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Palm oil: The harmful forest-killer hiding in your grocery cart
What if we told you purchasing a pack of your favourite cookies could be directly contributing to deforestation? You might be surprised to find out just how many of your daily products contain palm oil – the most widely consumed vegetable oil on the planet. Greenpeace activists deliver petitions to PepsiCo, Colgate-Palmolive and Johnson &…
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Why are fish labels so important to Australians?
Seafood plays a starring role in the diets of many Australians. Just take a look at the numbers. The average Australian eats around double the amount of seafood that was consumed per person in 1975. Seafood plays a starring role in the diets of many Australians. Just take a look at the numbers: The average…
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Pacific Activists: Stand Up Fight Back
The Cambridge dictionary describes activists as “people who believe strongly in political or social change and take part in activities such as public protests to try and make something happen.” The Cambridge dictionary describes activists as “people who believe strongly in political or social change and take part in activities such as public protests to…
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Tackling Tuna – How People Took On the Biggest Tuna Company and Won
Today is a big day for our oceans. It is good news for sea turtles and sharks, sea birds and tuna. It is also a great day for hundreds of thousands of workers at sea, many of whom have been victims of horrendous working conditions and human rights abuses. Today is a big day for…
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Dear Mr Prime Minister, please stand up for clean energy progress
As the Prime Minister prepares to attend the G20 conference in Germany the Deputy Program Director of Greenpeace, Susannah Compton, has sent him a letter reminding him of the importance of maintaining the progress that financial institutions have made towards funding sustainable energy in developing countries. 6 July 2017 The Hon. Malcolm Turnbull, MP Prime…