Bristol East Group updates
Aurora is Coming!
You’ve got to feel a bit sorry for Amnesty Bristol. For a second year their main Bristol fundraiser -Goldney Garden Party - was hit by heavy rain. This...
August 06 at 12:25pm
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The Shard Six - Their Incredible Achievement Lives On
Thursday 11th July and it's my birthday! How kind to receive early morning texts from Greenpeace - but what's all this about an 'IceClimb'? Six...
July 23 at 01:04pm
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Bristol East Helps To Make Sunday Special
Other cities are looking at Bristol's new initiative to encourage families to ditch the car for one Sunday in the month and enjoy all manner of entertainment...
July 23 at 12:11am
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Giving Shell More Hell - As Inspired By The Shard Six!
Today's peaceful protest outside a Shell garage in Bristol was inspired by the heroic actions of Victo, Ali, Sabine, Sandra, Liesbeth & Wiola who took part...
July 13 at 08:40pm
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Arctic Hugs at St Paul's - the video
Temperatures in the 70s - just perfect for a carnival. Not the best conditions to be donning furry Arctic animal costumes - but it did get people's...
July 13 at 03:32am
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Climate Confusion at St Paul's Carnival
It's St Paul's Afro-Caribbean Carnival, it's one of the hottest days of the year and here we are donning Factor 150 furry arctic costumes! The last thing...
July 07 at 01:45am
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Jumping Jack Frost
Well, a week at Glastonbury passed in a blur so it’s just as well we took a few photos in and around the Greenpeace field to remind us.
The Arctic features...
July 03 at 01:28am
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Save The Arctic at Bristol's Big Market
Bristol East Greenpeace had a nice day out at Big Green Week’s Bristol BIG Market on Saturday. We took an Arctic-themed stall down to St Nicholas...
June 24 at 12:31pm
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John Sauven Greenpeace UK Executive Director in Bristol for 'Beyond (Eco) Campaigning'
John Sauven, Greenpeace UK’s Executive Director, was in Bristol on Friday 21st to take part in a panel discussion entitled ‘Beyond (Eco) Campaigning’. John...
June 22 at 07:24am
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Carbon Footprint on the Radio
Today was the last in our current series of six slots on radio Ujima and it was the turn of Mark Usher and me (Richard Lancaster) to have a go at explaining...
June 20 at 06:15pm
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Radio Days
A good friend, let’s call her Maria (for that is her name), advises me to “get out of the comfort zone” every week. A recent text-message suggestion from...
June 05 at 10:17am
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Greenpeace visits the Woodcraft Folk
Just got back from giving a talk (in my role as a Greenspeaker) to the Woodraft Folk who meet at Windmill Hill City Farm. The group were really interested and...
June 03 at 09:59pm
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Arctic Sunrise visits Fowey
The Arctic Sunrise was visiting Fowey 31st May - 2 June 2013 as part of a European Tour to promote long overdue reform of the EU Common Fishing Policy. Richard...
June 02 at 11:37pm
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Stacy, Jo and Richard on Radio Ujima
Just listened to Stacy, Jo and Richard B on Radio Ujima - on Outlook with Paulette North talking about Bristol's bid to be the European Green Capital for 2015...
May 30 at 09:10pm
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Arctic Sunrise anchors in Lyme Bay and fisheries reform inches closer
Greenpeace ship "Arctic Sunrise" anchored in Lyme Bay yesterday morning to meet representatives from the Lyme Bay Reserve, local dignitaries and...
May 30 at 07:24pm
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Greenpeace talks about renewables on Radio Ujima
Just got back from doing a 30 minute interview with Madeleine on Paulette North's Radio Ujima Outlook programme. Madeleine gave a potted summary of the...
May 23 at 05:16pm
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Do The Math
On 16th May the campaigning group 350.org encouraged groups around the world to download and watch their video, 'Do The Math'. Bristol East members...
May 19 at 02:53pm
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Ursa Bear unveiled in the Bear Pit
Mayor George Ferguson overcame some brief RPZ-related heckling to unveil Ursa Bear in the Bear Pit on Friday evening. Paula Bear went along and helped...
May 11 at 10:35am
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Radio Ujima 98FM hosts Nuclear Power discussion
Radio Ujima's Paulette North hosted a discussion on Nuclear Power on her lunchtime Outlook show on Thursday 9th May. I debated the pros and cons of a new...
May 10 at 07:01am
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Who's Gonna Love the Arctic on a Hot, Sunny Day?
A sunny Bank Holiday weekend (don't seem to have used that phrase in a long time!) and the people of Nailsea are out supporting the town's Scout Troop's 2nd...
May 06 at 09:23pm
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