremble, if it’s an aspen. Probably it’s planks...
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Be the bear

I finally got to be a bear ! After working as a volunteer on the Greenpeace Arctic scene throughout the summer festival season and looking at all the awesome...
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2012 photos

A small collection of images from our year of campaigning. 
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Going back in time in Greenpeace UK’s archives

I often get asked “what does Greenpeace do exactly?”. For most people Greenpeace evokes the environment, animals and maybe direct actions, but it’s hard for...
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Deck Hand Diaries Part 2

So, as promised, I said my next blog would be about the Greenpeace Boat Training course that was happening on board the Arctic Sunrise.  It was an intense...
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From the Sunrise to Brussels...

On Monday evening, after a three hour hippy bus adventure from Amsterdam, myself and seven other members of the crew from the Arctic Sunrise arrived at the...
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