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Forests | Indonesia
Indonesia is a treasure chest of biodiversity; it is home to between 10 and 15 per cent of all known species of plants, mammals and birds. Orang-utans, elephants, tigers, rhinoceroses,…
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ARCTIC OIL: THE VERDICT IS IN
Last November, we made history together as our movement launched an unprecedented people-powered legal challenge to Arctic Oil. More than half a million people, including 25,000 Australians, submitted their names and asked the Norwegian Government to withdraw new oil licenses in the Arctic. Late last week, we finally received the verdict. Sadly, the court ruled…
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5 THINGS YOU (PROBABLY) DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT THE ANTARCTIC
In 2017 we launched a campaign to create an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary – the largest protected area on Earth. ||The Blood Falls seeps from the end of the Taylor Glacier into Lake Bonney. The tent at left provides a sense of scale for just how big the phenomenon is. Scientists believe a buried saltwater reservoir…
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MAKING A MOVEMENT – THE LEGACY OF MAKE SMTHNG WEEK
MAKE SMTHNG Week – the global movement drawing together a colourful, chaotic community of makers, upcyclers, ethical designers and waste free bloggers – has come to an end. So the big question is, what now? |The Greenpeace Ship MV Beluga II during her tour about climate protection in Bonn at COP23. The ship visits 11…
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BREAKING: NAB RULES OUT FUNDING NEW THERMAL COAL MINES!
Big news: National Australia Bank is ruling out thermal coal mines! | Today, NAB joins a rapidly growing list of banks that are walking away from dirty fossil fuels because you’ve made them see the truth: there is no future in fossil fuels. Will you help ANZ and Westpac wake up too? What has NAB…
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WOW! HUGE BANKS ARE WALKING AWAY FROM FOSSIL FUELS
The world shifted slightly on its axis today, with three major announcements by some of planet Earth’s largest financial institutions. As world leaders gathered in France to tackle climate change, one of the world’s largest banks, ING, announced that they are finally going to drop coal by 2025. ING Bank is a Dutch finance giant…
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HERE’S WHAT YOU CAN DO TO CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
Yesterday was International Human Rights Day and starts the one year lead up to the 70th anniversary of the UN General Assembly’s adoption of the the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. Yesterday was International Human Rights Day and starts the one year lead up to the 70th anniversary of the UN General Assembly’s adoption of…