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Aurora - Report from HEAT kids club

We joined Aurora the Greenpeace polar bear in London on Sunday 15 September. Aurora was awesome and we marched and roared our way through the streets of London...
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Aurora: what a day!!

We got to Victoria Tower Gardens at 11.30 and already people were beginning to wander in the gardens, a colourful crowd of polar bears big and small, dogs (one...
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Volunteers outside Mono after the Ice Ride

Ice Ride Hits a Storm

There was a sense of disappointment - bordering almost on despair - when it became apparent that the first major storm of the season was going to coincide with...
by Glasgow
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A bear on my side - a first meeting with Greenpeace

As the number 25 made its way through a dreary Edinburgh I was having second thoughts about what to do. Rain whipped the windows hard. And in the world outside...
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Aurora Roars Through The Streets Of London

On Sunday 15th of September Aurora a Polar Bear the size of a double decker bus roared through the streets of London, collecting protesters along the way to...
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Aurora in London

Like Andrea and her family I had a brilliant day with Greenpeace in London yesterday.  As Aurora sauntered down the road, roaring, passers-by were just '...
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Balcombe and Germany

Former member of the Norwich group David Blake gives some thoughts on his visit to the fracking protest at Balcombe and a coal mining site in Germany. I was...
by Norwich
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I don't wanna be a traffic cop

OK, I've written about the issues and the campaign, but, you know, that's not all it's about. We couldn't function without volunteers, and I am one of them, so...
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Our roarer, Aurora

Amazing. Awesome. Epic. I could go on. However you choose to describe it, the Aurora parade in London was a day of superlatives. Big Bear meets Big Oil. The...
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HUDDERSFIELD GREENPEACE JOIN GLOBAL EVENT TO MARK THE ARCTIC ANNUAL SEA-ICE MINIMUM

Our teeny tiny protest was a satellite event to a Global Day of Action with 75 events across 35 countries. In the UK, the focus was our Polar Parade which saw...
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wonderful day with the bear

had a very memorable and amazing day in london yesterday.Joined lots of others in victoria tower park in the shadow of the houses of parliament , all...
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Arctic uproar! London

Several Leeds activists support the London Aurora parade.  Following the parade two First Nation representatives gave moving speaches about the...
by Leeds
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West Yorkshire Arctic uproar!

West Yorkshire activits participate in a direct communication event to oil giant Shell as part of Arctic uproar!  Activities took place across...
by Leeds
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oil spill, siberia, khanty-mansi, shell, gazprom,savethearctic.org,arctic

Shocking Siberian Oil Spillage

Watch this shocking footage of oil spills in Khanty-Mansi, Siberia. Locals clearly state they don't have any confidence in Russian oil companies ability to...
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Ice Ride

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Sheffield Aurora Day Protest at Shell

We arrived at the Shell petrol station at the corner of London Road/Boston Street, Sheffield at 11am on a cloudy, windy day. Lots of cars stopped to read our...
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Join the Ice Ride!

Join West London Greenpeace in the Ice Ride tomorrow! Meeting outside Richmond Railway station at 9.30. For details see: http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/sites/...
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Gazprom, Shell, Arctic, Oil, Safety, Rigs, Support Vessels, Save the Arctic

Shocking Gazprom Oil Rig Safety.

Watch this shocking footage of Gazproms appaling safety measures, the company Shell will be teaming up with next year to drill in the Russian arctic.  
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Shell, Their Quest For Oil and The Destruction Of Indigenous People They Care Nothing For.

£1,100 for each person that was affected and is still being affected by a devastating oil spill in the Niger Delta.  Measure this offer of compensation...
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Greenpeace Edinburgh, Scotland against Monsanto and GMOs

 Greenpeace Edinburgh attend a talk on GMOs ( Genetically Modified Organisms)  On Monday 2nd September “Scotland against Monsanto” hosted an...
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