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VW DarkSide - The Jedi Council - VIDEO

Episope XXXXIIV The Jedi Council Despite claiming to the world that they want to be the greenest car manufacturer around Volkswagen turned to the DarkSide,...
Arctic Sunrise in Oranjewerf 2011

Limbo

Until  10am this morning, I was in a horrible state of limbo... In December, I joined the Arctic Sunrise in Amsterdam for my second volunteer trip,...

Greenpeace Telford - A Year in Words (and Video)

It's been another busy year for Greenpeace Telford, here is a little taste of what we've been up to for the last 12 months with added video goodness courtesy...

The Force is strong in Wellington!

Greenpeace Telford took to the streets of Wellington today to turn Volkwagen away from the Dark Side. Despite their claims that they want to be the world’s...

Telford helps to beat Tar Sands

On Monday 28 November, 4 members of the Telford & Wrekin network joined 46 other activists from across the UK to witness the blockade of the Department for...
Greenpeace workshop

Network Co-ordinators Skillshare

On Saturday 29th October, network co-ordinators and key activists from across Wales and the Midlands descended on Birmingham for a day of skills-share and...

Turning Volkswagen Away From The Dark Side In The West Midlands

On Saturday, we took part in an Europe wide day of action against Volkswagen by joining others and visiting a VW dealership in Birmingham. Despite portraying...

Fishy Fun at Farmer Phils [video]

Doing fish at a festival in fields in one of England's largest land-locked Counties - naturally. Went so well that we used up our campaign materials by...

Final voyage of the Rainbow Warrior II

My name is Katie, I’m 24 years old and I am an active supporter from the Telford network. I feel very privileged to be writing this blog, and this is the first...

From a Small English Town to the Rainbow Warrior...

 Back in November last year I spotted an advertisement on the Greenpeace International website looking for volunteer deck hands to serve on the Greenpeace...

Video: Rainbow Warrior fundraising fun

With all the recent fund-raising for the Rainbow Warrior III we in the Telford & Wrekin Greenpeace network felt we needed to step up to the plate and get...

A Marathon, Blisters, and a Medal - Oh My!

So, in January I foolishly replied to an email sent by Greenpeace asking for volunteers to run the Brighton marathon, never actually thinking they would pick...

You Can't Sink A Rainbow, But You Can Auction It!

She’s been bombed, shot at and rammed and now she needs your help. After 21 years as a Greenpeace ship the current Rainbow Warrior is heading for retirement...

Time flies when you're having fun! Our review of 2010

We took the opportunity at our first meeting of 2011 to take a look back at what we've been doing for the last 12 months - and what a year it was! January -...

Lobbying Fun and Network Christmas Party!

On Friday 4th December, two members of our Greenpeace Group went to lobby our local MP's over the upcoming Energy Bill, and Greenpeace's bid to get some green...

Go Beyond Oil Street Campaign - Wellington 16/10/2010

Today, members of Telford and Wrekin Greenpeace took to the streets of Wellington to share our message with the public and in turn, encourage their MP's to...

West Midlands Skills Share

Today, three members from Telford and Wrekin Greenpeace travelled to Birmingham to meet up with onther network co-ordinators from the West Midlands to share...

Trip to Stratford

Last week Emma, Katie and I took a trip over to Stratford in order to lend a hand to the network there. Hana and Jimmy had arranged to run a stall at the...

Greenpeace visit Farmer Phil's Music Festival

A few weeks ago we were contacted by a friend of ours who helps out at a small festival in south Shropshire, Farmer Phil's Music Festival. This was to be...

A busy day for BP!

Telford Greenpeace was represented in London yesterday, delivering our 'No Tar Sands' messages from the people of Telford to BP headquarters. Just before...
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