Leeds Group updates
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...
August 13 at 10:09pm
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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...
August 07 at 06:01pm
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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...
July 21 at 07:34pm
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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...
July 19 at 03:45pm
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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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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...
July 08 at 09:26pm
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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...
July 03 at 11:24am
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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...
July 01 at 10:53pm
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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...
June 26 at 10:45pm
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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...
May 16 at 03:04pm
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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...
April 03 at 02:26pm
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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...
March 13 at 02:28pm
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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...
March 01 at 05:35pm
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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...
February 02 at 06:03pm
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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...
November 26 at 07:40pm
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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...
November 26 at 07:25pm
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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...
September 30 at 07:19pm
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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...
September 12 at 06:00pm
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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...
August 24 at 10:16pm
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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...
August 08 at 07:56pm
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