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It’s time to talk about coal
Press release – 13 January, 2013Sydney, Monday 14th January, 2013: Today, academics, scientists, prominent Australians and community groups placed a full-page ad in The Australian Financial Review calling for an end to Australia’s coal export expansion and an honest national discussion about the role it plays in driving climate change.Signatories include Dr Carmen Lawrence, Professor…
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Top 5 movies set in the Arctic
With a stunning landscape and incredible wildlife including polar bears, seals and Arctic foxes, it’s no wonder that Arctic movie sets trump anything filmed in sunny Hollywood. We took a break from working on our Arctic campaign to compile a list of our favorite movies set in the endangered region. The Arctic is currently…
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Creating solutions for PNG forests
With logging and clearing for oil palm threatening many forests in Papua New Guinea, some communities are still standing strong and protecting their forests. This week I’ve been out with a Greenpeace team filming and photographing ‘Ecoforestry’ as a solution for a community in East New Britain. Tavolo community and two neighbouring village communities are…
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Hope for the Philippines
Greenpeace ship the Esperanza transported relief goods to communities in the Philippines devastated by typhoon Pablo (Bopha). Mark Dia, our Regional Oceans Campaigner, is currently serving as our onboard team leader for our Pablo Response mission. Blogpost by Mark Dia He sent us the following update from the field just before the Esperanza made landfall…
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Coles changes its tuna
Greenpeace’s Australian canned tuna campaign has netted another win for the oceans - supermarket giant Coles has pledged to ban destructive fish aggregation devices (FADs) which indiscriminately kills sharks, rays, baby tuna and endangered turtles.“If sharks celebrated Christmas, this is the present they’d be asking Santa for,” said Greenpeace oceans campaigner Nathaniel Pelle.
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It’s simple: Ban the FAD
Blogpost by Duncan Williams – December 5, 2012 Philippines is a great country. “It’s more fun in the Philippines” is an aptly coined slogan for its tourism campaign. Greenpeace put that slogan to the test this morning with an impromptu activity delivering a message to delegates attending the Ninth Annual Session of the Western and…
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Meet one of our inspiring volunteers
5 December is International Volunteers Day! We think every day should be volunteers’ day but we’d like to take this opportunity to give a special thanks to all the volunteers who, day in and day out, make our work at Greenpeace possible. We’d also like to introduce you to one of our longest standing volunteers,…