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Rainbow Warrior 3 Fundraising Ideas

The construction of the new Rainbow Warrior is underway, and we are raising the money to pay for her. Several local Greenpeace groups/networks have started...
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[test page] 6. ‘Formal’ process to start a new Greenpeace network

By now you’ve organised 2-3 local events, and a couple of meetings with sufficient interest to give you confidence to organise your 'formal' launch meeting....
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[test page] 5. Organise a medium sized events

If your meeting is a success there’s now a few of you, and so as a small collective of Greenpeace supporters its time to organise a slightly larger event. The...
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[test page] 4. Organise a preliminary meeting

After your first event plan a preliminary meeting. Publicise the meeting everywhere, and invite your contacts from your first event. Ideally phone them before...
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[test page] 3. Organise a small event

Greenpeace supporters often organise fundraising and public outreach events to support Greenpeace’s work. As an individual Greenpeace supporter, it’s time,...
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[test page] 2. Get Active as an individual

Greenpeace organises trainings and opportunities for individuals to help with our work. Even if your eventual goal is to setup and coordinate a local network,...
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[test page]1. Introduction and Research

Coordinating a local Greenpeace network is fun, empowering, a great way to meet new people, learn new skills and to help Greenpeace win campaigns in...
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[test page] Starting a Greenpeace group or network from Scratch

Welcome to the seven step plan to create the core of a new local Greenpeace group/network. The plan talks you through what’s involved, helps you organise a...
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Dove Campaign Stall

In April 2008 Greenpeace launched a new campaign to protect the rainforests of Indonesia from the expansion of the palm oil industry.  In the UK for the...
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Find Greenpeace volunteers across Europe

To my mind the greatest strengths of Greenpeace are the people who make up Greenpeace: activists, volunteers, ships crews, local network/group members,...
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Six Greenpeace Non Violent Direct Actions

Greenpeace volunteers are regularly invited to take part in Non Violent Direct Actions (NVDA). These are an important part of how we campaign, and they are not...
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January Get Active e-newsletter: The secret catch of Princes tuna: sharks and turtles get killed too

Save marine life - get Princes to change their ways Watch the new Greenpeace animation about destructive tuna fishing by Joss Garman, oceans campaigner We've...
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Princes tuna tin

Phone Princes and tell them to clean up their act!

Following Tesco’s sudden change of policy last week which saw them leapfrog into fourth place in our tinned tuna league table, the new bottom-dweller is...
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2010 what a year

A year ago, I was wallowing deep in despair after the Copenhagen climate talks, despite the excitement of sailing there of the Rainbow Warrior (which was by...
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December Get Active e-newsletter: A Clean or Dirty Energy Bill? - It's all to play for

Climbers scale the deepwater oil rig Centenario 100 km off the coast of Mexico. © Prometeo Lucero / Greenpeace by Louise Hutchins, climate campaigner The...
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November Get Active e-newsletter: Green jobs and the battle for the Energy Bill

While the country waited for the government to announce cuts in the comprehensive spending review, Greenpeace volunteers scaled the Treasury to remind...
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October Get Active e-newsletter: Holding the government to account

Campaign update: Holding the government to account by Paul Morozzo, climate campaigner We were promised the greenest government ever - both the Tories and...
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2010 Thames festival (and others) update

Over the weekend of the 11th and 12th September Greenpeace Active Supporters, staff and Face to Face Fundraisers were all active during the Thames Festival...
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Bournemouth skillshare, Saturday 11th September

One of the interesting parts of my job at Greenpeace is the amount of time I spend out of the office meeting passionate people, who care enough about...
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UK blog

I've been making regular comments on the main UK blog. Suffice to say some of the other comments have been wide and varied, with Greenpeace being either...
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