Southwark Group updates
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...
May 26 at 04:50pm
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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...
May 18 at 02:34pm
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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...
May 15 at 04:51pm
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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...
April 28 at 10:03am
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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...
April 06 at 09:32pm
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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...
April 05 at 06:21pm
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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...
April 02 at 10:30pm
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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...
April 01 at 09:02pm
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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...
March 23 at 12:46pm
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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...
March 22 at 08:22pm
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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...
March 18 at 05:35pm
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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...
March 11 at 04:12pm
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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...
March 10 at 09:30pm
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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...
March 08 at 03:10pm
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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...
March 07 at 08:36am
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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...
March 06 at 09:33am
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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....
February 25 at 03:20am
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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...
January 13 at 04:26pm
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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...
January 13 at 03:52pm
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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...
December 19 at 10:13am
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