Islington Group updates
A newcomers perspective.
With the closing of 2010 marking my first full year as an active Greenpeace supporter with the Islington group, I thought I'd put something down to give my...
January 18 at 05:49pm
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How we won the battle against Nestle, Trident and Heathrow
So another year draws to a close. Like most people I’ve been looking back and reflecting on the last 12 months. Personally I think it’s been quite an amazing...
December 23 at 07:35pm
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Is your tinned tuna sustainable?
When the temperature drops below zero then its time to move our activities inside. So this chilly autumn (disguising itself as winter) afternoon we set off to...
November 27 at 05:42pm
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London loves green pubs
If you think all we do at Greenpeace is dress up as orangutans or hang outside BP all day, then you'd be wrong. Sometimes we manage to combine a little...
November 18 at 02:18pm
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2010 Thames festival (and others) update
Over the weekend of the 11th and 12th September Greenpeace Active Supporters, staff and Face to Face Fundraisers were all active during the Thames Festival...
September 17 at 10:40am
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Does any of this make any difference?
Out campaigning on the streets of Islington the other day, one passer by said, 'Does any of this make any difference? 'Does BP even know about any of this?'...
July 22 at 04:12pm
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Islington Greenpeace take local resident's messages to BP
Yesterday we took all the messages we had collected from residents in Islington to a local BP station. A letter was also handed to the Forecourt Manager...
July 10 at 12:29pm
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Islington sends a message to BP
On Sunday our activists went out on the streets of Islington to ask local residents what they thought of BP. There was little doubting one woman’s feelings...
July 08 at 02:10pm
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Tar sands campaigning fun in Stoke Newington!
Last Saturday (15th May) the Islington group - along with friends from the Bethnal Green and Walthamstow Greenpeace groups - was to be found campaigning on...
May 26 at 10:11am
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Airplot Fort exhibition comes to the South Bank
You may remember a while back Greenpeace launched a competition to design a fort to protect our Airplot in Sipson. In June there will be an exhibition...
May 07 at 12:58pm
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Ask the Climate Question Cleans Up
After the success of the Ask the Climate Questions hustings event a few of us went out one night to get the message out there in a wetter, more creative way...
May 04 at 02:41pm
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Your questions were asked - what did you think of the answers?
Last night at City University election candidates from five parties in Islington & Finsbury South came together to answer questions about climate change....
April 20 at 06:34pm
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A bit of monkey business on a sunny Sunday in Islington
Today the Islington group were at the Farmer's Market on Chapel Street to campaign against Nestle. The food giant is using palm oil in products, such as Kit-...
April 18 at 05:54pm
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Islington Ask the Climate Question - the countdown begins
We are now literally days away from our exiciting Ask the Climate Question event. On Monday 19th April at City University candidates for Islington South...
April 15 at 03:21pm
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Ask a Climate Question planning meeting this Wednesday
If you're interested in getting involved in the Ask a Climate Question campaign, there will be a planning on meeting at 7.30pm this Wednesday (24th March) at...
March 22 at 03:40pm
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No to new nukes!
Islington Greenpeace were out and about on Sunday, 21st March, campaigning on Trident. Thankfully, unlike Saturday (!), the sun was shining and we had a...
March 22 at 03:24pm
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Ask the Climate Question
Did you know that Greenpeace is part of a coalition of NGOs (including Christian Aid, WWF, CAFOD and others) called 'Ask the climate question?' It asks...
March 19 at 11:03am
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Tokyo Two trial: stage two
Tension is rising as round two of the Tokyo Two trial started just days ago in Aomori, Japan, where Greenpeace activists Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki are on...
March 10 at 10:30am
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Business students seeing the bigger picture!
Anna, one of our fabulous Greenspeakers, tries to get some business students to see Greenpeace in a new light: During my years as a Greenpeace volunteer I...
January 04 at 03:32pm
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November 21 at 04:36pm
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