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Support building in campaign against John West's destructive fishing practices.

Look out for these stickers appearing on John West tuna. The label reads “This product kills more than just tuna”.
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It's the fish John west reject that makes John West the ... killers

John West are still selling tuna caught by huge nets which take everything in and around the shoal of fish - including dolphins, seabirds, turtles and fish too...
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Chainsaw Barbie has come to Leeds!

Barbie is on the rampage!  There are 10 Chainsaw Barbies* hidden across the Leeds area and your Greenpeace mission - should you choose to accept it - is...
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Energy Bill

Nick and Joe attended Greg Mulholland's (MP Leeds North West) surgery to present 40 cards signed by his constituents in our 'Go Beyond Oil' street...
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Otley Green Fair

Chris, Ian, NIck, Varun, Joe and Amy raised a fairly modest sum towards the new Rainbow Warrier at Otley Green Fair.  The day was enjoyable and we did...
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Go Beyond Oil Campaign Headingley

A good team effort engaging with the public in Headingley!  We will present the signed Go Beyond Oil campaign cards to Greg Mulholland MP. 
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Fish Fight

After the successful victory against Princes, volunteers from Greenpeace Leeds set out to ask the Morrison’s store manager at the Merrion Center about their...
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Energy Bill

I'm meeting with my MP today to persuade him to support amendments to the Energy Bill which will enter the Commons in April.  Can I encourage you to see...
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Tarnished Earth Exhibition Campaigning

I think it's safe to say a good day was had by all on Saturday as we continued our Go Beyond Oil campaign in front of Leeds City Art Gallery. This was our...
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Tarnished Earth

Thanks to Ammar, Emma, Haleema and Nick for making Saturday's Go Beyond Oil public engagement so successful.  The team got over 50 cards to MP's completed,...
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Two talks, two towns, in two days

I haven't done a talk for a bit - but we got two requests in for this week.  The first was at Leeds University to their enviro society and the second was...
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Go Beyond Oil

A couple of Go Beyond Oil subvertising stickers have appeared locally.  Other subvertising stickers spotted can be seen via this link: http://www.flickr.com...
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Go Beyond Oil

On the 10th of October a couple of members of the group made their way down to the Leeds town centre in order to create some public awareness about climate...
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BP Visit

On Friday July 23rd Chris and Amy from the group headed to London to take part in the three-week long vigil outside BP headquarters. We were armed with our...
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Tar Sands Campaign

Thanks to everyone who came to Guiseley to raise public awareness of BP’s planned destructive oil extraction in the boreal forest Alberta, Canada.   Good...
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Behind the Logo

We made a little more progress on Saturday in collecting messages to BP to be presented at BP HQ in July.  Still a long way to go though!  Please let me know...
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Behind the Logo

Good work last weekend on the BP Behind the Logo Campaign! Many thanks to those that made it happen. We need a couple of volunteers to help on June 26th -...
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Nestlé Palm Oil Campaigning - Saturday 15th May

Four of us and a friendly dancing Orangutan (great work Varun!) met in the centre of Leeds for a few hours of entertaining interaction with town's shoppers...
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Bradford Big If Campaign

Thanks to the guys who came to Centenary Square in Bradford on Saturday to engage with the public.  There is a lot of miscomprehensions out there!  We got the...
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Offshore Wave/Tidal Current Power Generation

Hi, If you are interested the technical side of solutions to climate change, you may be interested in this event that I am involved with through the IET.  It...
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