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Just Do It in Bath

Greenpeace set up an information stall outside the Little Theatre to promote Greenpeace campaigns at the recent showing of the movie about environmental...
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Ocean Action Campaigning

The Amnesty International Bristol Summer Garden Party  took place last weekend in Goldney Hall.  The weather was a bit mixed but the overgrown yew...
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Eco Fashion Show for Greenpeace

if you want an alternative way to raise money why not hold a fashion show?  Laura Entwistle did just that and raised £250 from one event, i think you'll...
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John West changes its Tuna

  We had been noticing a lot of John  West cans labelled "This product kills more than just tuna" around Bristol recently and it's good to find out...
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Greenpeace at Glasto

The Greenpeace theme at Glastonbury this year was “Oceans” and the Greenpeace field contained some amazing wavy and fishy structures such as: - an enormous...
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Bristol’s Biggest Bike Bath 2011

Well the best thing that can be said about the weather on Bristol’s Biggest Bike Ride this year was that it made people find their wet weather gear early for...
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Barbaric Barbie

Across the country Barbies have been lurking in trees, lamp-posts, nooks and other strange crannies to highlight Mattel’s destruction of...
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John West or John Worst?

The recent oceans campaign has been very successful with one exception.  Every major tuna processor except John West has changed their tuna procurement to...
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Changing from fur to a suit

Local activist L was featured in the most recent  edition of the newsletter for Greenpeace supporters: Get Active.  Below is an excerpt. Spotlight on...
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Barbie's on the rampage in Bristol!

Barbie's on the rampage!  Mattel uses rainforest trees in Barbie's packaging, threatening orang-utans and tigers. Now Barbie's looking for trouble around...
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Brussels in Springtime

Last Wednesday 3 Bristol-based Greenpeace supporters participated in an event in Brussels.  Activists from all over Europe attended the European Business...
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Sun 12th June - Bike Ride then Tues 14th June Meeting

In our June meeting at 19:30 on Tuesday 14th June we will be hearing how members got on at the Bristol’s Biggest Bike Ride which takes place on Sunday 12th...
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Festival of Ideas

The Bristol Festival of Ideas has a number of interesting talks coming up end of May. A selection of the environmentally themed events is shown below including...
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Fundraising

Those nice folk at Greenpeace HQ, Canonbury Villas sent us a certificate for raising £100 on recent stalls for Greenpeace.  Thank you to all those who...
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Stickers on Morrisons tinned tuna

Tuna Update

  In March Princes and Asda committed to stop using indiscriminate fishing methods which devastate many marine species.  By the end of 2014 all their...
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Carbon Roadshow at Chippenham College

Richard and Carol attended the Carbon Roadshow at Chippenham College last week - Big Society and all that!   A number of environmental organisations were...
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Big Fish Fight

  During our January meeting we caught up on Hugh’s Big Fish Fight, originally broadcast at 9pm on Channel 4 on Tuesday 11, Wednesday 12 and Thursday 13...
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gobeyondoil petition, bristol east, bristol west

Visit to Stephen Williams MP – Go Beyond Oil

On Friday 7th January, Sue and Carol popped in to see Stephen Williams MP (Bristol West) to ask him a few questions about the Energy Bill currently passing...
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"To Save the Whale" Documentary

Last week a few of Greenpeace went to see a documentary “To Save the Whale”  by Gavin Newman, a stills and video photographer who does a lot of work with...
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Go Beyond Oil - Campaigning on College Green

  We spent some time today in front of the Council House getting the public to write to their MPs about the upcoming energy bill.  Laurence and...
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