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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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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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July Get Active Newsletter
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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Limbo
Until 10am this morning, I was in a horrible state of limbo...
In December, I joined the Arctic Sunrise in Amsterdam for my second volunteer trip,...
February 03 at 07:50pm
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Rolling on the waves
It may not be windy outside but there is a real swell on the ocean this morning and the boat is going from one side to the other. I may have tempted the gods...
December 30 at 10:57am
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Onboard the Rainbow Warrior3
Having spent Christmas Day getting to Barcelona we boarded the Rainbow Warrior 3 early on Boxing Day and set sail southwards, with our final destination being...
December 29 at 12:57pm
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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...
December 06 at 06:23pm
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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...
November 25 at 01:36pm
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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...
November 21 at 05:21pm
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Final voyage of the Rainbow Warrior II
My name is Katie, I’m 24 years old and I am an active supporter from the Telford network. I feel very privileged to be writing this blog, and this is the first...
July 27 at 04:33pm
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Life onboard the Esperanza
I'm writing this in my bunk onboard the Greenpeace ship Esperanza, which is currently involved in action against Cairn energy's reckless attempts to drill for...
June 01 at 04:58pm
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Final days of Copenhagen
So I'm now back in the office, sitting in front of a computer feeling kind of weird to be constrained by different boundaries than the steel walls of the...
January 06 at 01:50pm
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Secret Diary of an Assistant Cook, age 39 ½
This time a week ago, we were making banners in the snow near Oslo. Now a lifetime away, the Rainbow Warrior is moored on the outskirts of Copenhagen, and the...
December 14 at 08:27pm
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One week on board the Rainbow Warrior
A week ago I caught an early train to Edinburgh, to join what I thought was to be a short 3 day jaunt on the Rainbow Warrior. One week on I'm still here, and...
December 08 at 09:18pm
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