Nottingham City Group updates
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...
February 27 at 06:40pm
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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...
February 26 at 06:39pm
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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...
February 23 at 04:52pm
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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...
February 18 at 07:04pm
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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...
February 18 at 05:50pm
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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...
February 11 at 03:52pm
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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...
February 05 at 06:14pm
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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...
January 23 at 06:52pm
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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...
January 06 at 02:07pm
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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...
December 20 at 04:48pm
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Asking my MP to give more importance to environmental issues
Lillian recognises that global warming is 'the issue of this century; but she is also very committed to the social and welfare issues affecting her...
November 30 at 08:03pm
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Now more than ever
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP17) is due to take place in Durban in South Africa from November 28th through to December 9th....
November 24 at 03:47pm
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Cairn 17 not guilty!
Those of you who follow the goings on with Greenpeace and read these blogs will remember that I wrote a blog about the Cairn Energy action at their Edinburgh...
November 23 at 11:40pm
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Nottingham group visits the new Rainbow Warrior in London
Yesterday, Peter, Cath, Harry John and I went along to the East India docks in London, opposite Canary Wharf to have a tour of the new Greenpeace ship, Rainbow...
November 13 at 10:10pm
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Meeting Lilian Greenwood
Kirstie arranged for her and I to attend 'Prime Minister's Questions' in the House of Commons on Wed 19th Oct, and to meet Lilian Greenwood, the new MP for...
October 29 at 01:20pm
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Farewell Jo Melzack
Today is the last day that Jo Melzack will be working for Greenpeace. The organisation will not be the same anymore. Jo is a great loss to...
October 28 at 05:20pm
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Common Fisheries Policy stall
This morning we had a stall in Nottingham at the Market Square asking people to back changes to the Common Fisheries Policy - the campaign we have been...
October 15 at 06:14pm
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It's all over for Barbie
Barbie's maker, Mattel have just announced that they will no longer source pulp from 'companies known to be involved in deforestation'. One of these...
October 05 at 06:44pm
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Support NTU's Wind Turbines @ Brackenhurst
Support Nottingham Trent University's (Brackenhurst campus) planning application for 2 wind turbines (link to NTU's website: http://www.ntu.ac.uk/ecoweb/...
September 20 at 04:57pm
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My First NVDA: An Account of the Birmingham VW Garage Occupation
On Saturday 10th September I took part in the occupation of a Volkswagen dealership in Birmingham to send a message to VW's management that we are on their...
September 14 at 02:16pm
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