The theme of this year's Totterdown Front Room Arts Trail was WILD! So it was fitting that Bristol East campaigned in a variety of animal outfits which including polar bears and cubs, a narwhal and an 'arctic' chicken.
Now you have probably never heard of the Arctic Chicken - they are very rare and almost extinct and a very good reason why we need to declare the Arctic a sanctuary so that other species like the polar bear do not go the same way! Olly campaigned with us on Shell Day 2 and has since won the 'Teen Compassionate Award' from PETA for his work against KFC! Well done Olly - big respect from Bristol East Greenpeace.
We have been inspired by the Usher family who now turn up to campaign in polar bear costumes. Leo and Robin aged 6 and 4 must be the most enthusiastic polar bear cubs in the UK. Carol gave herself the challenge of making a wonderful 'Nora the Narwhal' costume, until she learnt that only male narwhals sport those magnificent tusks. Either we are going to have to rename her Nigel or assume it is a transgendered narwhal. At 6ft 7in Ian has had to miss out on the all the fun of wearing GPUK costumes, whether it be a Stormtrooper, mackerel fish or bear! His answer - make your own! So we now have a great array of 'arctic' fauna to liven up our campaigning work. I tell you it has made it so much more fun ... and a good way of keeping warm in the colder weather.
Our menagerie of animals were all instrumental in gaining interest and curiosity in the Save the Arctic campaign. We got over 150 emails addresses and signatures - which in the absence of ipads means we have to input them manually into the Save the Arctic webpage. By getting sign-ups this way we are more assured of adding more names to the 2.2 million that have already done so. The aim is to reach 3 million signatures by February 2013.
Have you signed the petition to Save the Arctic? If not then click here. Photos of our day can be found at our Flickr site. Click here. For further postings and comments go to our Facebook page.
The video animation below is a nostalgic reminder of why we need to stop the oil companies from invading the Arctic seas in search of what little oil is there - estimated to be 3 years worth.
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