Get active

Meet. Talk. Campaign. Have fun. Get results.

Back to Get Active homepage

Nottingham City Group updates

May Day festival in Nottingham

Saturday dawned bright but windy.  We made our way to Victoria Park in Sneinton for the annual mayday festival, using my trusty gazebo to protect the stall...
Comments

Nottingham Peoples Hustings

Normally a blog is about people's ideas and experiences but I am writing about something else as I don't know where else to put this information - it could be...
Comments

Ken Clarke not interested in meeting Trident campaigners

In a previous blog we told you about how we campaigned on Trident in Rushcliffe, the constitency of Ken Clarke, MP.  We got 310 polling cards collected and 97...
Comments

Trident poll presented to Rushcliffe Green Party Candidate

Nottingham Greenpeace activists presented the result of their Trident poll to Green Party candidate Richard Mallender on Saturday after campaigning in the...
Comments

Heathrow expansion plans in tatters

It seems like that we have been doing the Airplot campaign forever, trying to stop the expansion of Heathrow Airport.  It has been one of the longest...
Comments

Greenpeace occupies Prunerov II Coal Plant labelling it a “Global Shame”

I thought you might like to see what is going on in the Czech republic right now  Prunerov, Czech Republic,  22 March, 2010  -- Twelve Greenpeace...
Comments

Farm Fishing - 2 interesting examples

An interesting talk on two types of fish farming....   https://owa2k.ntu.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.ted.com/talks/...
Comments

Nottingham Group poll Asda West Bridgford customers

Jane, Helen, Jamie, Jake, Cath and Sue polled around 100 customers visiting Asda, West Bridgford tonight.  Overwhelming majority said "NO" to the...
Comments

Palm oil campaign - it's Nestle!

Yesterday I acted as legal support for a bunch of Greenpeace active supporters from around the country who came together, along with some Greenpeace climbers...
Comments

Street Comms Training - 13 March

Thanks to Jane and Steve for taking us through the Street Comms Training on Saturday.  It was good to see some new faces, meet up with some familiar ones,...
Comments

What we (and others) have been doing about coal fired power generation - so far

 Jim Footner the Greenpeace coal campaigner is taking a well-earned break from campaigning but before he left he wrote a sort of time line of what has...
Comments

David MacKay - take a look at this

Jane and I went to a presentation from David last year (who is currently advising Ed Miliband).  His ideas are interesting and take a high level view of...
Comments

Trip down to London

Sue and I went down to London on Saturday to a street communications trainers meeting.  It was Sue's first time at Greenpeace offices in London.  The building...
Comments

please write to your MP

Please write to your MP to ask him to support Alan Simpson's ammendment to the Energy Bill which is currently going through arliament. Last year we won an...
Comments

Copenhagen

How do I contain my disappointment, let me count the ways: One... Take solace from the fact that, deep down, I kind of new that it was going to end this way...
Comments

the Wave

Steve from the Southwell group and I, ably assisted by  Oli from the Southwell group, hired and filled a coach that went from Nottingham to London for the Wave...
Comments

Another Apple Tree Planted - Alan Simpson MP digs in for Airplot

Alan Simpson MP joined in to support the Airplot campaign against airport expansion. He planted an apple tree, in support of the home of the Cox's apple in...
Comments

Cllr Katrina Bull and Robin Hood help us plant our apple tree

Wednesday 18 Nov: an apple tree, native to Nottingham, was planted in the grounds of the Brewhouse Yard in support of the Airplot Campaign, whereby apple...
Comments

Gedling Show Success!

Just got back from the Gedling Show! And what a jamboree of local colour that was. We had owls, cowboys pretending to shoot each other, and erm... there was...
Comments

Group Members Carbon Footprint

See link to calculate your carbon footprint: http://campaigns2.direct.gov.uk/actonco2/home.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=carbon+...
Comments
Syndicate content

Join our global movement

Together we can protect our planet and our future. Join us now



There are currently 124750 signups
Save the Arctic Donate Today

Being a volunteer

Interested in helping with our campaigns, but not sure what’s involved?

Help and FAQ

Volunteer updates

Contact

Jane Burd

Our group on...

Youtube
MySpace

About Get Active

The Get Active section of our website is updated by Greenpeace volunteers and reflects their passionate and personal opinions.

More about Get Active

Follow Greenpeace UK