Edinburgh Group updates
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...
October 19 at 11:45pm
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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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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...
October 08 at 12:41pm
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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...
September 24 at 11:01am
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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...
September 21 at 07:46pm
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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...
September 20 at 09:17am
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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 Forecourt Protest - 18/09 Dalry Road
We were out again yesterday, infront of Dalry Shell garage, telling people what Shell have been up to this summer in the Arctic.
People seem to be...
September 19 at 09:08am
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Freshers Stall - 12/09
What could be a better than signing the Arctic scroll to protect this fragile area from exploitation? How about doing that and getting a sticker and a...
September 12 at 09:23pm
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Shell Forecourt Protest 19th August - Musselburgh
We were out again on the 19th in front of the Musselburgh Shell with a very docile polar bear, handing out our leaflets, telling people what Shell are up to....
August 29 at 11:04pm
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Saving the Arctic from Braidburn Shell Garage
On the 25th August 2012, between noon and 2 pm, a group of Greenpeace activists, once again, showed Shell and people passing by that the company’s plan to...
August 29 at 08:54pm
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A New and Philosophical Experience on BBC Radio 4
Last week I did something which was totally new for me – I went to a BBC Radio 4 recording session at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to be part of the panel for...
August 27 at 07:26pm
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Tales untold
I don't know how many column inches have been given over to the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) disaster but not many told the stories of ordinary people. While the...
August 21 at 09:46am
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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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Greenpeace at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2012!
Local Edinburgh Greenpeace volunteers will be appearing at some events during the Festival Fringe to help spread awareness of what we do and our current...
August 03 at 12:25am
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Five down, eight to go at Shell Crewe Toll: Shell we do it again?
This is our first jointly-written blog post by the Edinburgh Greenpeace group. We were out at another Shell garage in Edinburgh on Saturday 28th of July to...
August 01 at 09:11pm
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A Dancing Bear at Shell Crewe Toll, 28 July 2012
Having seen how many volunteers turned up to help Save the Arctic on Saturday's Shell protest (at least 12), Edinburgh Greenpeace's very own polar bear felt it...
July 29 at 05:40pm
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At large at the Big Tent festival
It's festival season and despite the frequent downpours we've been out and about, most recently to the Big Tent festival in Fife, where the sun did make an...
July 28 at 10:20am
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Edinburgh Greenpeace on Shell Day, 21 July 2012
Edinburgh Greenpeace volunteers new and old went to petrol station forecourts for Shell Day on 21 July 2012!
Scotsman article here: http://www.scotsman.com/...
July 23 at 10:35pm
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What’s it like shutting down Shell? A story of NVDA in Edinburgh
Six people are walking towards a Shell garage in Edinburgh. It’s early morning, just before rush-hour. Fluorescent jackets read “Oil Spill Response Unit”,...
July 19 at 11:17pm
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