If you've been visiting our website regularly, you may have spotted a small but significant change which occurred a couple of weeks ago, when a new 'Community' link appeared in the navigation box to your left. That weeny grey box leads to a whole new section of the website we've been developing over the past year, namely the new online home for our network of active supporter groups across the country.
The network is composed of dedicated volunteers who take Greenpeace campaigns to their local high streets, doing everything from running stalls at festivals to lobbying their MPs about climate change or supermarket managers about fish stocks. It's also the active supporters who help keep our field at Glastonbury running smoothly, and (for the more adventurous) get involved in direct actions.
If any of that appeals to you, or you'd just like to find out more, you can join your local network - just put your town or postcode into the map on the front page and find the nearest one.* Just click the big 'join' button - or if you'd like to get in touch directly, scroll down to find contact details.
You can also find out what events are happening near you; see how enthusiastic and devilishly attractive your fellow supporters are in the image galleries; and debate the ins and outs of environmental campaigning by posting comments on their blogs.
Big, big thanks go to everyone involved in getting this far, including the testers who pushed the site to breaking point and beyond; the trainees who gave up their Saturdays to learn how to use it; and of course the amazing people at Torchbox who built the whole thing.
This of course means we'll be saying a fond farewell to the old Greenpeace Active site which has put in many years of faithful service, but the times they keep a-changin' and it's time to move on to pastures new (or servers new would perhaps be more appropriate).
If you have any comments or queries about the new site, please just post them below.
* If there isn't a network near you, email getactive@uk.greenpeace.org to let us know you're really keen.
