North Derbyshire Group updates
Unbearably hot bear
SATURDAY 6TH JULY ONE WORLD FESTIVAL AT NEW MILLS It's a welcome change that this year we are actually seeing summer - but there...
July 15 at 04:53pm
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Paula Takes Time out to Play
THURSDAY 14TH FEBRUARY - UNIVERSITY OF BUXTON
What better way to spend Valentine's Day! John and Jane brought Paula up to Buxton for the day for a bit of Save...
February 24 at 11:09am
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Happy New Year
Happy New Year to you all - I know it's already February, but the snow drifts outside my door tell me it isn't quite time to come out of hibernation yet.
Last...
February 05 at 04:18pm
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Nice Ice in Buxton
A lovely surprise was waiting for Paula this morning when she went up to Buxton Market Place for another stint campaigning to Save the Arctic - a lovely pile...
November 17 at 06:20pm
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Matlock Feelgood Fair
Saturday 10th November, and Paula Bear was back in North Derbyshire again, to help out at the Matlock Feelgood Fair.
You can't really "Feel good" about...
November 15 at 08:49pm
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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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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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BEAR BETWEEN GIGS
She crops up at festivals and events all over the country, working hard to get people to Save the Arctic - but have you ever wondered what Paula Bear does the...
August 08 at 12:38pm
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Y-NOT DAYS 2 AND 3
Lots more bear hugs, lots more texting to 60002 to Save the Arctic, and a few more people wanting Paula Bear to come home with them - or trying to force feed...
August 08 at 12:03pm
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Y-NOT FESTIVAL - DAY ONE (3RD AUGUST)
Paula Bear had an eventful day when she joined Greenpeace volunteers at the Y-Not festival in Derbyshire. Early on she got bearnapped, her captors racing off...
August 04 at 10:50am
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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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Ashleyhay Festival 23rd June
Sunny with occasional downpours, and windy, but Ashleyhay is in such a lovely spot, up above Wirksworth, that nobody minded. Add to that good food, amazing...
June 28 at 06:18pm
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June Get Active newsletter
Sod the Olympics, what about the Arctic?
by Richard George, climate campaigner
Shell’s summer of risky oil drilling got off to an inauspicious start this...
June 15 at 04:00pm
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Matlock Spring Fair
The sun was out, it was unbelievably hot and most of Matlock was flaked out in the park watching movies. The hardier ones made it across to the Greenpeace...
May 27 at 10:36am
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May Day Weekend Stalls
We had a busy bank holiday weekend, with stalls at the Peak Climate Change Festival at Cromford Mill on Saturday, then Chesterfield May Day gala on Monday. We...
May 08 at 10:46pm
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April Get Active newsletter
What do Colin in Falmouth and Emily in Brighton have in common?
by Alicia Craw, oceans campaigner
Greenpeace's ship the Arctic Sunrise has been confronting...
April 12 at 12:02pm
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March Get Active Newsletter
Stop Shell, Save The Arctic
by Sara Ayech, climate campaigner
February saw the launch of our massive...
March 01 at 01:00pm
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February Get Active newsletter
Save The Arctic by Vicky Wyatt, climate campaigner
As the fossil-fuelled rise in global temperatures causes the Arctic’s summer sea ice to shrink to the...
February 02 at 06:03pm
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November Get Active newsletter
Is VW still lobbying against car standards?
by Emma Gibson, climate campaigner
When the Financial Times reported that VW had done a policy U-turn and...
November 21 at 04:08pm
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