Leeds Group updates
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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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”.
June 19 at 02:25pm
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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...
June 18 at 11:22pm
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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...
June 18 at 08:43pm
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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...
May 04 at 09:12pm
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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...
May 04 at 09:04pm
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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.
March 31 at 09:06pm
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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...
March 19 at 09:36pm
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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...
March 05 at 10:37am
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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...
November 09 at 12:32am
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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,...
October 24 at 08:36pm
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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...
October 24 at 06:46pm
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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...
October 21 at 09:57pm
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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...
October 18 at 02:52pm
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