Birmingham & Black Country Group updates
I <3 Arctic Fundraiser
A couple of weeks ago the lovely Katie Fitzgerald's in Stourbridge kindly lent their downstairs basement gig room to us thanks to a lovely girl called Ruby (...
April 21 at 10:49pm
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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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Shell Day 2
Last Saturday Birmingham, Worcester and Malvern Greenpeace groups took action against Shell in their local area.
The groups arrived outside the Shell petrol...
September 28 at 02:40pm
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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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Greenpeace at Moseley Folk Festival 2012
Last weekend Birmingham and Black Country Greenpeace had a presence at Moseley Folk Festival in Moseley Village, Birmingham.
Armed with a polar bear suit,...
September 10 at 06:05pm
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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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Shell Protest - Kingsheath - August 11th
Following on from the success our protest against Shell drilling for oil in the Arctic last month in Stourbridge (which ended up in the local paper) we decided...
August 14 at 03:42pm
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Video: Shell Day Stourbridge
Short video of our protest outside of the Shell petrol station in Stourbridge
July 23 at 12:53pm
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Save the Arctic - Stourbridge
Earlier today around 20 people joined in a protest outside of the Shell Petrol station in Stourbridge as part of the day of action against Shell. They were...
July 21 at 05:17pm
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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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Stop Shell Save the Arctic - Kingsheath Birmingham
On Saturday 23rd members of the Birmingham & Black Country Greenpeace Group held a protest outside the forecourt of the Shell petrol station in Kingsheath...
June 27 at 03:56pm
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Connect The Dots - Coseley's 'Weird Weather' Education Day
On Saturday 5th May two of our Greenpeace members attended Coseley's 'Connect the Dots' event. The event was part of Climate Impacts Day across the world...
May 16 at 07:00pm
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Go Green week
On Tuesday we were part of Aston University’s Go Green week and had a stall in the eco market in the Students Guild. We called on the services of Brian the...
February 10 at 05:11pm
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Video: Brian the Stormtrooper at Aston University Go Green Week
Greenpeace Birmingham & Black Country called on the help of Brian the rebel Stormtrooper to help them out signing people up to join the rebellion and...
February 09 at 09:33pm
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Greenpeace Birmingham & Black Country 2011 Highlights
It’s been another busy year for Greenpeace Birmingham & Black Country so here’s some of our highlights.
During the summer we started a campaign against toy...
January 09 at 04:18pm
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Kick Off at Aston Villa
Last week we were invited by Envision to participate and run a stall at their Kick Off event at Aston Villa Football Club. Envision is a youth empowerment...
November 16 at 01:32pm
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Video: Moseley Folk Festival 2011
A short video summary of our time at this years Moseley Folk Festival
September 16 at 04:13pm
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Greenpeace Strike Back. Volkswagen dealership occupied in Birmingham
On Saturday morning Greenpeace took action against Volkswagen by targeting its forecourts around the UK and Europe.
Despite its image as one of the worlds...
September 12 at 03:17pm
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Moseley Folk Festival 2011
The first weekend of September saw us end the summer with one last festival of the year the Moseley Folk Festival. We always enjoy the festival and the people...
September 08 at 02:57pm
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Common Fisheries Policy Campaign in Kings Heath
After the recent success in our Tuna campagin, John West were the last major Tuna supplier to agree to switch to more sustainable fishing metheds, we started...
August 11 at 06:15pm
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