We’ve launched a new, improved blog with all the latest news on Greenpeace’s campaigns and other developments in the green universe. It’s got a bunch on new features including tagging, post ratings, individual campaign feeds and buttons for you to share the word across Facebook and Twitter.
The new blog is located at http://www.greenpeace.org.au/blog.
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We recently welcomed Dr Linda Selvey into the fold here at Greenpeace as our new CEO.
Linda comes to Greenpeace Australia Pacific after a long career as a medical doctor, cancer researcher and public health advocate. For more than 12 years, she held senior management positions in Queensland Health, including Executive Director, Population Health Queensland. […]
In September, we defended our oceans from overfishing and welcomed whales activist, Toru Suzuki, to Australia. A green graffiti operation announced the launch of the Dirty Kev pledge website and Dirty Kevvers flashmobbed.
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As time ticks towards December’s vital climate talks in Copenhagen, Greenpeace is ramping up the pressure on world leaders to make a strong and binding deal for the climate. Watch the video action round-up, from sobering vision of Arctic glacial melt to a classic ‘chain of trucks’ action in Canada and an unmissable message to […]
In July, we continued our ship tour of the Pacific, launched the Alcoholic Drinks edition of the Truefood Guide and caught up with an Australian explorer helping Greenpeace in the Arctic.
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On 31 July, we announced the winner of the inaugural 2009 Greenpeace Design Awards – Sam Dickson. Here’s an interview with the designer
1. How did you come about the idea for your entry to the awards – can you explain the process step by step?
This is always a tough question for me to answer, because […]
Tonight, the winner of the inaugural Greenpeace Design Awards will be announced at a presentation ceremony in Adelaide. We had an overwhelming response to our call for poster designs that deliver the message ‘Be a Part of the Action’ – 1500 creatives from 77 different countries.
Judges shortlisted 29 finalists, which will be exhibited at […]
It was an action-packed week for Greenpeace in Australia and globally. From investigating climate impacts in the Arctic and Pacific, to the tops of coal power plant smokestacks in Italy and the heights of Mount Rushmore.
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In June, thousands of Australians turned out at national rallies to demand government action on climate change. Greenpeace ship, the Esperanza, began documenting climate impacts and working with local communities in the Pacific. In Portugual, talks on whales turned to hot air while polar bears skated on ever-thinning ice in the Arctic.
We had good cause for celebration in April. One of the world’s largest temperate rainforests received formal protection from logging, Germany banned Monsanto’s genetically engineered corn, our Origami Whales website was nominated for an international award and our Earth Day video went global.
But, we also had a few reminders about the urgent need for […]
Throughout its history, Greenpeace has depended on the passion, vision and courage of its volunteers. Our work relies on the people who care so deeply and share such a strong love of this beautiful planet that they are willing to put themselves on the frontline of environmental issues the world over.
It is with great sadness […]
Late last year, we posted about Greenpeace’s first office opening in Africa. Johannesburg to be precise.
Well, now the second office has opened. It’s based in the Democratic Republic of Congo, central Africa. Greenpeace ship, the Arctic Sunrise, journeyed up the Congo River to kick off the launch.
The office will work on protecting forests in the […]
What happens when you do the right thing and put your old, broken TV set and other electrical appliances out for recycling? Hopefully not what happened with this TV set that Greenpeace tracked. Rather than being recycled, it found its way, along with hundreds of others, en route to Lagos, Nigeria in a shipping container.
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What will be the most enduring legacies from the inauguration of Barack Obama? There is no way it could be community action on climate change, is it?
For weeks now, the real Obama administration – his website – has been spruiking to millions of ‘Barackers’, asking them to commit a day of community service as part […]
Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Ambassador of the USA to Australia, was asked on ABC Breakfast yesterday how he felt about his country’s declining moral authority.
Steve Cannane, presenter of Summer Breakfast, topped and tailed the long interview with diplomatic questions but the middle was a series of tough questions about Iraq, WMD, Gitmo, torture. (It was […]
Africa – continent of beauty and diversity, of change and challenge
In a historic move, Greenpeace is opening three new offices on the continent. On 13 November, the first office was opened in Johannesburgh (Republic of South Africa), with two further offices opening in Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo) and Dakkar (Senegal) early next year.
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