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Letter from Brazil: Greenpeace at the WYD 2013, Rio de Janeiro

Right now, I'm in Rio de Janeiro, and have spent most of the last week helping Greenpeace Brazil with our presence at the World Youth Day (WYD) 2013, a...
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Knockengorroch Festival 2013: Dancing with Polar Bears

After having an amazing and successful time at Knockengorroch Festival last year, we decided that we definitely wanted to come back again this year if we...
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May the fourth be with the Arctic!

We took the polar bear out once again on a sunny Saturday in Edinburgh on 4 May 2013 to ask people to sign up for the I ❤ Arctic campaign. There was a great...
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Arctic Supporter with Polar Bear on The Mound, Edinburgh

Arctic Visitor Comes to Edinburgh

The 20th April – the I Love Arctic International Day of Action – saw a sad looking polar bear on The Mound in Edinburgh. She was roaming the streets of...
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Napier University Students love the Arctic and the Polar Bear !

Last Wednesday 24th April Greenpeace Edinburgh took themselves along to the Sighthill Campus of Napier University to promote one of Greenpeace's current...
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Scrap Trident weekend: a great success!

Last week, on Monday 15 April 2013, Faslane naval base was shut down for three solid hours by hundreds of people in a peaceful blockade of the gates to the...
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Greenspeakers Talk at Napier University , Save the Arctic and Successes.

I was very pleased to accompany Sally from Greenpeace Dundee along to speak to some of the students at Napier University's sighthill campus on Tuesday. There...
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Five reasons why we love going to the Dumfries Environment Fair

Even though it means we have to leave Edinburgh before 7am to get there and we don’t get home until well into the evening, we’ve been going all the way down to...
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Greenpeace Edinburgh Ceilidh - Dancing with Polar Bears.

This month Greenpeace Edinbugh held a foot stompin' ceilidh and celebration of our national bard Robert Burns in The Counting House, Nicolson Street.  ...
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Bear in the Dock

It emerged in January that the Shell exploration rig Kulluk that was beached off the coast of Sitkalidak Island in the Gulf of Alaska, ended up there because...
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Don’t Panic! A guide to your first meeting with Edinburgh Greenpeace

If you think you might be interested in getting involved with Greenpeace here in Edinburgh, the best thing which you can do is to come along and meet us at a...
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Edinburgh Waitrose customers say: Dump Shell !

On a cold but dry Saturday afternoon a few volunteers from the Edinburgh group visited Waitrose in Stockbridge for a little bit of gentle protesting.  Why...
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I'm feeling some bad 'VIBES' about this ...

Every now and again you read something, and you just think, 'What on Earth were they thinking?' Today was the awards ceremony for the VIBES Environmental...
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Another Wonderful Night at the Pub Quiz!

Thank you so much to everyone who came along to the Edinburgh Greenpeace Winter Pub Quiz on 7 November 2012 at the Beehive Inn and helped us to raise £79 for...
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One day like this a year would see me right ...

Some days, when I wake up in the morning and think of all the enormous challenges which face us today, I want to just roll over and go back to sleep, to hide...
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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...
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Sharing skills and curries in Stirling, Scottish Skillshare 2012

I would like to say a huge Thank you to everyone who ran/took part in Greenpeace skill share this weekend. It was a brilliant event with all of the Scottish...
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Septemberfest at Broughton High School, 22 September 2012

On Saturday 22 September, whilst others in the group joined forces with Glasgow Greenpeace for Shell Day 2, a number of us from the Edinburgh group took a...
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Rise Up Singing at Faslane

Trident Ploughshares and Faslane Peace Camp put on a “Rise Up Singing” weekend from Saturday 15th to Monday 17th of September 2012. This was not a Greenpeace...
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The Disappearing Arctic? Challenging The New Oil Rush

Environmental and Social Justice Space (ESJS) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/508960165785179/ ESJS hosted this event in the Forest Cafe and some volunteers...
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