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MP Lobbying workshops

It’s been another busy few weeks in the ASU, and for active supporter networks across the southeast, so I apologise for the delay in this post. Loads of...
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Yorkshire network meets Ed Miliband

On September 12th, a lovely sunny day, a team of 10 Yorkshire activists surprised Ed Miliband at his morning constituency surgery in Bentley, Doncaster. They...
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Back in the harness!

Well it's day 3 back in the office after my 2 weeks off and I'm down to 54 unread emails now. Not too bad considering there were over 200 on Monday morning...
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Travelling network developers

Network Developers do a lot of travelling around meeting people and doing things, sometimes both at once. Last week for me it was meetings, up in Edinburgh...
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AWE (Atomic Weapons Establishment)

AWE Aldermaston in Berkshire, is the home of the UK’s nuclear bomb factory. Responsible for the design, manufacture and support of nuclear warheads. Since...
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A week in the Active Supporters Unit

It’s been an odd week in the ASU, perhaps more internally focused than most, a bit quiet with Rachael on holiday, but here’s some highlights to give you an...
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Heathrow Airport

Heathrow is the largest and busiest airport in the UK, and along with four other airports (Gatwick, Stansted, Luton and City) provide London with twice the...
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Combined Boat and Climb training

Greenpeace Non Violent Direct Actions involve a whole range of different roles, from the decoy team, to legal support, to drivers, to leafleters, to...
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Thames Array wind farm

The Thames Array is a proposed 1000MW offshore windfarm situated in the Thames Estuary between Margate in Kent and Clacton in Essex, which now has the finance...
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Welcome to the new Get Active website

Today is one of those strange, exciting, nerve-wracking days when, after nearly 12 months of work (on and off), the covers can finally be thrown back on the...
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Greenspeakers

We now have a dedicated email address for all Greenspeaker enquiries, which enables other people to respond to speaker requests when I'm not here. If you...
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Dungeness nuclear power station(s)

Dungeness is the site of two nuclear power stations, one of which is still operational generating up to 1100MW, while the other is slowly being decommissioned...
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Not the Big Green Gathering

It's a quiet Monday in the Active Supporters Unit, and yet the week has already gone a little pear shaped. As a unit our role here at Greenpeace is to...
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Musician, publisher, football fan and activist

Spotlight on Musician, publisher, football fan and activist– Dave O’Carroll takes it all in his sleep deprived stride. How did you first get involved? I grew...
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Looking forward to an Active Year

El Jones, Network Co-ordinator for Birmingham and the Black Country How did you first get involved with Greenpeace?I’ve been interested in environmentalism...
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On Location with the Light Brigade

Spotlight on Juliet in St.Albans - come join her Juliet Voisey organises a local Greenpeace network and has been a supporter since her teens.How did you...
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Stop Esso Blitz in Essex

Stop Esso - Essex, 43 garage protests on Saturday, May 24th 2003

The substance of this piece comes from the old greenpeaceactive website, and Keith - although no longer active with Greenpeace, has done a nice retrospective...
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See you on the Forecourt

See you on the forecourt

Anita Goldsmith, StopEsso campaign On 24 February, Greenpeace supporters disrupted Esso’s operations across the UK by shutting down garages as well as...
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Stop Esso - Luxembourg

Stop Esso in Luxembourg

Emily Armistead, StopE$$O campaign Luxembourg hit the headlines in October when it became the centre of one of Greenpeace’s largest ever mass mobilisations. In...
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Police in Guilford were so moved by the Cerne Giant’s challenge, they posted the

Stop Esso Day - May 18th 2002

by Rob Gueterbock, climate campaignAn unprecedented 1500 Greenpeace active supporters were out on the streets on 18 May to help Stop Esso. Not only was this...
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