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Southwark Leaflet Progress Update

Last group meeting we talked more about the creation of a Southwark Greenpeace leaflet, which we can hand out at events to encourage even more people to join...
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DIY film making...top ten tips

I wrote recently about the GP film skill share I attended, and I am pleased to say that we now have our first film completed. So, if anyone wants to get...
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The Return to Surrey Docks Farm

As you may remember, back in December Southwark Greenpeace ran a stall at Surrey Docks City Farm’s christmas fair, and had a really good time doing so. The...
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A Tale of Two Journeys: I ❤ The Arctic

This month a team of people, including 4 youth ambassadors, planted the Arctic Scroll on the seabed beneath the ice that sits at the top of the world.  As...
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Leered at, cheered at, spat on and propositioned

It’s a Saturday night in April, my friends are all out having fun. Yet here I am, sat in bed with a cooling eye mask strapped to my knees, eating more potatoes...
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I Love the Arctic South London Campaign Day

It was Easter Saturday, Arctic winds and snow flurries swept through the streets of Bromley, but that did not deter one group of eager Greenpeace supporters...
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Our Top 10 Ambitions for the Future

1- We want to offer many opportunities to get involved in our local Southwark Greenpeace network, any participation is welcome. We have put together some...
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neil at video skillshare day

lights...camera...ACTION!

Despite the blizzards and freezing weather, I went to GPHQ to take part in the Video skills share last Saturday. The purpose was to train us GP volunteers to...
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On the value of community connections

On Thursday night I attended the Remakery’s screening of MicMacs, an excellent French film about recycling and grassroots activism, on behalf of Southwark...
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Southwark's Top Ten Achievements

On Tuesday evening we had our second meeting at the Old Thameside Inn in London Bridge. We put our heads together to brainstorm all the things we do really...
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Southwark Greenpeace at the Camberwell Film Festival

For some weeks now I have been giving up a little of my copious video-game-playing and YouTube-watching time to organise a collaboration between Southwark...
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Careers Advice: My Week Working for Big Energy

It’s not often that you get the chance to go from unemployed (or ‘professional volunteering’, as I like to call it) to working for two companies in the energy...
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The Frackers are coming to town...

Two members of the Southwark group became workers for Frack and Go, during their gas exploration  adventure earlier this week. True to form, they arrived...
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Mysterious happenings in Simon Hughes’ constituency…

Those of you with your ears to the ground may have heard about some strange occurrences in the vicinity of MP Simon Hughes’ office towards the end of last year...
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Fish March on Parliament

So, while I’m catching up on my blog writing, here’s another recent event that took place lately.  This one was similarly icy (no one ever organises a...
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Chasing Ice at King's College London

I was recently invited, by the student run ‘Sustainitechs’ Society of King’s College London, to attend a screening of Chasing Ice – a new film that follows one...
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Mini Pub Crawl

On Tuesday the 19th of February Southwark went out on a mini pub crawl to look for a suitable central location to hold a trial second meeting for our network....
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Christmas Camapign Bash

So it's now 2013 with all the new challenges and excitement that a new year brings; but first a look back to our last campaign day of 2012... On December 15th...
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Southwark Greenpeace 2012 Roundup

In January 2012, I attended my first Greenpeace Southwark meeting. One year later, I'm here to look back on my first year as an active member and (more...
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Getting Crafty Down at Surrey Docks Farm

On the 8th December Southwark Greenpeace decamped to Surrey Docks farm for a day of campaigning and craft making as well as getting into the Christmas spirit...
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