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Why Pacific Islanders will lead the fight against climate change
Most of us know the story of coal miners and their caged canaries. When my seven-year-old daughter heard it, she was sad that the canaries had to give up their lives to warn the miners to get out. She asked me if miners still use canaries today and I reassured her: ‘No, we have come…
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Welcome to Ban the Bag!
Hi! My name is Ruby, I’m a volunteer with the Ban the Bag team at Greenpeace Australia Pacific. Welcome to the campaign and to the Greenpeace family! Plastic bag in the waters of Laganas Bay, the most important nesting area for loggerhead sea turtles in the Mediterranean Sea. Plastic bags can block the digestive system…
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The scary things I’ve found as a turtle researcher – Dr Qamar Schuyler
I’ve spent a significant portion of the last 6 years forcing turtle poop through a sieve. Seriously. As a sea turtle researcher focused on understanding the what, why, and where of turtles eating harmful plastics, I’ve had to cut open hundreds of sea turtles stranded dead on beaches in Moreton Bay and the Queensland coast…
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We put the Reef before coal before coal kills the Reef.
This year the Great Barrier Reef experienced its worst bleaching event ever and the Australian public didn’t let the Reef down. The public said loud and clear they support coral rather than coal. The Australian public know the fossil fuel era is over. The public know there’s never been a more exciting time to save…
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Damn the Dams: Why we need to say no to flooding the Amazon
Imagine, for a second, if your home was sunk under water. Not temporarily flooded, like a leaky roof after heavy rains, or water on your carpet that eventually receded. But permanently. Imagine your whole town under water. That is what is currently proposed for the lands of the Munduruku people, in the heart of the…
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There’s never been a more exciting time to save the Reef.
This year the Great Barrier Reef experienced its worst bleaching event ever. Almost a quarter of the Reef died. According to Reef scientists only an immediate and drastic reduction in the use of fossil fuels will save the Great Barrier Reef. Climate change has already warmed the world by more than a degree Celsius…
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Breaking: Greenpeace climbers at Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s office
As you read this, I’m suspended from a streetlight, 15m off the ground, right outside Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s Sydney office. With fellow volunteer, Christina, who is on another streetlight next to me, we just safely hung a banner with a strong message that Turnbull can’t miss. Here’s what it looks like: Turnbull’s legacy: Bleaching…
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We Painted the Town White
On the shortest night of the year, under a full moon, volunteers across Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane braved the night to change the ads in bus, train, and tram stops. The new image shows the Australian public the devastating impacts the coal industry has on the Great Barrier Reef. They painted the town white, just like the…
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Why I took action to #SavetheReef
On Sunday night, a group of Greenpeace volunteers, including myself, took to the streets of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane to take a stand against the coal industry and its place in causing mass coral bleaching in the Great Barrier Reef. Using a high pressure hose, and a stencil, we were able to wash the image…
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The Reef is at the front and centre of the election.
The Great Barrier Reef is at the front and centre of the 2016 Federal Election. The Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, officially called for a July 2 election on May 8 2016. The formal announcement came after months of speculation by members of the media and months of calculation on the part of the…