Nottingham City Group updates
The protests in Turkey
I have been watching the events in Turkey as they get worse and worse. What started out as a peaceful protest about plans to destroy an iconic park,...
June 03 at 03:00pm
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Tuxfest was amazing
This is the first time we had been to Tuxfest and it won't be the last. The day was brilliantly sunny and more by luck than judgement we chose a spot for...
May 30 at 04:27pm
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A great day out in Chesterfield
Chesterfield Mayday celebrations are always a great day out - marching bands, banners, inspirational speakers and lots of activist type people from trades...
May 06 at 03:46pm
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Nottingham ♥ Arctic and Cameron's non existent speech
It was a lovely sunny day and we met to show our support for the Greenpeace campaign to save the Arctic and stop companies like Shell drilling for oil in the...
April 20 at 04:29pm
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Canada's Wolf Cull
One of my friends returned from a weekend in the Rocky Mountains laden with photos of the beautiful scenery. When one of these photos was of a wolf she had...
April 15 at 04:16am
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Will Fracking come to Nottinghamshire?
In last week’s budget Chancellor George Osborne announced a generous new tax regime for shale gas in an effort to introduce the North American shale gas boom...
March 26 at 04:55pm
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The Train Journey
Last week I was lucky enough to take the beautiful train journey across the Rocky Mountains from Edmonton to Vancouver. This was a journey of contrasts. My...
March 25 at 04:57am
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We are wimpy hippies
So it was decided at the last planning meeting - our first Shell garage protest of the new year. Then winter came back. I sat looking at the snow...
March 13 at 08:05pm
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Shell abandons plans to drill in the Arctic!
I woke up early and turned the radio on to the Today programme. Sleepy, I was vaguely aware of the business section, more interested in bankers bonuses,...
February 28 at 04:02pm
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A Quick Look For Bees In Canada
After looking at the bee problem in Europe I realised I knew very little about decline in bee populations where I am living, in Canada. I quickly...
February 25 at 10:14pm
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Not so happy feet
Hav you been watching the programme about penguins callsd Spy in the Huddle on BBC1, with all the penguin cams? Doesn't it make you laugh? What is...
February 22 at 03:02pm
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Bear in the Square.
Campaigning in the Old Market Square on Saturday proved lucrative, as many people were only too happy to stop and say hello to Paula the Polar Bear which...
February 20 at 06:38pm
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An article well worth reading
http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/newsdesk/energy/analysis/why-government-thi...
I'm not going to say any more. Just read it!
February 13 at 05:40pm
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A Step Towards The Protection Of Bees?
It looks like the EU has finally taken note of some of the less powerful groups in society; bees. Though bees are small in size, their impact on plant life...
February 12 at 06:57am
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Two out of three ain't bad
So in the past couple of days three pieces of news have come into the Greenpeace office. So let's start with the bad news and get it over and done with...
February 06 at 06:26pm
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Mountain Standard Time
Having been involved with Greenpeace for a couple of years in the UK I was disappointed to find that there was no Greenpeace group in the city of Calgary in...
January 21 at 09:44pm
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2012: The Year of Dressing Up
It seems nearly everyone in the active supporter group has dressed up at some time during the year! We started the year dressed up as Star Wars...
January 07 at 06:57pm
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Paula goes to the pictures
Last Wednesday we took Paula to the Broadway Cinema where they are showing the film Chasing Ice. The staff were very friendly and helpful as we set up...
December 24 at 03:12pm
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I couldn't possibly confirm or deny that
Waitrose, that most 'ethical' of food stores is joining forces with Shell. They plan to have some Waitrose minimarts on Shell forecourts around the...
December 10 at 05:36pm
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Have your say on local climate consultation
Nottingham City Council have always been pretty forward thinking when it comes to climate change. Let's face it, they produced the Nottingham...
November 27 at 04:54pm
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