Bristol East Group updates
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...
August 23 at 04:21pm
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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...
August 08 at 05:09pm
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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...
August 05 at 12:29pm
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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...
July 26 at 11:15am
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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...
July 15 at 09:33pm
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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...
June 21 at 11:40am
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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...
June 16 at 12:22am
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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...
June 15 at 11:52pm
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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...
June 12 at 05:33pm
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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...
June 10 at 03:03pm
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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...
May 27 at 09:57am
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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...
May 26 at 01:56pm
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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...
May 12 at 10:01am
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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...
April 27 at 10:26am
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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...
March 31 at 06:55pm
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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...
March 30 at 11:14pm
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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...
January 13 at 11:54pm
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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...
January 09 at 07:58pm
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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...
January 09 at 07:50pm
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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...
November 16 at 09:25pm
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