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Funding the fundamentals

Chuggers. We all know what they are - 'charity muggers' - or that's what many a stand-up-comedian-on-a-panel-show would have us believe. Of course, that's not...
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Belfast G8

Being eco-warriors is fun. Enniskillen folks were bemused by the anti-G8 march. It went as planned so it was very good humoured. Sunshine, beautiful...
by Belfast
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Rock Oyster Fest Polar Invasion

Plasticine, precipitation and a very popular polar bear: this was Cornwall group’s excursion to the Rock Oyster Festival last weekend. Friday We arrived on...
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Reasons To Work With Greenpeace - Part 34

I am really looking forward to meeting you all next week for the kick off meeting. One question that is often asked is, does direct action really work? Well...
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Norman Baker Lewes

Well, I never....

Direct Action Works. Here is the proof. Last year I was arrested, along with 19 other Greenpeace activists, for shutting down a Shell station. In February I...
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Arctic Campaigning

Thanks to Naina, Molly, Philippe, Chris for joining on Sunday. We got 66 photos which makes us the top performing network! Well done all. Together we can crack...
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Save The Arctic at Bristol's Big Market

  Bristol East Greenpeace had a nice day out at Big Green Week’s Bristol BIG Market on Saturday.  We took an Arctic-themed stall down to St Nicholas...
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I <3 Arctic - Magna Carta 2013

On Saturday, 15 June 2013, Egham had it's annual Magna Carta Celebration. There was music and dancing in the streets and a lovely table managed by Greenpeace....
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Tour Guide on the Arctic Sunrise!

As a Greenpeace fundraiser I went to see the famous Rainbow Warrior III in Stockholm and it was this opportunity that drove me to volunteer for Greenpeace....
by Camden
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No Trident

Britain would be 'richer and safer' without nuclear weapons

Nick Brown MP, Labour's former Chief Whip, has written an article in the New Statesman saying that a future Labour government should not replace Trident, and...
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John Sauven Greenpeace UK Executive Director in Bristol for 'Beyond (Eco) Campaigning'

John Sauven, Greenpeace UK’s Executive Director, was in Bristol on Friday 21st to take part in a panel discussion entitled ‘Beyond (Eco) Campaigning’. John...
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Polar Bear

A new Cambridge Network

Well, my first post for Greenpeace, this is exciting! I have decided to post this because I recently went to a Skillsharing day in Norwich, organized by...
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Save the Climate hot air balloon

Carbon Footprint on the Radio

Today was the last in our current series of six slots on radio Ujima and it was the turn of Mark Usher and me (Richard Lancaster) to have a go at explaining...
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Music thats good for the soul and the planet!

amongst the many things our supporters do to help our campaigns is create some truly beautiful music. Ben Morris was also a fundraiser for us for a while and...
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10 Dumbest things said about Global Warmimg

The 10 Dumbest Things Ever Said About Global Warming BY BROOKE JARVIS A list of the dumbest things ever said about global warming is, sadly, almost impossible...
by Cardiff
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Lobbying training in Leeds

Greenpeace is developing its Political Lobbying network, and to help support that work, we would like to invite you to attend a free training event in Leeds...
by York
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Whaling Must Be Stopped

It's been two years since Iceland suspended commercial whaling but in a dramatic about turn they resumed in full force by slaughtering a beautiful gentle giant...
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Inspired by the Arctic Sunrise

The gleeming skyscrapers were each adorned with the logos of the banks they housed. JP Morgan. HSBC. Barclays. And, in front of this capitalist backdrop, was...
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Middelgrunden offshore windfarm in Denmark

Dirty Fossil Minority

This month the government  announced that local communities would get a say in energy policies-a breakthrough it would seem regarding local democracy....
by Cardiff
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Fight for The Reef

In times like this when there is so much wanton destruction of natural environments in the name of increasing the profits of the rich; it is not often that the...
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