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you can't live off Kit Kats!

Today we took the message of Nestle using palm oil from the dodgiest company in Indonesia, onto Oxfords main shopping street and got an enthusiastic response...
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Action Report: Inside an Ape-suit by Siân

It’s quite something for me (smallish, female, sixty) to have a sixteen year old boy come up to me, hesitate, take a few steps back and then pluck up the...
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Ask a Climate Question

As the next election approaches Greenpeace has teamed up with a collation of other environmental and development NGOs to organise a political hustings in our...
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David Cameron at odds with his constituents

So what do you do if you are the leader of a party who believes in the need for new nuclear weapons but your constituents - the people you are meant to...
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Apocalypse Soon?

The hold of the arctic sunrise was a hive of activity, albeit of an unusual sort. a makeup artist worked meticulously, flags were being fitted to flag...
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Copenhagen Pt.3

We had work to do tonight so we made our way to our accommodation to pick up supplies then back into the centre to rendezvous with the Canadians, Phil and a...
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Copenhagen Pt.2

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Copenhagen Pt.2

Up at 8.30am to head into town for the marches. We join the Friends of the Earth, ‘Flood’ to Parliament Square. Once there we naturally gravitate to the...
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Copenhagen Pt.1

Friday 11th, 2am, it’s a frosty and misty start as we set off catching the Oxford Tube to London. Early morning trek across town to St.Pancras and the Eurostar...
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Oxford at the Wave

Members of Oxford Greenpeace at the Wave Climate March in London on the 5th Dec.09
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hello from Copenhagen

Today was mostly Taken up with visiting the Three Greenpeace Ships that are here The Rainbow Warrior, the Beluga And the Arctic Sunrise,  I've been bumping...
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A green Christmas at the Green Fair

Sarah and Ingrid are probably currently getting ready for Greenpeace Oxford's appearance at this year's Oxford Green Fair. Organized by the local Green Party,...
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Phil is going to Copenhagen

I only found out yesterday that I have a lift to Copenhagen, I'm nearly packed and I leave in 20 minutes, I'm not sure what I'll do while I'm there, I'm...
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More photos of tree planting

Here's some more photos of our recent tree planting. In the main photo you can see Andrew Smith and Evan Harris MPs wielding spades, with Peter Adams of...
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Oxfordshire MPs plant an apple tree

Saturday's tree-planting in Wolvercote Community Orchard was ace. Despite the weather before and after, we had a glorious sunny morning for the event which we...
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Wanted: someone to photograph our tree planting!

We're mostly set for the tree planting, but need someone to hold (and, ideally, bring) a camera and photograph things. Can you help?Hopefully the local papers...
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Getting ready for the tree planting this weekend

I'm just working out the bus timetables to get to this Saturday's tree planting. Lots of local Greenpeace groups are planting trees in solidarity with Sipson,...
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Rainbow Warrior open day

Sunday 22 Nov. three Oxford group members travelled down to London to help out for the Rainbow warriors' open day. Actually two of us (Janet & Pete)...
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October - a busy month

As the time draws in on Copenhagen, everyone has been throwing their energies into campaigning to get a good global deal. Unfortunately that's increasingly...
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Oxford Greenpeace take on the spectre of coal on Halloween

oxford coal campaign Oxford Greenpeace Group was out this Saturday in Cornmarket Street campaigning against new coal. We asked members of the public to...
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