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Bring 'Chasing Ice' to Southampton

'Chasing Ice' is a new film charting the retreat of glaciers due to climate change - it's not currently due to be screened in Southampton but maybe we could...
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A few of my favourite Greenpeacy things

Follow the initials as I versify my favourite things...   Rainbow Warriors, one, two and three, Ice-bears and foxes that we will look after, Canonbury...
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KFC - better but more needed

Just over a week ago, I wrote about KFC's ongoing unwillingness to sever links with some of the worst forest-trashing companies such as APP when sourcing pulp...
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Are you a bad hippy? If so, we'd love to meet you.

Inspired by a post by the Waltham Forest group entitled 'Confessions of a bad hippy', I decided to mercilessly plagiarise the idea - not just because it's...
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A giant KFC 'box' in a deforested area of Sumatra, Indonesia

M&S good, KFC bad... but you can help!

We raise environmental issues with a lot of companies. Some you hear little about - they listen to the evidence and act accordingly. Others need a bit more...
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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...
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Greenpeace Protesters with a Polar Bear - outside shell station

Shellday 2: the Return of the Banners

A few months ago, groups all over the country visited dozens of Shell garages to #tellshell to stay out of the Arctic. That was the first Shellday. Yesterday,...
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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...
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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...
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Multigroup #tellshell extravaganza!

Once in a while, I just have to have a bit of a vent about the huge issues that underpin our campaigns, but not too often - after all, what local groups...
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The whys and hows of telling Shell

OK, by now you probably know about the campaign to Save the Arctic (or for the twitterati, how we #tellshell to #savethearctic), but what do we, as volunteers...
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The Monday after Shellday - what's next?

Let's face it, Shellday was great - in the UK alone, getting on for 60 garages were visited (if not more), with well over 500 volunteers involved, many of whom...
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Southampton #tellshell on Shellday

20 volunteers, 3 petrol stations, 4 banners, hundreds of leaflets, 3 police officers and one big bright shining sun... yup, it's Shellday! Following major...
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Taking the Shell campaign to the Arctic

You've probably seen plenty of webpage column-inches about the #savethearctic campaign recently, and rightly so - the actions of companies like Shell who want...
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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...
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Saving the Arctic from Shell

Live news coming in as I type - volunteers from the Southampton group are touring Shell garages in and around the city, displaying banners and handing out...
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Arctic fox cub

Get foxy on facebook

Arctic foxes are stealthy and cunning. Arctic foxes are splendid and furry. Arctic foxes are threatened by companies such as Shell who are greedily and...
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Tea, tattoos and a day in the park

If you've been following our Be A Fisherman's Friend campaign which aims to reform the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), you'll know all about the problems of...
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Southampton - Saving the Arctic

Greenpeace's worldwide #savethearctic campaign has just been launched - as Antarctica once was, it's a wilderness under threat from oil companies greedy to...
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Big fish, small fish, cardboard box

Being a Greenpeace volunteer often means spending your 'spare' time asking people to sign things, running stalls at fairs and festivals, or writing to your MP/...
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