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John West stickers Merry Hill

John West Tuna targeted at Merry Hill

Members of our group recently spotted these tins of John West Tuna whilst they were at the Merry Hill shopping centre in Brierley Hill. The tins had stickers...
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Mostly Jazz Festival 2011

A few days after we got back from Glastonbury we had to start thinking about the Mostly Jazz festival. Now in its second year we we’re fortunate enough to be...
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Greenpeace Glastonbury field 2011

Glastonbury 2011

Last year Glastonbury celebrated its 40th anniversary this year it was Greenpeace’s turn. To mark the occasion there was an interactive structure that people...
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Cradley Heath railway station Barbie

Barbie Hunt Birmingham & the Black country

A Greenpeace investigation and testing of Barbie's packaging revealed her boxes are made from Indonesia's rainforests which are vital to the continued...
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Review of 2010

It’s a new year and we’ll soon be starting a new Tuna campaign, but before we do let’s have a look back at everything we achieved in 2010. CampaignsWe started...
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Double Rainbow

All the way across Birmingham We've been out campaigning for the country to Go Beyond Oil these past two Saturdays. Last week we took the campaign to the City...
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Wales and West Midlands Skillshare

The Skillshare for network coordinators took place in Birmingham in early October. A great day to be had by all, much deliberation, inspiring grassroots...
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Go Beyond Oil subvertising

The Go Beyond Oil campaign launched a few weeks ago aiming to end our addiction to oil with the focus on stopping the use of unconventional oil such as the Tar...
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Moseley Folk Festival 2010

Last weekend saw us return to the Moseley Folk Festival after our success at last years festival and the Mostly Jazz Festival a few months before. The...
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Harborne & Halesowen BP Tar Sands Protests

BP Harborne Earlier today we visited the BP garages in Harborne and Halesowen taking our NO TAR SANDS banner made out of messages from people across...
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Mostly Jazz Festival

The festival season continued last weekend with the Mostly Jazz festival, a new jazz festival based in Moseley Park (the same place the Moseley folk festival...
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Glastonbury 40th anniversary

One of my highlights of the year on the Greenpeace calendar is Glastonbury and this year’s 40th anniversary lived up to all expectations. As always Greenpeace...
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Dirty Oil & BP

Last week was another active week for us; some of us went to see Dirty Oil at the Birmingham Just Film Co-Op. It’s a film about BP’s involvement in the Tar...
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Birmingham Climate Change Festival

Birmingham Climate Change Festival  We decided to have another go at the Tar Sands campaign after last weeks failed attempt. This weekend couldn't...
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Successful Month

The past month seemed quite successful, one of the first things the new government did was scrap the plans to build a third runway at Heathrow and also...
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Cancelled because of the rain

Behind The Logo  One of the biggest problems we seem to have in our group when doing street campaigning is the rain. There's normally only...
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Trident street poll in Dudley town centre

  Last weekend we conducted a poll of local residents in Dudley town centre. We asked each shopper/visitor the following question – “Do you...
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Brief review of 2009

   E.ON HQ Coventry Last year seemed like an extremely busy / active year for our group, with the year ending with an influx of new members. One of...
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Guerrilla gardeners plant apple trees

A few months ago Greenpeace planted an orchard on the Airplot site, the plot of land it owns in the heart of Sipson (the village that will be...
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Alistair McGowan at the Wulfrun Hall

We were out doing some Airplot campaigning on Sunday night for the Alistair McGowan gig at the Wulfrun Hall in Wolverhampton. Alistair McGowan is one of the...
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