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I was very fortunate to go to Goblin Coombe last weekend to a Greenpeace skillshare. I've come home with new skills, inspiration to get me online and a...

Hellooo from Bob!

Howdy all! Hope this finds everyone well. Just thought Id say hello as Elliott has gone away for a few months, so I will be helping with the group for a while...
Celestino, Abd and Issa meet fishermen in Penzance

April Get Active newsletter

What do Colin in Falmouth and Emily in Brighton have in common? by Alicia Craw, oceans campaigner Greenpeace's ship the Arctic Sunrise has been confronting...

Day of Stormtrooping on the Streets of Manchester!

After our Film Night at the Antwerp Mansion, we took to the streets to continue our action against Volkswagen. With their Star Wars themed adverts for the...

Volkswagen Film Night

On Friday 24th Februarywe hired out a room in a former squat known as the Antwerp Mansion. Picture an old dark and gloomy victorian-esque style stately home...

WHY VOLKSWAGEN HAVE TURNED TO THE DARKSIDE

Greetings free peoples Perhaps you were, or were not aware, but our planet is under threat. As the dreadful and irreversible effects of Climate Change loom...
We must protect the Arctic from dangerous deep water oil drilling

February Get Active newsletter

Save The Arctic by Vicky Wyatt, climate campaigner As the fossil-fuelled rise in global temperatures causes the Arctic’s summer sea ice to shrink to the...
VW London Stormtroopers in Trafalgar Square

December Get Active newsletter

Volkswagen Stormtroopers invade London by Rachael King, Outreach Team On Saturday 10th December, 60...
Our international film competition launches on 17 September 2011

November Get Active newsletter

Is VW still lobbying against car standards? by Emma Gibson, climate campaigner When the Financial Times reported that VW had done a policy U-turn and...

September Get Active newsletter

Common Fisheries Policy: Broken and Corrupt by Ariana Densham, oceans campaigner It is not very widely known that an astonishing 72 per cent of all...
We've just passed 100k Jedi in the Rebellion. Help us visualise it and get some

August Get Active newsletter

Volkswagen update – news on the Dark Side Since the campaign to move Volkswagen away from the Dark Side launched four weeks ago, an incredible 250,000 people...

Hook a Warrior and book stall in Chorlton

An innovative 'hook a warrior' game for children, our buskers and a book stall this Saturday resulted in us raising an amazing £50 in only two hours...

Chorlton Big Green Festival - what th kids drew

The annual Chorlton Big Green Festival went with a swing again. Our stall, asking children to draw who or what they thought should be saved by the Rainbow...

Easter Edale Pirate Trespass!

Greenpeace active supporters from North Wales joined the Manchester group (organizing) and various supporters from other groups for a Greenpeace Easter Pirate...

Greenpeace Activist Occupy Deep Water Oil Rig

Greenpeace activists have been involved in occupying an oil rig on it's way from Turkey to drill for oil in the Arctic. Full report below. Please spread the...

Rainbow Warrior fundraiser at the Ram and Shackle, Fallowfield

Crowds of people turned up to show support, make donations and watch the bands at the Manchester Greenpeace fundraiser in Fallowfield. Honeyfeet,...
Tar sands mine in the boreal forest of Canada

Tarnished Earth

Tarnished Earth is a street exhibition of large scale photographs showing the effects of the extraction of oil from the tar sands. It opened on the South Bank...

RAINFOREST VICTORY! (another one!)

Remember last year how spent 6 weeks campaigning against Nestle for the use of unsustainable palm oil in products such as Kit Kat? Well they bought it off a...

Join Our Facebook Petition-Competition!

We've just launched a photo petition (or, competition - see below!) for everyone who wants Facebook to pledge to go green by Earth Day, and it's...
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