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No Dash For Gas - No Dash For Jail
People gathered outside the Magistrates Court in Nottingham today wondering whether for the first time ever that environmental activists would be sent to jail...
June 06 at 05:46pm
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A Turkish Night: the violence at Besiktas and how I ran for my life.
"Occupy Gezi" is a protest to protect Gezi park - one of the few remaining parks and public spaces - from being turned into a shopping mall. A battle between...
June 05 at 03:13pm
by Camden
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Radio Days
A good friend, let’s call her Maria (for that is her name), advises me to “get out of the comfort zone” every week. A recent text-message suggestion from...
June 05 at 10:17am
by Bristol East
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Summer Daze - keeps me going
So the summer is finally here and the weather will be fine for the whole week (if you are down south).So I was cycling through this wood and caught this on a...
June 04 at 11:58am
by Portsmouth
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Greenpeace visits the Woodcraft Folk
Just got back from giving a talk (in my role as a Greenspeaker) to the Woodraft Folk who meet at Windmill Hill City Farm. The group were really interested and...
June 03 at 09:59pm
by Bristol East
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The protests in Turkey
I have been watching the events in Turkey as they get worse and worse. What started out as a peaceful protest about plans to destroy an iconic park,...
June 03 at 03:00pm
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Arctic Sunrise visits Fowey
The Arctic Sunrise was visiting Fowey 31st May - 2 June 2013 as part of a European Tour to promote long overdue reform of the EU Common Fishing Policy. Richard...
June 02 at 11:37pm
by Bristol East
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TAKSIM SQUARE , Istanbul - ACTIVISM NOT A CRIME
The very clear intention of local environmental protesters to protect their Taksim Square and Park from commercial building.
Subsequent police overreaction...
June 02 at 01:40pm
by Bristol
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The last tree or the last straw
The Greenpeace office in Istanbul has been under siege. It is in the heart of Taksim, an area in which a brutal police clampdown has been trying to end the...
June 02 at 11:33am
by Cardiff
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it's not a teddy bear!
Our very own Paula Bear paid a visit to Hull carnival today. Although I will admit that our costume is not quite as realistic as the terrifyingly...
June 01 at 04:58pm
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Pod Fundraiser Update
I'm pleased to report a successful night of music and singing at Worthing's Castle Tavern, raising a fantastic £135! This will go towards a new survival pod...
June 01 at 03:31pm
by Worthing
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Campaigning in Hammersmith
Last Sunday West London Greenpeace were out by the Thames in Hammersmith raising awareness about the Arctic. We had a successful afternoon engaging walkers,...
May 31 at 10:03pm
by West London
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Peas and Pods
A tiny side street in view of St Paul's - the location of last year's Occupy protests. An unassuming doorway leads down to a be-mirrored cocktail bar,...
May 30 at 11:21pm
by Islington
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Stacy, Jo and Richard on Radio Ujima
Just listened to Stacy, Jo and Richard B on Radio Ujima - on Outlook with Paulette North talking about Bristol's bid to be the European Green Capital for 2015...
May 30 at 09:10pm
by Bristol East
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Greenpeace Northern Skillshare, 8 June, Millers Yard, 2 & 4 Millers, Yard Gillygate, York, YO31 7EB
Come to 2 & 4 Millers Yard, Gillygate, York, YO31 7EB on the 8 June,
10:30 - 17:00 for the Greenpeace Northern Skillshare. For...
May 30 at 08:17pm
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Building our Response to the Climate Challenge - Public Meeting 13th June, 7-9pm
With only 400ppm of CO2 in the atmosphere rising exponentially plus a potential temperature rise of 4 to 6 degrees added to the threat of financial bust from £...
May 30 at 07:56pm
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Arctic Sunrise anchors in Lyme Bay and fisheries reform inches closer
Greenpeace ship "Arctic Sunrise" anchored in Lyme Bay yesterday morning to meet representatives from the Lyme Bay Reserve, local dignitaries and...
May 30 at 07:24pm
by Bristol East
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Tuxfest was amazing
This is the first time we had been to Tuxfest and it won't be the last. The day was brilliantly sunny and more by luck than judgement we chose a spot for...
May 30 at 04:27pm
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Maple Syrup on Ice
The 'good' news is that on 15th May, the chair of the Arctic Council was handed over to Canada. Does this mean that Stephen Harper's shadow - if not his...
May 29 at 04:38pm
by Glasgow
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Nuclear weapons factory fined £200,000 following safety breaches
AWE plc, the company which runs the Atomic Weapons Establishment, where the UK's nuclear weapons are made, has been fined £200,000 after pleading guilty to...
May 29 at 12:35pm
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