Nottingham City Group updates
My First action with Greenpeace
On the hottest day of the year so far I found myself in boiling hot room with a bunch of men being told to strip down while two Russians watch on, no this is...
July 11 at 06:00pm
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update on group activities - July
A lot of apologies this month but still a good turn out and welcome to Fran, our newest member. Richard came back from his first action as a stormtrooper...
July 07 at 03:17pm
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extreme weather conditions definitely linked to increased greenhouse gases
Last Monday I went down to London to act as legal support for the activists who were involved in the launch of Greenpeace's campaign against VW for their...
July 03 at 04:51pm
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Barbie update and other stuff
The Barbie campaign is moving on a pace. Now Mattel who make Barbie have said that they will develop a deforestation policy. Develop one? Why...
June 22 at 08:02pm
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Update on group activities
The group is very active at the moment on two missions.
We are hiding Barbie dolls as part of the campaign against Mattel because they use pulp from illegally...
June 14 at 11:50am
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Chainsaw Barbie starts rampaging in Nottingham
As the campaign against the use of pulp from rainforest in packaging for toys gets underway, Barbie was seen rampaging in Nottingham in her best tiger...
June 09 at 08:37pm
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Ken dumps Chainsaw Barbie
Greenpeace Unveil UK’s Biggest Ever Guerrilla Advertising Bid
100 Square Metre Billboard in Piccadilly Circus Launches Campaign to Get Barbie to Drop...
June 08 at 02:54pm
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Winner of Greenpeace Quiz
The winner of the Greenpeace quiz at this year's Nottingham Green Festival was Moon Willow Allen who got the prize donated by Lush. Moon says that she...
June 08 at 01:21pm
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last nights group meeting
A very good meeting last night - welcome Richard and Becky to our group. We discussed the tuna campaign and how the campaign is being stepped up again...
June 07 at 03:05pm
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Arrested in Belgium May 2011
It was fascinating to see the Greenpeace HQ in London, where the UK contingent for the international action in Belgium had to gather on the night before we...
June 02 at 02:38pm
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Green Festival a great success - again!
This years Green Festival highlighted the team work, imagination and ingenuity of the Nottingham city group. Peter created a fishing game based on that...
May 24 at 03:37pm
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Nottingham activist in challenge to European Business Summit
Activists lock climate laggards out of business summit
Feature story - May 18, 2011
This morning in Brussels, more than 170 Greenpeace activists...
May 18 at 03:23pm
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MP Lobbying
Yesterday I met up with Chris Leslie MP (Nottingham East) to lobby him regarding the Climate Change Act, the Finance Bill an the Energy Bill. Chris...
May 14 at 10:26pm
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Wikileaks show the Arctic could be the new cold war
UPDATE: Watch BBC Newsnight's feature on the Wikileaks Arctic files
Submarine explorers planting Russian flags under the North Pole. Military tension between...
May 14 at 10:51am
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Mayday Festival 2011
It was a sunny and very windy day at Victoria Park in Sneinton and at one point there were more police than stall holders but people gradually arrived and...
May 02 at 08:33pm
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Chernobyl 25th anniversary commemoration
A good crowd of over 200 people came along on the 26th April to join in the commemorations for the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident. We...
May 02 at 08:23pm
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Re Chernobyl commemoration
I have been given the draft programme for this event, which is as below:
Draft Programme – Subject to final confirmation:
18:45 Lord...
April 25 at 02:12pm
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Lovely day at Greens Mill
Cath and I had a lovely day at the Sustainable Energy Event organised by Nottingham City Council. Due to them not advertising it very well there weren't...
April 16 at 08:13pm
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Nottingham Street Comms Training: Sat 14 May - Last few spaces available
We've a couple more spaces available for anyone who wants to come along for an enjoyable day, learning about Greenpeace, picking up useful tips on interacting...
April 14 at 09:43pm
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Tuna Campaign Update
Last week I sent out frantic messages and texts to various people telling them not to do any stickering of tins of tuna and most of you guessed that...
April 12 at 01:41pm
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