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VW film competition launched!

Posted by Richardg — 19 September 2011 at 10:52am - Comments
Our international film competition launches on 17 September 2011
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We've launched our film competition, the clock starts now!

As part of our ongoing campaign to turn Volkswagen away from the Dark Side, we've launched a film competition. You've got two weeks to make fake VW adverts which turn its marketing on its head.

Article tagged as: climate, climate change, film competition, go beyond oil, oil, volkswagen, VW, VWDarkside

VW are protesting against us!

Posted by jamess — 15 September 2011 at 2:42pm - Comments
Our banner at Frankfurt Motor Show and VW's counter protest!
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Our banner at Frankfurt Motor Show and VW's counter protest!

You'd struggle to make this up.

Moments ago, our activists dropped a huge banner at the Frankfurt motor show - the biggest in the world - to highlight VW's hypocrisy over its environmental policy (more info here).

Then something spectacular happened.

Article tagged as: climate change, frankfurt, go beyond oil, iaa, oil, volkswagen, VW, VWDarkside

Big Oil steps up the battle for deep water drilling

Posted by bex — 12 September 2011 at 3:16pm - Comments
Winning logo from our Rebrand:BP competition
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The winning entry to our 2010 'Rebrand BP' competition

Another week, another push for reckless oil drilling by a UK company. This time it's BP, which wants to drill its deepest ever well in UK waters - a 1300 metre well - off the coast of North Uist.

Article tagged as: BP, climate change, deep water drilling, deepwater horizon, go beyond oil, north sea, oil

Massive projection to show VW's Dark Side - take action now!

Posted by jamess — 8 September 2011 at 9:51am - Comments

Our campaign to turn VW away from its dark lobbying practices has entered a new phase.

Today we need you to put pressure where Volkswagen’s massive advertising budgets can’t dominate: on social media.

 Here’s what you can do right now:

Article tagged as: beyond oil, climate, climate change, go beyond oil, oil, volkswagen, VW, VWDarkside

VW's Dark Side: our campaign enters a new phase

Posted by jamess — 8 September 2011 at 9:40am - Comments
Volkswagen is lobbying against environmental laws
All rights reserved. Credit: David Sandison / Greenpeace
Volkswagen is lobbying against environmental laws

Today our climbers scaled VW’s headquarters in Germany while other activists projected a massive message onto the side of London’s Battersea power station – where Volkswagen is participating in a green car show.

Our actions kick off a new phase in our VW campaign – we will not let the car giant’s lobbying continue to threaten our planet.

Article tagged as: beyond oil, climate change, co2, ecovelocity, go beyond oil, oil, volkswagen, VW, VWDarkside
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