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South West London Group updates

Who are we?

A few months ago The Southwest London network relaunched after having been dormant for a while. We are 4 coordinators that have been working hard to get this...
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Barbie on the loose

Hope you're all exited about the Barbie hunt as we are. The Barbie's went up last night around South West London, join the hunt before it's too late :http://...
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Balham Street Campaign

There was excitement, a bit of anxiety and possible a few downpours in the air. When I got up in the morning and looked outside it didn't look that bad. I...
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It's back!

Hello everyone, Most of you who have been following the activity of this group would have noticed that it have had to slow down for a brief moment due to the...
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Passionate and Approachable

A friend of mine who volunteers for Greenpeace Head Office phoned me up one morning. “Hi Chris”, he said, “would you like to get up at half past six in the...
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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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BP Tar Sands campaigning at Oval Farmer's Market

A few pics from our stall at Oval Farmer's Market. Despite the disappointing weather we had a great response from the market-goers who embraced our efforts...
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Tar Sands campaign - Wimbledon

Today we took the Tar Sands campaign to Wimbledon High Street, asking people passing by to write their message to BP on a petal from BP's flower logo to ask...
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Orang utans descend on Nestle HQ, Croydon to give them a piece of their mind

As the train pulled into Croydon station and I saw the sign ‘Welcome to Croydon, home of Nestle’ a little shiver went through me, could we be going to...
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Trident Poll Results in Tooting

Our recent Trident polling outside Tooting Broadway Underground Station on Saturday 20th March went rather well, getting over a hundred people to stop and...
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What motivates you?

What motivates us activists? What is it that makes some people go to shopping centres to sign people up to a campaign against the British Weapons of Mass...
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We Should Meet up Sometime

When I become an activist I imagined the debates at the meetings would be around big issues such as British defence policy, or whether or not air travel is...
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What do we want? Better chants

Several people I know have commented that the Wave was a very quiet demonstration.  And I agree with them.  I think this was partly due having so many new...
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Didn't we do well

One of the problems I find campaigning with Greenpeace is I get really focussed on organising the next event. I rarely get a chance to reflect on what's been...
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Don't be a Chicken

“I'm feeling rather stalled out” a Greenpeace activist said to me recently, “I really want to dress up as a chicken and invade McDonalds”. As ever, I only...
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Another World is Possible

“I don't want to come to Copenhagen”, said an activist friend I know in November. “I don't see what's the point in travelling all that way and causing all...
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We're in the South London Press

For those who haven't seen already: we got a letter published in the South London Press on 4th December.  A copy is attached to this blog post.
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Inspiring the masses to environmentalism

The Climate Change Demo on 5th December is being billed as the UK's biggest ever climate change demonstration. Certainly it is one of the most important. ...
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Not just signing to get rid of you

One thing I often wonder when out petitioning is if the people I stop sign because they care passionately about the issue, or simply sign to get rid of me so...
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Fighting Back Crowds

“One of the best things about doing a stall”, a Greenpeace activist once said to me, “is the people you meet”. And I agree with her. When I do stalls in...
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