Billboard shows a pair of glasses superimposed on an image of a beach. Around the glasses the beach is covered in plastic waste; through the lenses of the glasses the beach is pristine.

Campaign Launched to Fight Climate Hypocrisy

Targeting businesses and government for climate hypocrisy, XR Bristol yesterday launched their latest campaign, Greenwash-free Bristol.  The campaign, whose name refers to the practice of businesses and governments portraying themselves as caring for the planet whilst knowingly destroying it uses billboard advertisements, performances and other actions to expose those organisations which XR claim are the worst greenwashing offenders in the city. Dr Claire Gronow, a … Continue reading Campaign Launched to Fight Climate Hypocrisy

5 greenwash busters surround a Shell executive with a grumpy face.

Bristol Activists in London to Protest Science Museum Shell Sponsorship

Members of the Bristol-based activist group the Evergreens led a creative action at the London Science Museum on Wednesday, May 19. The action targeted oil giant Shell’s sponsorship of the new Our Future Planet exhibition at the Museum, which the Evergreens claim is an attempt by Shell to “greenwash” their polluting operations.  In a statement, Mary Collett, an Evergreen’s spokesperson said ‘as far back as … Continue reading Bristol Activists in London to Protest Science Museum Shell Sponsorship