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Transition Edinburgh University - Grassroots Climate Exchange, Saturday 19th March

On Saturday 19 March a small group of volunteers from the Edinburgh Greenpeace group visited the "Grassroots Climate Exchange" held by Transition Edinburgh...
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Dumfries Environment Fair 4th and 5th March 2011

A group of four Greenpeace volunteers from Scotland and the North of England headed over to the Dumfries Environment Fair for the weekend of the 4th and 5th...
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What did we get up to in 2010?

The energy and creativity of the Edinburgh group defined our activities in 2010, with plenty of campaigns to get our teeth into – including the palm oil...
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Greenpeace Edinburgh Quiz Night

Calling all pub quizzers! Now's your chance to impress friends with your general knowledge and have a fun night out while helping to raise vital funds....
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Taking No Tar Sands to Autumn Eco Festival, Edinburgh

On Saturday 9 October we took our No Tar Sands campaign to the Autumn Eco Festival, a family-friendly event organised by Transition Edinburgh South. Charlotte...
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Chief Al Lameman of the Beaver Lake Cree Nation talking about Tar Sands (Edinburgh event)

Chief Al Lameman of the Beaver Lake Cree Nation, a community directly affected by the Tar Sands project, will be in Edinburgh soon to explain how a small...
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UK blog

I've been making regular comments on the main UK blog. Suffice to say some of the other comments have been wide and varied, with Greenpeace being either...
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Just another day in London...

On Thursday 15th of July, Ivan and myself reached a funny café in a crypt beneath a church. Unusual place to start what would be an exciting day of delivering...
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Mark Lazarowicz receives the result of our Trident street campaigning

On April 29, we delivered the results of our Trident street work to Mark Lazarowicz, Labour Candidate for Edinburgh North & Leith.   Overall, we...
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Flickr update

Check our Flickr page for all the pics of our recent activities! Our last event at the Venchie has got some funny pics of awful beautiful facepaints...
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Oh look! Political ads...

We've been seeing some interesting messages on the political ads around Edinburgh lately... Wait a second, what's the position of our candidates on Trident...
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A little fun with orangutans --wait -- no, they were kids!

On the 10th of April a few volunteers went to The Venchie (Craigmillar, Edinburgh) to have a wee event with the kids at the centre. Although turn out was...
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'The eruption'

Hope you enjoy the eruption guys! Odin   Update Its always nice to have people comment on postings. Its also very nice to have this site working...
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Tar Sands

The first of 3 Tar sands films was screened recently in the Edinburgh Cameo. If you haven't seen any of them then please look out for them. The first one '...
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Nestle response

Don't know if anyone has had any success in contacting Nestle. I used my general email address and posed as a loyal female customer. I highlighted the...
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Palm Oil campaign - a Kick (Kat) start!

On Wednesday 17th march, Greenpeace decided to let Nestlé know that we mean business, and that their use of palm oil from Sinar Mas makes us (and a vast...
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'Cut Trident, Not Jobs' march under the sun!

On Saturday 13th of March, 5 volunteers from the Edinburgh group and one from Glasgow rallied alongside around 1000 other protestors to show that Scotland does...
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Return from Copenhagen

What seemed like a tortuous trip to Copenhagen ended at 2pm on Tuesday as Jake Wilson and myself arrived back home after travelling with Friends of the Earth...
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Flickr Site Updated

Thank you Alice H. for updating the flickr site with all the latest photos. The Venchie photos show how much of a success this event was.
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