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Are you on the right side of history?
The People’s Climate March will take place this coming Sunday. And with around 2,000 events planned, including huge rallies in New York and London, this may well prove to be the large climate rally in history. But what is the People’s Climate March, and why is it happening now? Some background… In the final week…
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The Arctic is worth fighting for
Blogpost by Yeb Saño As I witness with my own eyes the sublime and spectacular beauty of the Arctic, I realize that we live on a deeply interconnected planet. What happens all over the world affects this region in seriously profound and intricate ways. And what happens here in the Arctic affects the entire world.…
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Can 2.5 billion gadgets a year be green?
It’s predicted we will buy 2.5 billion mobiles, computers and tablets in 2014 and there will soon be more Internet connected devices than people on the planet. |A boy burns electronic cables and other electrical components in order to melt off the plastic and reclaim the copper wiring. This burning in small fires releases toxic chemicals into…
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You’ve never seen the Arctic like this before…
MUST SEE: Incredible footage caught on tape as a tourist records an ‘iceberg tsunami’ heading towards his boat in Greenland. You’ll never believe what happens next… Surprised? Share this blog on Facebook and Twitter!
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Kids Care: Dear Greenpeace
Greenpeace is working towards creating a green and peaceful world for the children of today and tomorrow, so we love receiving letters from kids who are passionate about the work we do. Greenpeace is working towards creating a green and peaceful world for the children of today and tomorrow, so we love receiving letters from…
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13 ways to green your wardrobe
Say what you will about jeggings – more often than not, the real fashion victims are the environment, climate, and people making your clothes. |At a sewing machine driven by bike people can have a fabric patch with a globe sewed on their chlothes. Op een naaimachine aangedreven door een fiets kunnen mensen een stoffen…
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Sydney University’s Report Card
From the national headlines to the private board rooms of Sydney Uni, people are talking about us. Do you know why? In the last week, over 24,000 Greenpeace supporters have called on Vice-Chancellor Michael Spence to divest from Whitehaven Coal – owners of the largest coal mine under construction in Australia. People power is working. We’ve…
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Let’s stop feeling so guilty about global warming
Emma Thompson recently went to the Arctic aboard the Greenpeace ship Esperanza. She wrote these words after walking out onto the fragile sea ice for the first time alongside her 14 year old daughter Gaia. We’re told that it is all our fault, global warming — we want the fuel, we want our cars, and that…
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Arrest of forest rights activists symbolic of what’s wrong in India
It was just past midnight when Indian police hauled two Greenpeace India activists out of their sleep and arrested them this week as a crackdown on protests against a planned coal mine in the Mahan forest intensified. The arrests are the latest example of intimidation tactics used in India to quell unrest over the plans by…
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5 things you need to know about Sydney University
There’s something about Australia’s sandstone universities – they’re grand, prestigious, and a little mysterious. But the University of Sydney’s million dollar investment in Whitehaven Coal and their destructive Maules Creek Coal Mine isn’t just mysterious – it’s downright dodgy. Not only is Whitehaven responsible for the largest coal mine under construction in Australia, it is also flattening…