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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...
August 01 at 12:41pm
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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...
May 12 at 02:40pm
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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...
December 12 at 04:00pm
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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...
October 11 at 02:24pm
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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...
September 24 at 01:37pm
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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...
September 19 at 04:53pm
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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...
September 03 at 12:45pm
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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,...
August 20 at 11:48pm
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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...
August 15 at 11:30am
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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...
August 06 at 01:21pm
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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...
July 22 at 12:58pm
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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...
July 13 at 02:01pm
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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...
July 10 at 12:43pm
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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...
July 09 at 08:36am
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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...
June 15 at 11:42am
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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...
May 15 at 11:28am
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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...
May 01 at 06:11pm
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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...
April 27 at 01:21pm
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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...
February 25 at 01:12am
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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...
February 23 at 07:51pm
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