South Derbyshire (Derby) Group updates
A little Catchup on the Save The Arctic front...
A combined group from Derby and Nottingham Groups targeted the Shell filling station on Priory Island on Saturday 22nd September as part of the “Save the...
November 05 at 05:44pm
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October Get Active newsletter
Let’s sort out our Energy Future
by Richard George, Energy Campaigner
We are standing at an energy crossroads and a new law, the Energy Bill, will set out the...
October 11 at 02:24pm
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September Get Active newsletter
Your chance to #TellShell to stop Arctic drilling
by Vicky Wyatt, Climate Campaigner
Over two weekends in July Greenpeace supporters took action to shut down...
September 19 at 04:53pm
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Shell Day 2 important update
Please note the following: there is a new Shell garage getting ready to open in Nottingham. It used to be a Total garage but is currently being refitted...
September 15 at 05:39pm
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August Get Active newsletter
Shell-Day 2 Saturday 22nd September
by Sara Ayech, climate campaigner
Last month saw two huge days of action against Shell in the UK in support of our...
August 15 at 11:30am
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Meetings
This is out there for all those in email contact, both old and new, but here's a reminder that our meetings have been moved back to the New Flowerpot on Kings...
August 06 at 02:35pm
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Shell-Day Saturday 21st July
by Vicky Wyatt, climate campaigner
At 6.30 this morning 70 + Dutch Greenpeace volunteers, including their executive director...
July 13 at 02:01pm
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June Get Active newsletter
Sod the Olympics, what about the Arctic?
by Richard George, climate campaigner
Shell’s summer of risky oil drilling got off to an inauspicious start this...
June 15 at 04:00pm
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Centrica blockade by Greenpeace
On Monday this week I was legal support for a group of Greenpeace activists who had blockaded the headquarters of Centrica in Windsor. Centrica is one of...
May 03 at 05:55pm
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What do Colin in Falmouth and Emily in Brighton have in common?
by Alicia Craw, oceans campaigner
Greenpeace's ship the Arctic Sunrise has been confronting...
April 12 at 12:02pm
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Derby and Nottingham combined against Shell!
In support of the climbers on the drilling rig in New Zealand, Derby and Nottingham groups got together to leaflet the Shell station on the A52 Derby Road (...
February 27 at 09:55pm
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Local Primary School Children Invite Greenpeace to Visit!
In 2011, year 2 students at Firfield Primary School read a book together called 'Dear Greenpeace'. I'm sure a lot of you will have heard of it. For those who...
February 18 at 07:04pm
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Save The Arctic by Vicky Wyatt, climate campaigner
As the fossil-fuelled rise in global temperatures causes the Arctic’s summer sea ice to shrink to the...
February 02 at 06:03pm
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Chasing A Rainbow (a visit to Rainbow Warrior III )
As Greenpeace celebrate 40 years of campaigning and peaceful activism, we have a new sailing vessel, the Rainbow Warrior III.There were many tears as the...
November 18 at 12:58am
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Go Beyond Oil
The people of Belper signed 69 cards for us, and were really keen to draw all sorts (and shapes!) of rainbows for their local MP. We met only one person who...
November 07 at 03:13pm
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Beyond Petroleum in Ripley
3 members of Derby group went over to Ripley yesterday for a change of scenery, and got another 26 cards signed to send off to BP.
June 27 at 12:23pm
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Deflowering BP
Saturday 15th May - our first happy petal picker in Belper.
May 19 at 08:48am
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KitKat
On the morning when summer hit Derbyshire, three of us spent a couple of hours persuading the people of Belper to send Nestle a message about palm oil....
April 18 at 04:39pm
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Trident in Ripley
Last Saturday morning 3 of us spent a rather chilly couple of hours finding out how the good people of Ripley felt about renewing Trident. It turned out that...
April 01 at 05:00pm
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Derby social
Derby group socialon 23rd December. Meeting at the Brewery Tap (The Royal Standard) just over Exeter Bridge, at 6:30pm We may have food there, or get a take...
December 15 at 10:42pm
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