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Picton Street Xmas Fayre

Picton Street was full of festive stalls on Saturday for the Xmas fayre.  Musicians played from the Picton Square stage and new Bristol mayor George...
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Inviting Young People to Design a Flag for the Future

Bristol Schools and Colleges - Flag for the Future Competition This is a great opportunity for the young people of Bristol to be creative in designing a Flag...
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Promising Good News: Waitrose and EDF Postpone Plans

Today I came home to find two pieces of good news awaiting in my inbox to make me smile on the inside ... and outside too! Waitrose just couldn't cope with the...
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Telling Waitrose to Dump Shell - Bristol

On the Greenpeace UK Get Active Facebook page there is a new phrase - "We're going to 'shell' Waitrose!"  Yes, we are certainly bombarding Waitrose, but...
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Our Thanks and Best Wishes To Richard Martin

I have loved the recent blogs on the fact that there seem to be too many guys called Dave in the Greenpeace movement.  Well in our neck of the woods (...
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Going Wild at Totterdown Arts Trail

The theme of this year's Totterdown Front Room Arts Trail was WILD! So it was fitting that Bristol East campaigned in a variety of animal outfits which...
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Giving Shell Hell at Eastville

A great turn out on Saturday at Eastville - this picture shows pretty much all those who turned up (plus of course Jo who took the photo).  For a full...
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Bristol Zoo

On Saturday 3rd November Paula, the Greenpeace polar bear, went back to visit Bristol Zoo, where she made so many new friends last Summer. To be honest she...
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Giving Shell A Bit More Hell

A driver asks, "So where's the nearest alternative garage?"  That is just the kind of question we love when doing a Shell garage protest.  It shows...
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Lauren is running for Greenpeace

East Bristol Greenpeace group member Lauren Tobia, a veteran of many direct actions is taking on another challenge – she’s running to raise money for...
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October Get Active newsletter

Let’s sort out our Energy Future by Richard George, Energy Campaigner We are standing at an energy crossroads and a new law, the Energy Bill, will set out the...
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Are the Odds Stacking Up Against Nuclear?

A small group from Bristol East Greenpeace joined a couple of hundred other people at the march and rally in Bridgwater in Somerset to protest about the...
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Special Greenpeace Welcome for Bristol's New Shell Garage! (Updated)

Shell, who have such ill-thought out plans to drill for oil in the natural wonder of the Arctic, opened a new garage in Bristol this weekend.  The city's...
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Shell Day 2 in Bristol

Bristol East, helped by volunteers from Bath, organised a successful 2 hour peaceful protest on the dual carriageway outside Silvey's M32 Services as part of...
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Greenest Government Ever ..... Remember That Election Promise?

It's political party conference time and it is heartening to note that this weekend the Lib Dems have front loaded their conference agenda with issues relating...
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Dates for your Diary from September's Meeting

Here are dates for your diary and news updates following our September meeting at The Cornubia. Contact Richard L if you can help with any of the forthcoming...
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Greenpeace Visits Giles Chichester MEP to lobby for CFP changes

On Friday 21st September Liz Gaffer and I visited Giles Chichester MEP for the South West at his home in Devon to lobby for changes in the Common Fisheries...
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People protesting outside a Shell station

September Get Active newsletter

Your chance to #TellShell to stop Arctic drilling by Vicky Wyatt, Climate Campaigner Over two weekends in July Greenpeace supporters took action to shut down...
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Local Poster Campaign Pushing Lib Dems for Green Growth

A friend of mine has brought my attention to an poignant poster that was seen in a bus shelter in Chippenham and I thought it was worth sharing the message....
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Local MEP Supports Greenpeace on CFP Reform

Since May local Greenpeace groups in the South West and along the Southern Coast have been campaigning for the long overdue reform of the Common Fishing...
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