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Shell Day of Action

Greenpeace Leeds will be gearing up for more direct communication events to Shell in the Autumn.  Come along to our September planning meeting to find out...
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Greenpeace Leeds meeting on Monday 6 August 2012

Present: Joe, Cath, Jayne, Tom, Hazel, Tunga. Welcome to Tom, Hazel and Tunga.  It was great to see Tom as he came along to the Shell Day protest at...
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Polar Bear delivers Greenpeace message to Shell garage

A good number of Leeds people joined our Greenpeace group outside the Regent Street Shell garage today to protest against Shell's imminent drilling operation...
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Shell Garage on Kirkstall Road : out of order

As I passed the Kirkstall Road Shell garage yesterday evening, I noticed there was a queue of cars trying to use the petrol pumps.  People were a bit...
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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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Garforth Arts Festival Arctic Defenders

A fantastic team delivered the Arctic Defender campaign over 10 hours on Saturday.  A big thank you to Garforth Arts Fetival for inviting us to this...
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Greenpeace Leeds meeting on Monday 2 July 2012

Present:  Joe, Anthony, Alan, Faye, Amy, Cath, Yvonne, Suzy, Jayne. Our meeting started with introductions.  We welcomed Yvonne as it was her first...
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Paste still holding Stop Shell poster up

Sorry no image, but when I went past the Shell station on the bus, the Stop Shell poster was still hanging on.  It looked like a half hearted effort had...
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Suzy's first Greenpeace public engagement! - Arctic Campaign

I'm Suzy and I joined Greenpeace approximately 1 year ago. I had always wanted to get more involved in tackling environmental issues, but it was after seeing a...
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Greenpeace Leeds meeting on Monday 14 May 2012 at the Brewery Taps

Present:  Joe, Anthony, Alan, Hannah, Jayne.  Apologies: Amy, Susie, David, Cath and Jeff. Save these dates for festival campaigning.  The...
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Notes and Actions from April Group Meeting

Greenpeace meeting on Monday 2 April 2012 at the Brewery Taps Present:  Joe, Amy, Bill, Susie, Kath, Jayne.  Apologies: Jeff. Joe said that the VW...
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Greenpeace activists occupy a Shell-contracted icebreaker in Helsinki as it prep

Notes from Leeds Group Meeting on Monday 12 March 2012

Present: Joe, Kath, Richard, Geoff (Jeff), Jayne, Hannah and Anthony.  Apologies from Amy, Suzanne, Trevor and Luke. At last night's meeting we...
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Two crew members get their first sight of sea ice from the bow of the Arctic Sun

Stop Shell and #SaveTheArctic campaign comes to Leeds

Last Saturday a small group of us headed to the Shell petrol station on Kirkstall Road.  We engaged with customers, staff and passers by about Shell's...
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We must protect the Arctic from dangerous deep water oil drilling

February Get Active newsletter

Save The Arctic by Vicky Wyatt, climate campaigner As the fossil-fuelled rise in global temperatures causes the Arctic’s summer sea ice to shrink to the...
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Leeds SUMMAT Gathering

The VW Stormtrooper made a second appearance in Leeds at the SUMMAT Gathering.  It was a fantastic day and we communicated our current campaign to a...
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Common Fisheries Policy Campaigning

We enjoyed engaging with shoppers at the Headingley Farmers market in November.  We found many well informed people and got around 80 letters of support...
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The Oceans Campaign Continues...

Earlier this month a group of us set up stall in town to continue our campaign for a strong Common Fisheries Policy.  For a few people this was their...
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Awesome Greenpeace action to turn VW away from the Dark Side

The VW dealership on Elland Road, Leeds was the location for our regional activity which was also part of the UK and multinational day of action on Saturday...
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Stop Rainforest Destruction for Toy Packaging

Greenpeace has evidence that the packaging of the world's most   famous toy, Barbie, contains mixed tropical hardwoods.  We continue to raise public...
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Launching the New Campaign in Leeds

A group of us took on the rubbish weather last Saturday to launch the new phase of the Oceans campaign in Leeds.  Setting up stall in town, we were asking...
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