Activism

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Nature and wildlife

How Greenpeace is working to protect pollinators and defend nature

Nature is under threat – but together we’re fighting back. From saving the bees to defending the seas, here’s how Greenpeace is standing up for pollinators and the wider natural…

by Greenpeace UK April 25, 2025

Blood-red dye stains an ornamental pond outside the US Embassy in London.

Activism

Activists pour hundreds of litres of blood-red dye into US Embassy pond in protest against arms sales to Israel

Update: Will McCallum, Co-Executive Director of Greenpeace UK, among six people arrested over protest Activists from Greenpeace UK have poured 300 litres of blood-red dye into the US embassy pond…

by Florri Burton April 10, 2025

Peace

Israel-Gaza protest at the US embassy: what you need to know

Activists from Greenpeace UK have poured blood-red dye into the pond at the US embassy in London, in a protest against weapons sales to Israel.

by Greenpeace UK April 10, 2025

Activism

JSO hang up the hi-vis – Greenpeace response

In response to Just Stop Oil’s announcement this morning Will McCallum, co-executive director of Greenpeace UK, said: “The history of democracies is built by groups…

by Graham Thompson March 27, 2025

Edina Ifticene in a crowd with her hands raised and a smile on her face.

Activism

Meet the Greenpeace women campaigning to end the age of fossil fuels

Meet some of the women working to stop climate wrecking fossil fuel extraction and build a better world.

by Greenpeace UK March 11, 2025

Protesters holding placards outside a court building in central London

Activism

Critical legal appeal sees lengthy sentences reduced for Just Stop Oil activists

Six out of 16 activists have won their appeals to have their sentences reduced Images of campaigners outside the Court of Appeal hearing in January can be downloaded here …

by Graham Thompson March 7, 2025

Activism

Why Greenpeace activists made a smash at Shell’s HQ

Greenpeace activists staged a protest calling for climate justice – here's what you need to know.

by Maja Darlington February 12, 2025

Activism

Critical Just Stop Oil mass-hearing goes to Court of Appeal

The two-day hearing will see 16 Just Stop Oil activists seek to overturn extreme sentences for peaceful protest Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace UK have combined their legal expertise…

by Graham Thompson January 29, 2025

A giant banner hangs from the grand stone building. It shows Dove plastic pollution with the wording

Activism

Charges dropped for dozens of Greenpeace activists in plastic pollution protest outside Unilever HQ

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has dropped all charges against 34 Greenpeace activists who blockaded Unilever’s London headquarters last September. The decision was made just days before the start…

by Kai Tabacek January 8, 2025

Aerial view of a boat sailing along a line where the brown water of a river and the green water of the ocean meet.

Activism

Turning the tide: wins for the planet in 2024 – and the road ahead

Earth on the line: a world on fire; a world at war; and a world going under. But a world that turns - and turns around.

by Gurvinder Uppal December 18, 2024