Manchester Group updates
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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...
May 22 at 12:41am
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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...
April 19 at 02:00pm
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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...
April 12 at 12:02pm
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...
February 29 at 10:31pm
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...
February 29 at 09:21pm
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...
February 13 at 10:15pm
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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...
February 02 at 06:03pm
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Volkswagen Stormtroopers invade London
by Rachael King, Outreach Team
On Saturday 10th December, 60...
December 19 at 07:01pm
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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...
November 21 at 04:08pm
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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...
September 01 at 05:18pm
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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...
August 02 at 11:34am
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...
May 31 at 01:26pm
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...
May 31 at 01:13pm
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...
April 26 at 06:13pm
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...
April 22 at 04:56pm
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,...
April 15 at 10:58am
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...
April 07 at 02:29pm
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...
February 15 at 11:51am
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...
February 15 at 11:38am
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