Bristol East Group updates
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...
December 17 at 02:11pm
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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...
December 16 at 07:09pm
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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...
December 12 at 11:01pm
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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...
December 08 at 04:41pm
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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 (...
November 23 at 02:08am
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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...
November 18 at 07:44pm
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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...
November 12 at 10:47am
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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...
November 11 at 09:08pm
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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...
November 11 at 01:44pm
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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...
October 22 at 07:18pm
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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...
October 11 at 02:24pm
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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...
October 07 at 02:57pm
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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...
September 29 at 07:46pm
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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...
September 23 at 11:49pm
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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...
September 21 at 11:39pm
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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...
September 21 at 10:05pm
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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...
September 21 at 07:27pm
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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...
September 19 at 04:53pm
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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....
September 12 at 11:58pm
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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...
September 12 at 12:18am
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