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Bristol East Group updates

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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Thoughts from Within the Bear Suit

I'm the third person to don the lushly thick bear costume at Bristol's Harbourside where we are campaigning to Save the Arctic. An amazing 1.6 million people...
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Greenpeace Falmouth & East Bristol at Newlyn Fish Festival

Just back from a soggy the Newlyn Fish Festival on Bank Holiday Monday. East Bristol group combined with the local Falmouth group to run a stall to highlight...
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From Sacrilege to Sanctuary?

Logistics interfered with our Plan A this sunny Saturday morning (tardy postman) so we thought up a Plan B.  There was a lot going on in downtown Bristol...
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Dates for your diary from the August meeting

Here are dates for your diary and news updates following our meeting last week in The Cornubia. Contact Richard L if you can help with any of the forthcoming...
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August Get Active newsletter

Shell-Day 2 Saturday 22nd September by Sara Ayech, climate campaigner Last month saw two huge days of action against Shell in the UK in support of our...
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Look who's at the Zoo!

Bristol Zoo kindly allowed us to take Paula polar bear to the zoo on Friday and Saturday to draw attention to the Greenpeace campaign for an Arctic Sanctuary....
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Fish Fight Campaign Calls for UK Marine Reserves

It’s probably one of the hottest days of the summer and we are on the beach at Weston-Super-Mare in the post midday heat.  However, no time for sitting in...
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Paula Polar Bear spotted in Goldney Grotto

That’s what I like about Greenpeace folk – they just get on with it, whether it’s wading through thigh deep mud at Glastonbury with heavy lumps of metal to...
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Tell Shell Bristol Fashion

We had a fantastic couple of hours at the Shell garage at Arnos Vale, Bristol  on Saturday morning to tell Shell to stop their insane plans to drill for...
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Shell Day of Action in London

July 16th 2012 was a day of action to try and persuade Shell not to drill for oil in the Arctic. The day started early; volunteers, including representatives...
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Dates for your diary from the July meeting

Here are dates for your diary and news updates following our meeting last week in The Cornubia. Contact Richard L if you can help with any of the forthcoming...
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