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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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Street Stall at Haymarket on Northumberland Street
Today we had a street stall at the Haymarket side of Northumberland Street, because of the rain it bacame a very wet affair, though it was good to be seen on...
August 25 at 11:54pm
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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...
August 15 at 11:30am
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Shell Global Day Of Action
Last Saturday I joined one of a coordinated wave of protests across the globe to oppose Shell’s plans to drill for oil in the Arctic. There was a surprisingly...
July 27 at 01:08am
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Climate Change is the challange we must face up to.
I have rarely been moved enough to write a blog on a report in a newspaper or a magazine, but today I have to break this trend after reading an article in the...
July 19 at 07:37pm
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July Get Active Newsletter
Shell-Day Saturday 21st July
by Vicky Wyatt, climate campaigner
At 6.30 this morning 70 + Dutch Greenpeace volunteers, including their executive director...
July 13 at 02:01pm
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Shell campaign, the next step SHELL DAY
On the 21st of July Greenpeace volunteer groups across the world will mark international Shell Day by holding peaceful protests outside Shell Garages. We...
July 12 at 07:00pm
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#SaveTheArctic an inspiring campaign
The last week has seen Greenpeace launch one of its biggest campaigns in recent times, its called "Save the Arctic" and its aim is to raise awareness of the...
June 28 at 12:39am
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Newcastle Green Festival
Last weekend was my first experience of the Newcastle Green Festival, helping Rakesh, Ed, Hannah and Ursula on our #savethearctic themed stall. In addition to...
June 10 at 07:06pm
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Lake District to become nuclear dumping site?
To my suprise it seems we are once again facing the prospect of underground storage of nuclear wastes in the Lake District. A similar project is under...
June 07 at 12:10am
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Uk Tar Sands Network keep up the pressure on big oil
On the 12th of April supporters of the Uk Tar Sands Network and Gulf Coast residents attended the BP AGM to ask the board some difficult questions about the...
April 24 at 12:14pm
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Grow your own food!
A group of volunteers in Newcastle have come together to form a new environmental organisation called Guerrilla Greengrocer, which aims to encourage local...
April 12 at 12:42am
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Volkswagen street campaign
After the recent unseasonally warm weather four Greenpreace volunteers set out on a cold Saturday morning to inform the people of Newcastle about the recent...
April 02 at 08:58pm
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Shell Action by Newcastle group in Arctic conditions!
Rakesh, Ed and Elizabeth all met at the Shell in Byker early on Saturday morning to show our solidarity for those at the top of Shell's drilling rig in New...
February 27 at 03:28pm
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VW film night and social event 27th Jan - Newcastle
Volkswagen is the largest car company in the EU, and a major influence on the German government. VW markets its cars as being more efficient than its...
January 24 at 04:00pm
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weekend of activities
Advance notice: Friday 27th January - Sunday 29th. There will be stuff happening. In Newcastle. OK so that's a bit vague - more info later.
November 23 at 07:17pm
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Cinema Politica Presents - One Man, One Cow, One Planet
Cinema Politica gives a voice to some of the pressing issues that we face in the world today, stories from all corners of the earth that fail to grap the time...
September 06 at 07:13pm
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Social meeting
We are arranging a social meeting at the new library in Newcastle. The pobjectives will be to meet anyone new to the group who wants to be more involved and...
August 24 at 09:48am
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