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![Protesters in red hold hands and dance across a road to block traffic and declare a climate emergency](https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GP0STTNH5_PressMedia-415x277.jpg)
I asked Greenpeace volunteers to define activism. Here’s what they said.
Dramatic and disruptive protests often hit the press and capture a snapshot of what being an activist means. But activism includes many types of action, whether you call yourself an activist or not. Here are six ways Greenpeace volunteers approach it.
![Rooftops of British houses against an expanse of grey sky. Text reads "The Cost of Living. A Greenpeace UK production in association with the New Economics Foundation"](https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/CostOfLivingFilm16x9-640x360.jpg)
Cost of Living documentary: watch the film
What happens when the government abandons the people it’s meant to serve? This film tells the story of the Rother Valley community as they try to support each other during a historic cost of living crisis.
![Side-by-side of 3 people modelling Greenpeace t-shirt designs](https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/gpteequizhero-640x384.png)
Quiz: Which Greenpeace t-shirt are you?
So you'd like to buy a piece of Greenpeace clothing, but not sure where to start? Take this handy little quiz and find out!
![A Greenpeace activist in climbing gear hangs from the edge of a huge commercial ship dock, holding a banner that says 'Fossil fuels war'. In the background, there's a giant concrete suspension bridge, and the milky pink sky of the early dawn.](https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/GP1SXHHZ_PressMedia-640x355.jpg)
How I blocked a tanker carrying Russian oil to the UK
…and why I shouldn’t have needed to.
![Three crew members look through binoculars out of a window. The ocean and evening sky are reflected in the window.](https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GP1SY8KT_-637x425.jpg)
How Greenpeace investigators expose environmental crimes
Every year Greenpeace investigators expose the environmental scandals companies and governments want to hide. Dean Plant, our head of investigations, shares five moments when they made all the difference.
![Group of disabled activists protest in a London street. They’re holding banners saying “People before profit” and “Disabled People Against Cuts. Rights not charity”](https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/GettyImages-525558716_2500-637x425.jpg)
For disabled people, the cost of living crisis is nothing new
M-E – a long-time campaigner for justice, inclusion and equality, and a Steering Group member of Disabled People Against Cuts – talks about how government failure on the cost of living crisis is affecting disabled people. And why direct action is needed when political leaders refuse to listen to ordinary people.
![Group of people dressed as zombies with a sign in the shape of a gravestone. Text reads "Public order bill stay dead"](https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/GP1T2SY2_PressMedia-1-637x425.jpg)
‘The nightmare after Halloween’: Groups urge Parliament to drop resurrected anti-protest proposals
Liberty | Greenpeace UK
![Red buses are held up, as a group of disabled activists protest. They defiantly block the road and fly banners for disabled people’s rights.](https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/GettyImages-525558816_2500-637x425.jpg)
The government has tried to take away our self-respect – protest lets us take it back
Warmth in winter, affordable food and a stable climate are vital for all of us. But as the cost of living crisis spirals, millions are seeing their basic needs drift out of reach. Here, members of Disabled People Against Cuts and Fuel Poverty Action talk about the energy crisis and government failure – and why speaking out matters more than ever.
![Protester viewed from behind, holding up a handwritten cardboard placard that says 'hear our voices'.](https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/GP1SWIG8_PressMedia-637x425.jpg)