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Volkswagen are lobbying against CO2 cuts of 30%.

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...
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VW Darkside Car Sticker

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...
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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...
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Barbie deforestation reviews on Amazon

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...
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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...
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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...
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Barbie, you're dumped!

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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Polar bear and cub

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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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