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I Love Arctic goes International in Oxford

Oxford always has more than its fair share of tourists but in summer the city centre overflows with groups of teenage students, here to brush up their English...
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Oxford University Earth Sciences take Shell Money

Last Thursday Oxford University hosted Ed Davey, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, and Shell's Director of "Unconventionals" at the opening of...
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Too Busy to Blog

No rest for a polar bear at the moment! I’ve been out and about in Oxfordshire so much with all this Christmas stuff going on that I just haven’t had time to...
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October Get Active newsletter

Let’s sort out our Energy Future by Richard George, Energy Campaigner We are standing at an energy crossroads and a new law, the Energy Bill, will set out the...
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Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Runnymede protest together at Shell in Headington

It was great to be joined by friends from Reading and Runnymede - and a couple of polar bears - to deliver a message to Shell (again) that they must leave the...
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People protesting outside a Shell station

September Get Active newsletter

Your chance to #TellShell to stop Arctic drilling by Vicky Wyatt, Climate Campaigner Over two weekends in July Greenpeace supporters took action to shut down...
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Polar Bear is a hit in Witney

This Saturday, seven of us took the Polar Bear to Witney. We were going to stay two hours, but the Bear was so popular and the support for the Save the Arctic...
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Polar Bear visits Elder Stubbs Open Day

Last Saturday we visited the Open Day at Elder Stubbs Allotments in Oxford and the polar bear came too. But as the temperatures headed towards 30 degress C,...
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August Get Active newsletter

Shell-Day 2 Saturday 22nd September by Sara Ayech, climate campaigner Last month saw two huge days of action against Shell in the UK in support of our...
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Superbear hits the streets of Oxford

On Saturday, we tried out using tablets to sign people up to the Arctic Scroll, aided and abetted by Superbear. He was a big hit and pulled in the crowds who...
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Oxford Greenpeace back at Shell in Headington

We had a magnificent turn out on Saturday at our local Shell garage - lots of new faces inspired to come along and and join us to tell Shell to stay out...
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Greenpeace Netherlands action at Shell HQ - the Hague

July Get Active Newsletter

Shell-Day Saturday 21st July by Vicky Wyatt, climate campaigner At 6.30 this morning 70 + Dutch Greenpeace volunteers, including their executive director...
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Faringdon Peace Fair 2012

Four of us had our first stab at the Arctic Campaign - and asking people to text - at a very friendly event in a lovely part of the Oxfordshire...
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Shell Headington - out of order!

I was surprised to discover when passing my local Shell station in Oxford to find a couple of new posters at the entrance saying, 'Out of Order' and a pump...
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40th Birthday Celebration in Oxford

Better late than never... we had a great evening in Oxford on May 25th. That Friday was possibly the hottest day we have had this year, but despite the...
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when Kumi came to town

We got a little excited when we heard that Kumi Naidoo, the Executive Director of Greenpeace International, was coming to speak in Oxford at the Amnesty series...
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Cen'trickier

Greenpeace delivered a big fat bill of a message to Centrica on Monday to show that we're onto their tricky shenanigans with gas prices. A report by Bloomberg...
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coal dust Mac

Apples and Macs

A few of us participated in an action at the Apple store in London’s Regent Street this week. The London event was one of several around the world in support...
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We visit Shell in Oxford

As Greenpeace activists in New Zealand occupy Shell's drilling rig, preventing it from heading to the Arctic, we visited their garage in Headington to ask...
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Behind the Camera - video activism to #SaveTheArctic

Sitting in the van waiting for the signal; the helmet camera is turned on, the video camera in my hand is running but until the door opens there’s nothing but...
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