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What A Waste

Hey Folks! I’m sure I'm not the only one who gets more than a bit peeved at the amount of waste products that are coming my way. I increasingly receive bits of...
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Can You Dig It?

Howdy folks! I've been travelling in Germany with my partner Stephanie to explore some of the aspects of permaculture and organic farming, and thought that I'd...
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Balcombe and Germany

Former member of the Norwich group David Blake gives some thoughts on his visit to the fracking protest at Balcombe and a coal mining site in Germany. I was...
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Melon-Smashing

Since you’re visiting a Greenpeace website, you’re probably destroying Western civilisation. That is, according to London-based blogger and writer James...
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Fracking - letter to Simon Wright

I thought I would share with you a letter I sent to Simon Wright, MP for Norwich North, raising my concerns about fracking. While stating that I don't want...
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Norwich Arctic heart

On Saturday we gathered outside the Forum in the centre of Norwich to create a heart around the Arctic to demonstrate our support for the campaign to have the...
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Burning the Forests

In the name of saving carbon, our politicians have just taken a disastrously wrong decision on the issue of biofuels. They have agreed to subsidise power...
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Otter Nonsense

Howdy Folks! As a New Years treat (hopefully), I’ve composed an epic poem about our quirky waterway friend, the noble otter. I went to the Norfolk Otter Trust...
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Bats About Nature

Hello Folks!  A couple of years ago I attended a Bat Walk on Mousehold Heath in Norwich held by the Norwich Bat Group, which did not involve dressing up...
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Our seas are in crisis - we need to fix the Common Fisheries Policy

Fishy Business

Hi there Folks! The Norfolk coast has a fine tradition of fisheries and fishing, particularly that of crabs and smoked herring, although technically crabs are...
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Gore Blimey!

Hey there Folks! You may have heard that there’s been a bit of a spat between former American Presidential runner and climate change enthusiast Al Gore and...
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It's A Fracking Liability!

Hey there folks! “Fracking” is a swear word in TV sci-fi show ‘Battlestar Galactica’, made up so that they can say bad language without actually using it, and...
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Detox China

Hello Folks! China is one of the biggest polluters in the world, with massive industry, yet very few environmental regulations. With their new government in...
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Biofuels - Not the Solution

Take a look at my latest blog on the One World Column about Biofuels and the most recent developments in the industry and its regulation. http://oneworldcolumn...
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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...
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Justin of Norwich Greenpeace Indonesia Mission

When I arrived in Indonesia these were my targets: Outline of plan Actual sighting of reptile wildlife is unlikely so in brief the plan on the reptile front is...
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Geoengineering the Planet

I have writtena blog about geoengineering which is published by the One World Column at http://oneworldcolumn.blogspot.co.uk/ In it I argue that we may be...
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People protesting outside a Shell station

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...
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Support Renewable Energy

In a couple of months time the government will be publishing a new Energy Bill which will shape our electricity generating sector for years to come. If we are...
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The End of the World (As we know it)

So farewell then Arctic ice. The REM song seems appropriate to me, particularly since their name stands for rapid eye movement (one of the stages of sleep),...
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