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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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?'...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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-...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Watch our tree planting Airplot video

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