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Event - I Love The Arctic 10:30 Saturday 20th April Huddersfield Greenpeace Arctic Defenders

♥ ♥ If you are in the Huddersfield area for the day why don't you come along & see the Yorkshire South Greenpeace & Huddersfield group join...
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Top of the world.

Since last year we’ve been calling upon members of the public to show their support to Save the Arctic.   Greenpeace initially hoped for 1 million...
by York
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Canada's Wolf Cull

One of my friends returned from a weekend in the Rocky Mountains laden with photos of the beautiful scenery. When one of these photos was of a wolf she had...
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Polar Bear Action April 2013

Polar bear's visit to Hexham was a busy one.  This was the bear's most northerly English venue so far on his attention raising tour of the UK.  It...
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We Have Done It Again...

Thanks to everyone who came on the street outside the Beaney yesterday.We uploaded 113 photos to Flickr - I don't like to boast but no UK group has more photos...
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Belfast I ❤ Arctic Stall

Dear All, People got back to me saying that 2pm on Sunday 21st suits them for our next street stall for the I Love Arctic campaign. We take photos of...
by Belfast
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Help protect the Artic

The threats facing the artic are huge, and we need your help to protect it. Help raise £80,000 to build, equip and send a new survival pod to take on Arctic...
by Malvern
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Bomb factory blockaded!

Members of the Berkshire Greenpeace group plus friends shut down the Tadley Gate at the Atomic Weapons Establishment Aldermaston - where the UK's Atomic...
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Wind of change

A glimpse of sunshine raises hopes of spring amid the cold winds in this crazy world of disappearing seasons. The other day, I set off for a five-mile stroll...
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I Love Arctic in York

I Love Arctic photos - update.

For all the folks who hugged a polar bear in York on April 6th, joining a global community of support to Save the Arctic, your photos have now been uploaded to...
by York
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Roads to nowhere: Where is our once vibrant environmental movement?

I am saddened by what I perceive as the lack of momentum in our environmental movement in this city (London), and in this country as a whole. As exemplified by...
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Dip in the Sea for a #HopeOnARope

We the Newcastle Greenpeace successfully recycled an old fund-raising activity used by the Tynedale group, they used to have a dip in the North Tyne on New...
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Cakes raise money for Greenpeace

Following lots of planning and anticipation all we needed was some good weather and fortunately, last Saturday the 6th of April, the sun was shining and the...
by York
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Ed's running the marathon

On April 21st Ed will be running the London marathon for Greenpeace. Check out this little video on why he's doing it and how you can help. 
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Faslane Peace Camp

Open letter from Faslane Peace Camp - feedback and comment welcome on the future of the camp

Dear all, Please read and circulate the following open letter from the current four residents of the Faslane Peace Camp. We are issuing this in the hope...
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If you have a problem... if no one else can help... and if you can find them...

...maybe you can hire... The A Team! Well, The A Team are fictional, but Greenpeace are real... we're not hard to find ... and we don't charge. And this is...
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I Love Arctic in York

York just loves to hug a polar bear to Save the Arctic

So, did you hug a polar bear this weekend?  We know that a lot of people in York did. So, we've created this photo collage.  We'll be uploading the...
by York
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A plan for Solving Shells' PR and Arctic exploration failure.

  In the wake of an unsuccessful sojourn to the arctic last year and halting all arctic drilling intentions in 2013, Shell has much to ponder. Thankfully...
by Camden
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Car Booting for a Pod

So it's 8.15am on a bright but cool Sunday morning and I'm in a field helping the team (Richard L and Fi) get ready to do a bit of fundraising towards a brand...
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Leered at, cheered at, spat on and propositioned

It’s a Saturday night in April, my friends are all out having fun. Yet here I am, sat in bed with a cooling eye mask strapped to my knees, eating more potatoes...
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