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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...
September 30 at 02:07pm
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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...
September 24 at 05:31pm
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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...
August 26 at 01:04pm
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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...
August 24 at 05:52pm
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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...
August 20 at 12:25pm
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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...
August 13 at 04:36pm
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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...
August 04 at 12:29pm
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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...
July 31 at 01:30pm
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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...
July 30 at 02:36pm
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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...
July 28 at 10:57am
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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...
July 27 at 05:54pm
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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...
July 27 at 04:39pm
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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...
July 27 at 12:55pm
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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...
April 01 at 04:55pm
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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...
December 01 at 06:06pm
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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...
May 01 at 05:35pm
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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...
May 25 at 08:37am
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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...
February 24 at 10:29am
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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...
October 25 at 10:17am
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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...
May 18 at 10:07am
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