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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...
August 15 at 11:30am
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A Crude Business
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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...
July 24 at 02:51pm
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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...
July 22 at 09:15pm
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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...
July 13 at 02:01pm
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The Butterfly Effect
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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...
June 18 at 04:10pm
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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...
June 03 at 02:52pm
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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...
May 26 at 07:49am
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The Plight Of The Bumblebee
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It is a worrying phenomenon that bees appear to be disappearing. Our buzzy friends who provide honey, wax and pollination for many plants appear...
May 25 at 01:12pm
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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...
May 23 at 05:53am
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It’s Not Easy Being Green
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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...
May 15 at 12:58pm
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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...
May 09 at 06:51pm
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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...
March 19 at 05:40pm
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The Man Don’t Give A Fukushima
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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...
March 16 at 01:37pm
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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,...
February 27 at 09:08am
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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...
February 10 at 02:56pm
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Give Us A Big Wave
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2009, if you remember, was the year of the Copenhagen Climate Summit, where world leaders were going to solve climate change problems and stop...
January 31 at 04:43pm
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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...
January 01 at 10:55am
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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...
December 30 at 10:57am
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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...
December 29 at 12:57pm
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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...
December 22 at 03:57pm
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