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Non-Violent Direct Action (NVDA) training - Saturday 29th October

Non-Violent Direct Action (NVDA) training - Saturday 29th October  Brainstorm ideas about non-violence, listen to real accounts from Greenpeace activists...
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Tarnished Earth Exhibition and Toxic Fuels

It seems the EU Fuel Quality Directive still hangs in the balance.  If passed, this legislation would set limits on how dirty an oil source can be before...
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Alex Salmond vows to scrap Trident in an independent Scotland

First Minister Alex Salmond has vowed to get rid of Trident nuclear weapons if the SNP win independence for Scotland. On Scotland Tonight Salmond said that in...
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Kumi Naidoo

Kumi Naido is coming to Edinburgh

I've Just received this notification from Friends of the Earth Scotland: Head of Greenpeace International to attend El Salvador event Kumi Naidoo, Head of...
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Kaleidoscope Festival 2011

What a great time we had at this festival! Despite a fair amount of haar on the sunday, we did have some sunshine too and had a good weekend of campaigning...
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Your OCEAN ACTION is urgently needed!

Fisheries are globally being depleted at exponential and unsustainable rates. The European Union (EU)’s fisheries policies have since the 1970s aimed to...
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Glasgow Make Peace Festival, 17th September 2011

This was a fantastic event, and the weather (mostly) held out for a wonderful day organised by Scottish CND. Lots of people from across Scotland got together...
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Fancy Running the Edinburgh Marathon for Greenpeace?

Fancy running the Edinburgh Marathon 2012 to raise money for Greenpeace? Some of us from the local group are planning to give it a go, so if you fancy joining...
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VW: Stop Opposing Climate Laws!

This weekend local volunteers across Europe swooped on VW dealerships to highlight Greenpeace's campaign against VW's lobbying against EU climate change laws....
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Tarnished Earth comes to Edinburgh

Tarnished Earth comes to Edinburgh! A gallery of photographs by Jiri Rezac showing the destruction caused by tar sands exploration, one of the greatest...
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Dirty Tar Sands deal endangers our environment and Alberta’s indigenous populations.

It may have been a whisper from deep inside seeking to understand the relevance to us, of another macabre, very unsustainable development, to attract the...
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Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall is back with a new episode of Fish Fight - The Battl

Hugh's Fish Fight on Channel 4 - The Common Fisheries Policy

Following the recent success of our campaigning against destructive tuna fishing methods, we are now moving on to campaign on the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP...
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Edinburgh Greenpeace group notice - Different Venue for August

Please note that Edinburgh Greenpeace will be meeting in a different location for August due to our usual venue being used for the Edinburgh Festival. On the...
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Stickered Barbies Spotted in Edinburgh

It would seem the stickering pixies have been out once again in Edinburgh! Local supporters of Greenpeace in Edinburgh noticed these stickers on products made...
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VW The Dark Side

Turn VW away from the dark side you must ...

VW are opposing key European environmental protection laws, and Greenpeace needs you to help them turn away from the Dark Side! Join the rebellion and take up...
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More John West tuna spotted in Edinburgh

Some of you may remember that back in June we spotted stickers on some tins of John West tuna in several supermarkets around Edinburgh. It seems that John West...
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Extreme Greenpeace Stalling

We've all seen many types of campaign and information stalls in various public places around Edinburgh: often on Princes Street, sometimes at Wellington's...
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Away They Go: your ‘Go Beyond Oil’ postcards are on their way to your MPs now

Over the last few months Edinburgh Greenpeace have been out and about collecting signed ‘Go Beyond Oil’ cards from members of the public to be sent to their...
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THE VANISHING OF THE BEES AT THE FOREST CAFE: 98 minutes to save lives in the hives

On the 9th of June 2011, at the Forest Cafe at 7 pm, some visitors yet did not know that bees and honey pots on supermarket shelves would never look the same...
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John West tuna spotted in Tesco Edinburgh

This weekend I was walking around Tesco in Edinburgh and happened to spot these stickers on tins of John West tuna.  Other people from our local group...
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