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Picton Street Mayfest - May the 4th Be With You

The Bristol East group were out in force on May 4th in Picton Street. With a great position adjacent to the stage we did a brisk trade in collecting...
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Car Booting for A Pod - The Return!

Bristol East Greenpeace attended their second car boot sale today and raised £88 towards the cost of a new Arctic survival pod (see video below).  This...
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A Whole Lotta Love for the Arctic at Bristol Zoo (updated with video)

It was wonderful to be back at Bristol Zoo yesterday with a global campaign that was happening simultaneously around the world.  It was a great feeling to...
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Car Booting for a Pod

So it's 8.15am on a bright but cool Sunday morning and I'm in a field helping the team (Richard L and Fi) get ready to do a bit of fundraising towards a brand...
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Loving the Arctic at Bristol's Castle Park

We had a impressive turnout of volunteers for our first 'I ♥ Arctic' street campaign during today's lunchtime break. Big thanks for those hardy souls who...
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Paula the Polar Bear visits Ujima Radio

Just got back from doing a 30 minute interview with Madeline on Paulette North's Radio Ujima Outlook programme. Main topic was the Arctic and the campaign to...
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Eradicating Ecocide - Polly Higgins in Bristol

Earlier this month a few members from Bristol East Greenpeace were inspired by the talk given by international barrister and award winning author, Polly...
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Cheltenham Lib Dem MP Martin Horwood gets a gentle reminder to stop the "dash-for-gas"

I happened to be in Cheltenham yesterday evening and passing Lib Dem MP Martin Horwood's Office I noticed that somebody had put up lots of posters all along...
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Marching for Marine Reserves

A group of four Bristol East Greenpeace members took the National Express down to London on Monday to join the Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall fishfight march to...
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Giving Shell Hell (with a bit of Harlem Shake)

Bristol East Greenpeace returned to Gloucester Road to remind Shell that we oppose their plans to search for oil in the Arctic. Over a dozen volunteers, some...
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Flag for the Future - local winners

An 'exclusive' panel of judges spent a couple of hours this weekend pouring over the entries to our local Flag for the Future competition.  The local...
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Last minute push to get those 3 million signatures!

I'm sitting in the relative warmth of the Tobacco Factory bar, inputting names and email addresses that are being fed to me by a stalwart team who have braved...
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Chasing Ice at The Cube, Bristol

Members of Bristol East Greenpeace were gaining signatures from the audience at the one night showing of the award winning documentary, Chasing Ice, shown at...
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Video Blog of Flag for the Future/Save the Arctic Weekend in Bristol

Hope the following three minutes convey the fun we had in running our exhibition of designs for the Flag for the Future competition in Bristol.  A lotta...
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A Weekend of Art and Action to Help Save the Arctic

How can I sum up the weekend when Bristol East Greenpeace took up residency at The Parlour Showrooms in the centre of Bristol to show off the local entries for...
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Flag for the Future competition - a week to go!

It's not too late to get your entries sent in for the Flag for the Future competition.  The closing date is Wednesday 23rd January 2013.  The reason...
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In Praise of Olly!

When I volunteered to co-ordinate Shell Day 2 last September I got an email from a 16 year old teenager, Olly Tyler, who asked if he could attend the protest...
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Wot! No meeting agenda?

Being a member of Greenpeace is not just about planning meetings and getting the campaign message across to the public and media.  There is so much to be...
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What Bristol East Did in 2012 - video blog

It certainly has been a blockbuster year for East Bristol Greenpeace group.  Having so much to cover has not been easy in putting together a videoblog as...
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2012: An Amazingly Busy Year

What an amazingly successful year 2012 was!  See the video below to get a flavour of our achievements.  This blog focuses on the National and some of...
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