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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...
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A Crude Business

Hello Folks! You may or may not know that Shell are drilling recklessly all over the planet, but they are now venturing up to the unspoilt wilds of the Arctic...
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A (S)Hell of a Week

What a lovely city Edinburgh is, and if I had been there on Monday – which I can neither confirm nor deny – then I would have been able to witness Greenpeace...
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Greenpeace Netherlands action at Shell HQ - the Hague

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...
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The Butterfly Effect

Hello Folks There used to be a Butterfly Farm in Great Yarmouth on the Norfolk Coast. I visited it when I was smaller. It was a very interesting place, with...
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Migration and the Environment

Various places in the UK (and Norfolk is one of them) will celebrate Refugee Week from June 18th - 24th 2012. Refugee Week is a nationwide event that aims to...
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Justin of Norwich Greenpeace with TSA India

Justin of Norwich Greenpeace has just finished doing a survey for the Turtle Survival Allliance (India) "Why are freshwater softshelled turtles important? In a...
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The Plight Of The Bumblebee

Hello Folks! It is a worrying phenomenon that bees appear to be disappearing. Our buzzy friends who provide honey, wax and pollination for many plants appear...
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The Shell AGM

Yesterday I went to the Shell AGM to ask a question about their drilling in the Arctic. It was my first outing with the people from Fair Pensions who made it...
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It’s Not Easy Being Green

Hi Folks! Now, you may or may not have heard that The Muppets were banned from performing their quirky song, “Man or Muppet”, written by Bret McKenzie of...
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Rio-Connection: Our Earth our Future

Greenpeace, alongside other organisations including Oxfam, Unicef, Christian Aid, Friends of the Earth and RSPB, are a member of the Stop Climate Chaos...
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Justin Tuijl of Norwich Greenpeace heads to Indonesia

Continuing Justin's personal mission to help save the planet he has now put in place the next chapter as he heads to Indonesia on the Leuser Ecosystem...
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The Man Don’t Give A Fukushima

Hello Folks! How much money is being sunk on renewing the Trident nuclear submarine-based weapons system in the UK that could be spent on keeping renewable...
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Save the Arctic - from Shell

Saturday morning and its still a bit chilly, but fortunately the reception we are getting from many people is the opposite. Together with Yvette and Becky,...
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Calling all runners

We are hoping to organise a fundraiser this summer (late May or June probably)with 10 runners each covering 20km (ideally in 2 hours or less) and a total...
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40 years of making waves small

Give Us A Big Wave

Hi Folks! 2009, if you remember, was the year of the Copenhagen Climate Summit, where world leaders were going to solve climate change problems and stop...
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Sailing on the Warrior

After a couple of days with just too little wind to be able to put up the sails, finally it strengthened enough on New Years Eve for us to turn off the engines...
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Rolling on the waves

It may not be windy outside but there is a real swell on the ocean this morning and the boat is going from one side to the other. I may have tempted the gods...
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Onboard the Rainbow Warrior3

Having spent Christmas Day getting to Barcelona we boarded the Rainbow Warrior 3 early on Boxing Day and set sail southwards, with our final destination being...
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Always Look On The Dark Side Of Life

Howdy Doody Folks? The company VW is driving (see what I did there?) policies through the European Parliament by heavy lobbying, while at the same time...
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