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Sympathy for the revel - Glastonbury 2013

Posted by kcumming — 5 July 2013 at 4:07pm - Comments

It’s not every day we trump the Rolling Stones. But more than once at Glastonbury 2013, I overheard people pointing to the Greenpeace field and saying “that’s been my favourite thing at the festival”.

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Let it all out - Glasto shouts against rainforest destruction

Posted by jossc — 28 June 2010 at 2:43pm - Comments

Once again this year we teamed up with Mi7 Records to put on live music in the Greenpeace field. Following last year's success with the Departure Lounge, where we put on acts including Laura Marling and Mumford and Sons, this time around we decided to step up our game.

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Prince Charles visits the Greenpeace field

Posted by jossc — 24 June 2010 at 4:52pm - Comments

Gaze, simple folk of the Earth, upon true regal grace. And look, that's Prince Charles as well! Ho-ho.

For those of you who aren't as familiar with the inner world of Greenpeace as, er, me, that bloke on the left is our executive director, John. That chap in the middle is our future king, probably, and the two fellas on his right are minders - probably fighting quite hard to stop themselves rugby tackling everyone to the ground and bundling HRH into a waiting Chinook.

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Countdown to Glastonbury 2010

Posted by jossc — 24 June 2010 at 11:20am - Comments

Volunteers are hard at work preparing the Greenpeace field for the 40th Glastonbury festival, now just two days away. Forest campaigner Ian explains why rainforest destruction is the central theme this year, and gives a personal demonstration of our very popular solar/biomass on-site showers...

You'll find a full listing of all the goodies available to festival goers in the Greenpeace field this time around on the official festival site.

Making the best of the festival: our top 10 tips »

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Kurt Jackson's artworks raise £68,000

Posted by jossc — 21 June 2010 at 11:36am - Comments
Some of the works donated for auction by Kurt Jackson

Exclusive paintings of Glastonbury festival by leading British artist Kurt Jackson raised £68,000 for Greenpeace when they were auctioned last weekend. As a long-time Greenpeace supporter Kurt generously gave us 29 artworks from his time as artist-in-residence at the festival. They were all painted in situ, and included portraits of Radiohead, Massive Attack, Lily Allen, Amadou and Neil Young, plus some amazing landscapes and scenes from the festival.

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Coming to the 40th Glastonbury? Don't miss the Greenpeace field...

Posted by jossc — 17 June 2010 at 11:30am - Comments

Come to the Greenpeace field and test out our FSC skateboard ramp

2009 was an epic year at Worthy Farm. Many festival-goers declared it the "best ever" Glastonbury. But with 2010 being the festival's 40th anniversary, we're doing all we can to make the next one even more special...

So this year the Greenpeace field goes ape with a distinctive rainforest theme, complete with hanging vines, authentic forest sounds and smells, plus more than a few of our famous orangutans, of course.

Article tagged as: events, glastonbury, music festivals

Exhibition & Auction: Kurt Jackson - A Taste Of Glastonbury

Posted by jossc — 10 May 2010 at 3:54pm - Comments

Leading British painter and environmentalist Kurt Jackson is a long-time supporter of Greenpeace. As the artist in residence at last year's Glastonbury Festival, he created an amazing series of paintings and sketches - including portraits of Radiohead, Massive Attack, Lily Allen and Tinariwen as well as landscapes capturing the essence of the festival.

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Glastonbury: scenes from the field

Posted by jamie — 30 June 2009 at 5:42pm - Comments

There are a lot of tired but very happy (not to mention sun-kissed) people around the office today. Those who manned the Greenpeace field at Glastonbury are reappearing and they have such tales to tell. (I would have asked one of them to write this update, but they're all worn out.)

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