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Anti-Fracking Protest at Balcombe

Yesterday, two of us headed off to the site to be met by 200 or so committed villagers who had camped and congregated by the main gate. A large low-loader type...

July 26 at 09:07pm

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Greenpeace Croydon Band Night

Croydon band night was a rock and roll success. The green Dragon was packed and we raised an awesome £415 for the new survival pod. If you could not make it or...

June 17 at 02:14pm

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2012 What a Great Year

It's been a BRILLIANT year for Greenpeace International, UK and Croydon. 2012 saw us campaigning against sHell planning to drill the Arctic, against KFC using...

March 25 at 11:05pm

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October Get Active newsletter

Let’s sort out our Energy Future by Richard George, Energy Campaigner We are standing at an energy crossroads and a new law, the Energy Bill, will set out the...

October 11 at 02:24pm

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People protesting outside a Shell station

September Get Active newsletter

Your chance to #TellShell to stop Arctic drilling by Vicky Wyatt, Climate Campaigner Over two weekends in July Greenpeace supporters took action to shut down...

September 19 at 04:53pm

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August Get Active newsletter

Shell-Day 2 Saturday 22nd September by Sara Ayech, climate campaigner Last month saw two huge days of action against Shell in the UK in support of our...

August 15 at 11:30am

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Get the sHELL out of here

Greenpeace activists have been busy in Croydon scanning the climate horizon for signs of change. And change we find. Here again a sHell garage in Old Coulsdon...

July 27 at 01:23am

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Paula Bear on a Shell petrol station roo

ARCTIC Shut Out Shell

Greenpeace Activists from all over the UK converged on London and Edinburgh yesterday in one of the most sustained direct actions ever seen in the UK. Some...

July 18 at 12:25am

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Greenpeace Netherlands action at Shell HQ - the Hague

July Get Active Newsletter

Shell-Day Saturday 21st July by Vicky Wyatt, climate campaigner At 6.30 this morning 70 + Dutch Greenpeace volunteers, including their executive director...

July 13 at 02:01pm

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Marching against the proposed South London Waste Incinerator

On Sunday the 3th of May at least 100 vocal and commited protestors set off from Mayday Hospital in Croydon to protest about the possibility of an incinerator...

May 13 at 04:30pm

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Visit to the site of the proposed Sizewell C Nuclear Station on Sat. the 21st of April

I joined about one hundred other activists at the Site of Sizewell A Station around midday where speakers were updating people on the current situation on the...

April 24 at 08:38pm

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Talk and Slideshow by Jess Worth of UK Tar Sands Network

On Sat. the 31st Jess Worth gave an excellent and exciting presentation on Tar Sands in Alberta Canada. Present were members of Greenpeace, F.O.E. as well as...

April 01 at 02:57pm

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Anti-Fracking Protest outside Marriotts Hotel at Swiss Cottage

Around 20 protesters marched from Swiss Cottage yesterday to the nearby Marriotts hotel with banners to protest against the extraction of unconventional fuels...

March 15 at 09:15am

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Hinkley Point Nuclear Power Station, Encirclement and Blockade.

Possibly 500 people tuned up for the enciclement on Saturday the 10th of March and a field was set aside for those parking cars and pitching tents. The...

March 12 at 10:46am

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Talk by John Littlewood to blind people at an East Dulwich residential home.

John gave an interesting talk to around eight blind people at Bradbury Oak House in East Dulwich yesterday. The talk was based around British native trees and...

March 02 at 12:17pm

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Quiz Night at Southwark

February 01 at 07:31pm

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Great Filmshow in the basement of The Milan Bar

Muriel and her sister, Esther, Jim, Clive, (Simon and Helen borrowed from Sutton in Transition) and me showed films to passers-by on the High St. yesterday....

January 22 at 03:46pm

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The Rebel Alliance stages an action in Croydon's North End

Several of the local rebel force joined up in Croydon on Saturday the 10th to turn VW away from the dark forces of pollution and destruction of the environment...

December 12 at 11:36am

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Meeting with Tom Brake MP for Carshalton and Wallington re: The Energy Bill

A meeting will take place on Sat. the 19th of November to discuss the Energy Bill and can be summarised by this letter: 37, Hurricane Road Wallington Surrey...

November 18 at 11:31am

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November 2011 meeting of Croydon Greenpeace (on the 22nd of the month at 7:30pm).

Our new venue: Ruskin House awaits you! We look forward to seeing members and hearing their views of our current campaign to turn VW (Volkswagen) away from the...

November 15 at 09:09am

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