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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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Runners warming up

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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A loggerhead turtle swims towards a FAD belonging to a purse seiner ship in the

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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Paula visits Cairn Energy

Paula visits Cairn Energy in Edinburgh

Today, Edinburgh welcomed our newest activist, the beautiful Paula. We're all concerned about the global effects of climate change, but Paula is also worried...
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Edinburgh North and Leith says: "Go Beyond Oil"

Last week a couple of us went along to the constituency surgery of Mark Lazarowicz MP (Labour, Edinburgh North and Leith) to hand over the Go Beyond Oil cards...
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'Into the Deep’ photo exhibition stall, 30th April 2011

We had a fantastic afternoon at the entrance to St Andrew’s Square last weekend where the ‘Into the Deep’ outdoor photo exhibition was taking place. Five of us...
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'Into Eternity' film showing, 28th April 2011

This was our first film showing at the Forest Cafe in what we hope to be a series of film events in Edinburgh. Despite only a few days notice, and some...
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Outreach - Beyond the 'Usual Suspects'

At a meeting a few weeks ago, the fact that Edinburgh was due to host the first annual Scottish Tattoo Convention at the end of March was brought up, and given...
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Scottish Tattoo Convention (26th-27th March 2011)

Last weekend we went along to the first annual Scottish Tattoo Convention at Edinburgh’s Corn Exchange to spread the word about Greenpeace to a new audience....
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