Fundraising

In response to Rachel's recent blog about taking in part in direct actions in such a male-orientated world as Greenpeace, Esther explains that you don't necessarily have to climb tall buildings to have an impact.

Some women have a touch of the Lara Croft about them, but others - no matter how hard we try - would always prefer a nice bit of cake and a day out shopping to climbing up chimneys. Not that there is anything wrong with this – after all, there is more than one way to save the planet.

Which of these gorgeous creatures will make it as a gift on Greenpeace Giving?

It’s that time of year again, the nights are drawing in and the shops are full of mince pies. So we're back with our online virtual gift catalogue, Greenpeace Giving .

Victoria heads up the surrealist wing of our fundraising department

So it seems the blog baton has made its way back to the fundraising department!

Sadly for me, my fabulous colleagues have already eloquently blogged about the importance of our supporters and the invaluable independence Greenpeace enjoys as a result of their generosity. So I'll do my best to cobble together a few meagre anecdotes about what it is I get up to here, but I want to join in the chorus of thank yous to our wonderful supporters – we couldn't do it without you!

On my side, you could say that a role at Greenpeace might have been in the cards. As a little kid, when I was taken along to the peace marches in Vancouver in the 80s, I knew right away that I wanted to march with a sign! Although too young to read or write, I of course made my own nonsensical finger-painted sign to proudly carry. Fast forward to learning how to write, and McDonalds started receiving letters asking them to stop using Styrofoam packaging in my childish scrawl (PS: in 1990 they agreed to stop. Yay!)