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An Open Letter from the Ocean Elders
The Bight is an extraordinary marine environment: Will you protect it from dangerous oil drilling? A group of Ocean Elders including Richard Branson, Jane Goodall, Gerry Lopez, and Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan, as well as three Australian Nobel Laureates have today written to Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten…
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Five Amazing Animal Mums
Happy Mother’s Day! Please enjoy these amazing animal mums and their adorable babes. Two polar bears on the ice in Hudson Bay. Mother with a young. Eisbaeren (Ursus Maritimus) auf dem Eis in der Hudson Bay. Mutter mit Jungtier.|Humpback whale with young (Megapetra noveangliae). Buckelwal (Megapetra noveangliae).|||A handout photo from Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (SOCP)…
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The pristine waters of the Philippines are being choked by single-use plastics
The Rainbow Warrior has discovered plastic littered throughout the heart of one of the most biodiverse regions in the world, the Verde Island Passage in the Philippines.
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30 years on since Exxon Valdez – a reminder of what could be in store for the Great Australian Bight
30 years ago, the first big international environmental catastrophe in my memory occurred. It’s one that’s stuck with me ever since for its visceral images of struggling seabirds blinking beneath thick coats of brown-black oil. OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA||Modelling from Equinor itself shows that oil from a spill could wash up anywhere from WA to northern…
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Women of the Warrior
"Women are really powerful, they just have to have access to the correct tools.” This International Women's Day, we're celebrating the women of Greenpeace's iconic Rainbow Warrior ship, recently in Australia's waters to protect the magical Great Australian Bight from risky oil drilling.
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Vera Blue x Greenpeace: Like I Remember You
Singer/songwriter Vera Blue on her latest music video, produced in collab with Greenpeace You know that special, meaningful feeling you get when you know you’re using your skills for change you believe in? International singer-songwriter and Australian music star Vera Blue raises her voice to protect the marine life and unique environment of the Great…
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Funding activism can change the world
It was calm seas on board Greenpeace’s flagship, the MY Rainbow Warrior, as we hosted a gathering of friends from the environmental movement in Port Melbourne in November. The below excerpt is from a speech given by the Executive Officer of the Reichstein Foundation and member of the Australian Environmental Grantmakers Network, John Spierings, on…
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Two incredible, little-known reefs
What do pink dolphins and leafy sea dragons have in common? They both benefit from two amazingly unique and little-known reefs on opposite sides of the world. Despite their geographic differences, these two reefs have some striking similarities. Find out more about the Amazon Reef and the Great Southern Reef. |One of the first images…
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Pet Activists of Greenpeace
A tribute to our four pawed supporters. Photo credit: Mankica Kranjec / Greenpeace|Photo credit: Chris Grodotzki / Greenpeace|Photo credit: Greenpeace / Christian Åslund|Photo credit: Sarah Pannell / Greenpeace|Photo credit: Greenpeace|Photo credit: Bence Jardany / Greenpeace|Photo credit: Greenpeace|Photo credit: Amy Scaife / Greenpeace|Photo credit: Amy Scaife / Greenpeace|Photo credit: Jonne Sippola / Greenpeace|Photo credit: Greenpeace /…
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Your People-Powered Wins in 2018
You signed petitions. You scaled Parliament’s flagpoles. You sent climate-wreckers a message. You are Greenpeace. A student-led flotilla including kayaks, sailboats, paddle boards, and surfboards set sail in Apollo Bay Harbour to send a message to oil companies that they are not welcome to drill in the Great Australian Bight. The flotilla was organised by…