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Greenpeace Waltham Forest Film Night: Fit for a Queen

Orford House Social Club, Thursday 29 March, 7.30pm. On 29 March, the Queen is visiting Walthamstow. She would, no doubt, normally be taken on a tour of the...
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Are you green in E17... or anywhere nearby really?

The next meeting of the Waltham Forest Greenpeace group takes place next Wednesday, 7 March at 7.15 at the Rose and Crown on Hoe Street. There is lots to...
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Walthamstow Warrior Princesses

It's nice to be nice

“Thank you,” I said to the woman who took a leaflet from me. “What’s all this about then, something to do with Shell?” she asked.  I gave a quick summing...
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If your network was a rock band...

Which local Greenpeace networks are like which bands? As it is a new year, many of us may find ourselves recruiting lovely new activists over the...
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Rainbow Warrior III in shipyard in Bremen

Rainbow Warrior III - deckhand diaries - back to Bremen

And so, we are sailing for Germany. With our two Rhibs putting ashore our guests from the Swedish office at the outer edge of the Swedish archipelagos...
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“Hello Mum, I've just been arrested.”

As the police led me away from the Department of Transport on Monday afternoon, into a ramble of cameras, I made the choice to cover my face. It wasn't that I...
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Chain reaction

Waltham Forest activists transport themselves to the forefront of the fight against tar sands. On Monday 28 November, some 50 Greenpeace activists helped to...
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Rainbow Warrior III in Stockholm

So here I am, sitting in the lounge of Rainbow Warrior III after being on board for just over a week now. We have just completed the last open boat day in...
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Running away to sea - the Rainbow Warrior III

So here I am again, after an unbelievable last minute opportunity, sat up in a bunk aboard a Greenpeace ship and writing a little blog. It seems a lifetime...
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CFP campaigning in Stoke Newington

It's nice to hang out with friends. That's why we headed to Stoke Newington this weekend to go campaigning with the Islington Greenpeace network. And what a...
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Five easy pieces

Getting involved with your local Greenpeace network may seem daunting but it’s actually very easy. Here are five simple things to do 1. Join a local group We...
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Waltham Forest Greenpeace video

Check out our new video of us campaigning recently.
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Meanwhile at the Thames Festival…

This weekend was mainly about Greenpeace volunteers up and down the country exposing the darkside of VW dealerships and what a great job they did. But joining...
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Volunteers expose VW's dark side

Waltham Forest activists join a pan-European effort to turn Volkswagen away from the darkside. Greenpeace has been campaigning to highlight the dark side of VW...
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Lane and simple

An interesting day’s campaigning was had by the intrepid adventurers of Waltham Forest Greenpeace on Saturday. As the good looking eco-warriors set about...
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Wanted: Videographers, producers and talented amateurs

Greenpeace has launched a new film competition to turn the cameras on VW, and I’d encourage you to enter. However Greenpeace volunteers in London also need...
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All dolled up

There has been much fun with the Waltham Forest Greenpeace network recently. First a couple of hardy souls braved the Belgian police by joining a Europe-wide...
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Back in the saddle

Having moved to Walthamstow just last week, I thought I would ingratiate myself with the local Greenpeace network by popping along to their monthly meeting...
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Princes, tuna, oceans

Shelf stacking in ASDA

This picture was taken recently at ASDA in Harlow town centre. It's nice to know that activists all over the UK are making their objections to Princes tuna...
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Greenpeace activists on the Treasury sending a message to Chancellor George Osbo

New adventures in London

Reviewing a year in a campaign network is one thing, but reviewing the first year is another. I’ve been in thriving groups and attended the bustling meetings...
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