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National Greenpeace Skillshare Goblin's Combe

Getting together with Greenpeace people from other areas is always inspiring - realising that there are a lot of very committed and knowledgeable people in the...
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Autumn Leaves

getting back in the groove

came back from goblin combe yesterday.should be getting on with some self directed study today! but just a quick blog cos 1. vowed i would be more active at...
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Peter Mandelson

Musings

Sometimes when I log on to the Nottingham Greenpeace group web page I look at the number of people who ‘follow’ us and what we do and I wonder what they are...
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Greenpeace Stall at Nottingham Mayday March/Rally

On Saturday May 5th Greenpeace held a stall in the Congressional Hall, Low Pavement. This was set to coincide with the arrival of the Nottingham Mayday March...
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Greenpeace blockade Centrica HQ

On Monday this week I was legal support for a group of Greenpeace activists who had blockaded the headquarters of Centrica in Windsor.  Centrica is one of...
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Apple: clean our cloud

Apple Store Action

About 20 Greenpeace activists took part in our reminder to Apple that they need to clean up their choice of electricity supplies for 'the cloud' which is going...
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Political Lobbying to keep Tar Sands oil out of Europe

At the beginning of this month, I sent the following as an e-mail to my local MP regarding this important issue: Dear Ms Greenwood, My name is Peter Gray, a...
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VW campaign - well done and thanks

Earlier this month, at the Madrid Motor Show, VW announced some improvements to some of its new cars that will reduce their emissions enough to beat existing...
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Visit your local Shell garage

You will have read that local activists visited Shell garages at the back end of last month to highlight to motorists and the garage staff that Shell wants to...
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Earthquake and tsunami damage at Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, Japan

Fukishima: one year on

One year ago today the coast of Japan was hit by a tsunami as the result of an undersea earthquake of gigantic proportions, one of the five largest earthquakes...
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Nottingham and Derby groups join forces to leaflet Shell garage on Brian Clough Way

So by the time I got home, we had got the email.  New Zealand police climbers had gone on to the Shell drilling rig and arrested the Greenpeace climbers...
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1st Shell protest, Nottingham

It was a small but beautifully formed contingent - me, Tim (from Derby) and Peter.  We arrived at the Shell garage in Marmion Road in Nottingham to find...
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Banner at the National Gallery, London

Greenpeace tell Shell to get out of the Arctic

Early on Tuesday morning I took a train to London to a secret location where a group of Greenpeace activists were gathering ready for an action on the National...
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Local Primary School Children Invite Greenpeace to Visit!

In 2011, year 2 students at Firfield Primary School read a book together called 'Dear Greenpeace'. I'm sure a lot of you will have heard of it. For those who...
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Double Trouble: Jane and Peter Hit Beeston Highstreet

With most of our local volunteers otherwise occupied, Jane and I decided to take the Greenpeace message about Volkswagen to the streets of Beeston. Armed with...
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Big Miracle comes to Nottingham

Big Miracle is film based on a true story.  It is being shown at Cineworld in Nottingham this week with the last showing being at 5.50pm every night until...
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Brian the storm trooper visits Nottingham

The Nottingham group had a welcome visitor this weekend.  Brian the stormtrooper who has escaped from the dark side and is on the run.  There wasn't...
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Birmingham VW

2011 Wot we did in our network

The year started with the continuation of the Go Beyond Oil campaign.  Easy to reach oil is fast running out and the dwindling supplies are forcing...
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VW's Facebook mistake

VW have done a very silly thing.  They put a message on their Facebook page asking for ideas for the New Year.  Oops.  Big mistake.  Neil...
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Woah look at the wind

The Rainbow Warrior III is still on sea trials and she is in the Bay of Biscay.  Look at how she is heeling over in the wind!  I love the cheerful...
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