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Last VW Campaign Stall in Liverpool

On Saturday we went to Liverpool to do what will probably be our last stall of the current VW campaign. We had two new group members with us , Alison and...

April 03 at 10:56am

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My First Blog

March 10 at 04:23pm

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A leap of faith in Merseyside

On Saturday morning I took a leap of faith by getting on the train to Liverpool in the pouring rain complete with paste table and rucksack full of VW cards ,...

March 05 at 01:27am

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Our day out in Manchester !

Today the Merseyside network went to Manchester to help the local network with a VW campaign event. We joined forces with other active supporters from...

February 25 at 11:21pm

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VW stall in Birkenhead today

Watching an amazing sunrise on a cold and frosty morning here in Southport just before I set off on the train for Birkenhead complete with pastetable to do our...

January 14 at 09:03am

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Christmas Meal at the Egg

This evening our local network went to The Egg , a veggie & vegan cafe in Liverpool, for our Christmas meal. It's something we do every year as it's a nice...

December 13 at 01:34am

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Mark in a Rhib - Rainbow Warrior III visits London

The Rainbow Warrior III - the view from the boats

The 8th November 2011 seen the iconic Rainbow Warrior berth at West Indian Dock, London. As part of the boat crew on the Ribs, I was fortunate enough to be...

November 30 at 01:00am

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Was that a stormtrooper I saw ????

On Saturday Liverpool had a close encounter of the stormtrooper kind when we took to the streets with the VW campaign for the first time. Getting the...

November 21 at 03:26pm

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Rainbow Warrior visits London

At 5.45 am on Saturday 12 November I found myself on the train leaving Lime Street Station for London. There is very little that would get me out of bed that...

November 14 at 01:53am

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Hilbre Island Sponsored Walk

On a breezy October Sunday an intrepid group of Greenpeace Active Supporters met up at West Kirby for our annual sponsored walk to Hilbre Island. Hilbre is a...

November 03 at 05:49pm

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WE TARGET PRINCES LIVER BUILDINGS HQ WITH DIRECT ACTION

Protesters scaled part of the Liver Building in Liverpool as part of a demonstration against tuna fishing. Greenpeace said it was highlighting "destructive...

February 22 at 12:58am

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BP London HQ Tar Sands Communication Event.

Brian, Ged and I met with Richard and activists from North Kent and Canterbury. After a brief photo shoot in front of BP HQ Brian and I went to the side...

July 25 at 10:09pm

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BP Tar Sands Protest.

The Merseyside Group gathered at a local garage to protest against the BP tar sands, below is the media coverage recieved ................ Giant posters...

July 17 at 12:07am

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LARK LANE STREET COLLECTION

Merseyside Group's street collection at Lark Lane raised £146 .63 which goes straight into Greenpeace campaign funds. Thanks to our brilliant...

May 13 at 10:18pm

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Rainbow Warrior at Leith

On November 28th three Greenpeace volunteers from Liverpool – Dave Johnson, Kathleen McKeating and Greg Quiery - went to Edinburgh to assist the public access...

December 13 at 03:41pm

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AIRPLOT TREE PLANTING CEREMONY IN MERSEYSIDE

On Saturday 21 November we planted our Cox orange pippin tree in the grounds of the Unitarian church, Ullet Road Liverpool. This tree will be twinned with...

November 23 at 08:00pm

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LIVERPOOL TWINNED WITH HEATHROW VILLAGE

Liverpool is to be ‘twinned’ with Sipson, the village earmarked for destruction if the proposed third runway at Heathrow airport goes ahead. A ceremony at the...

November 16 at 09:32pm

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EARLY DAYS

Yesterday I discovered that there were two 7 o'clocks in a day (I'm most definately not an early riser!) but it was all for a good cause as I had to get to...

July 19 at 02:28pm

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