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Common Fisheries Policy letter signing campaign

Thanks to all volunteers who turned out on a damp, drizzly day to help collect signatures to force amendments to the Common Fisheries Policy. Thanks also to...
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Mattel drops rainforest destruction

Victory, but Still More To do.

After Mattel agreed to stopped using rainforest wood in their products packing, It was yet another victory for all the Greenpeace activists around the world,...
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Chevron's projection of a possible oil spill at its Lagavulin drill site in the

No More Rescue Tugs For Oil Spills.

Rescue tugs will no longer be able to attend stricken vessells after the government ditched them.... Go here... http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/...
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Green Arch, Greenpeace 40th Birthday, Glastonbury, festival 2011

40 Years Of Caring For The Earth's Environments And The Creatures And PeopleThat Live Within Them.

Greenpeace is 40 Years of age.... From the start in Canada right up to the current campaigns, Greenpeace has been there to witness the wrong doings of those...
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Please sign the Petition to Stop Clear Cutting destroying the ocean floor

Please sign the petition here http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_ocean_clear_cutting/?vl I did & only basic details are required to sign up & I left off my...
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Check out our new Youtube link & videos

Check out the new Yorkshire South Youtube video by clicking on the link below. Links for Youtube, Twitter & Facebook are always towards the bottom...
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Clear As An Arctic Dawn? Not To Big Oil Companies.

Yet more evidence that large oil companies are ignoring advice from experts and are placing one of the worlds unique environments in peril of a major oil spill...
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Greed And The failings Of Large Oil Companies.

Shell has recently been fighting to stem a major oil spill in the North Sea, but it seems that this company has also got a very shameful record in other parts...
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Our international film competition launches on 17 September 2011

''ACTION!!!''....Calling All Filmakers.

You dont have to be George Lucas or Steven Spielberg, just a creative and imaginative film enthusiast to help Greenpeace. Yes Greenpeace is looking for...
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Hugh's Fish Fight Returns

Hugh's brilliant Fish Fight returned tonight spreading the message & for once the good news that Britain is taking notice & standing up...
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Victory And Freedom.

For many of us it has been a long campaign, but finally John West has agreed not to use FADS and use only envirnmentally friendly methods of catching Tuna....
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Sheffield Green Fair.

25th June St Marys Community Centre Sheffield. The 26th Sheffield Green Fair was this year held in warm and sunny weather, with lots of entertainment and...
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The latest on Rainbow Warrior III

Rainbow Warrior 3 Fundraiser.

Tuesday 24th May. West Street Live Sheffield. Bands British Racing Green The Usual Pleasures Bisque The Lost Hybrids   Judging by the number of flyers i...
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Free training for Greenpeace volunteers

Greenpeace runs regular free training for volunteer activists to enable them to talk confidently to the public at festivals and on the streets about Greenpeace...
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Lush Tar Sands Sweet & Shower body & hair wash - profits to Tar Sands UK climate campaign

Picture of the product described in my last blog. It does what it says on the lid & smells incredibley sweet & sticky, & looks well like tar in a...
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Lush join Tar Sands Campaign

I popped into Lush on Fargate, Sheffield to stock up on goodies & as I was paying for my goods noticed they had Tar Sands Campaign leaflets and...
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sorry....

missed a couple of meetings and been off the grid some other awful flu/virus but normal service is resumed - love the new website! See you all soon.Juliex .
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Superheroes lend a hand to Go Beyond Oil!

South Yorkshire Greenpeace volunteers were honoured to have the support of Superman and Wonderwoman at their campaign stall in Sheffield on the 30th October...
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Check this You Tube video out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AAa0gd7ClM
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Jim Bohlen, Paul Coate & Irvine Stowe- Founders of Greenpeace

Jim Bohlen sadly passed away on the 5th July aged 84. Here's a quote from another great gentleman, "Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of...
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