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Exciting times in Taiwan – defending the Pacific
Bula again, this is Ron, a Pacific activist onboard the Greenpeace flagship, The Rainbow Warrior. We are currently moored in Kaohsiung City in Taiwan. The last few days have been really hectic but full of excitement and such an adrenaline rush! We left the island of Xiaoliuqiu last Wednesday afternoon bound for Kaohsiung and arrived…
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Calling for Pacific marine reserves in Taiwan
Bula, My name is Ronetava Ronaivakulua and I’m from an island in the South Pacific called Fiji. I’m currently onboard the Rainbow Warrior 2 on its East Asia Ocean Defenders tour in Taiwan, I’m here as a representative of Fiji and also the South Pacific to voice our concern on tuna overfishing and the protection…
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Extreme weather and climate change: How long must we sing this song?
Blog post by Dr. Paul Johnston, principal scientist at the Greenpeace Research Laboratories at the University of Exeter and Head of the Greenpeace International Science Unit. Anyone reading the news about recent extreme weather events may understandably be confused by the varied statements regarding the attribution of these events to climate change. This debate seems…
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‘QLDer and CEO Linda Selvey writes from the floods’
I’m writing this blog in Brisbane airport hoping to fly back to Sydney, to my great sadness, leaving behind my family and friends in my home state of Queensland. It just didn’t seem appropriate to stay here and contribute to the demand for services/food/water etc, when they become stretched after the flooding peaks. For us…
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What drives me to jump? (Part Two)
As a new year breaks and my hangover subsides, like many people, I like to think of some goals to work towards in the coming year. To build a meaningful list that is not just based on the token ‘get fitter’, ‘learn an exotic language’ ambitions, I think it’s good to reflect on the year…
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Toxic cargo: Australia’s ship of shame
The contamination of Botany Bay is one of those stories that you come across every now and again that literally knocks the wind out of your sails. For those of you that haven’t heard about it, for years Botany Bay was a major manufacturing base for the chemical firm, ICI. Although subsequently, the plant has…
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Without them we are nothing (We love our Vollies)
Sunday December 5 is International Volunteer Day – and a great opportunity to look back over the past year and recognise those who have helped us achieve so much by donating their time to Greenpeace.
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Sumatran tigers take over international paper awards
[youtube]https://youtu.be/uuxiEuBjUIM[/youtube] Greenpeace published a report in July showing how the last wild Sumatran tigers are threatened with extinction by the practices of Indonesia’s biggest pulp and paper producer, Asia Pulp and Paper, (APP). We thought that was reason enough to give APP a ‘Golden Chainsaw Award’ to mark the International Pulp and Paper Awards in…
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What drives me to jump? An activists motivation
Kristen McDonald is a trained Greenpeace climbing activist. Her latest pursuit was hanging a banner of ANZ’s HQ in Brisbane – urging the bank to take responsibility for its actions and stop polluting our world. Here in a two-part blog she talks about her motivations for taking action. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBZN-gH9g78[/youtube] What drives me to jump?’ they…