Greenpeace and the Glastonbury Festivals have had a long, mud-splattered relationship. Along with Water Aid and Oxfam, Greenpeace is lucky enough to be one of the three worthy causes which get top billing alongside the rock gods and superstar DJs, and our field is always a popular stopping off point for festival-goers between stages.
We also appear at other festivals throughout the summer so keep an eye open for our friendly volunteers. But here's what's happening down on the farm in 2011...
To celebrate our 40th anniversary and the launch of the Rainbow Warrior III this year the Greenpeace field is taking on a nautical theme..
Oceans cover most of our planet and are a key buffer against climate change and a source of food for billions, and yet we're still chucking crude oil, toxic chemicals and radioactive waste in there. Humans are over-fishing like there's no tomorrow, which for some marine ecosystems isn't far from the truth.
Greenpeace are celebrating our 40th anniversary by returning to the ocean.
The ocean covers most of our planet, is a key buffer against climate
change and a source of food for billions. Yet we’re still chucking
crude oil, toxic chemicals and radioactive waste in there, plus
dangerously over-fishing like there’s no tomorrow - which for some marine ecosystems
isn’t far from the truth.
Posted by jossc — 28 June 2010 at 2:43pm
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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.
Posted by jossc — 24 June 2010 at 4:52pm
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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.
Posted by jossc — 24 June 2010 at 11:20am
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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.
Posted by jossc — 21 June 2010 at 11:36am
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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.
Posted by jossc — 17 June 2010 at 11:30am
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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.
Posted by jossc — 10 May 2010 at 3:54pm
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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.
