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...
July 14 at 05:50pm
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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://...
June 10 at 04:31pm
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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...
May 17 at 03:21pm
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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...
April 20 at 05:25pm
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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...
September 26 at 12:23pm
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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...
September 17 at 10:40am
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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...
June 30 at 01:28pm
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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...
May 09 at 04:27pm
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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...
April 28 at 09:04pm
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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...
April 28 at 12:14pm
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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...
April 12 at 03:02pm
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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...
April 04 at 12:52pm
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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...
February 07 at 02:03pm
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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...
January 31 at 11:42am
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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...
January 17 at 12:21pm
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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...
January 03 at 02:13pm
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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.
December 20 at 02:16pm
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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. ...
November 07 at 06:16pm
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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...
November 02 at 04:57pm
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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...
October 03 at 12:56pm
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