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Greenpeace is back at Lost Paradise!
Greenpeace Australia Pacific is back at Lost Paradise, baby! Four days of music, art, and connection over NYE on beautiful Darkinjung Country in Glenworth Valley, NSW. We’ll be joining the diverse group of movement allies.
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Greenpeace Activist Training Weekends. How it works and what to expect.
Basic-Actions Training (BAT) are training weekends run two or three times a year focussed on the basics, strategy and theory of non-violent direction action. Non-Violent Direct Action (NVDA) is at…
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Maxine Godley
In 1985, the shock of the sinking of the Greenpeace flagship 'Rainbow Warrior' in Auckland, with loss of life. The ship was proceeding to protest more Mururoa nuclear testing. But I watched and I learned, "You can't sink a rainbow."
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Bombing of the Rainbow Warrior a reminder of the power of persistence and resistance, hope and action, to change the world
Auckland, New Zealand, Thursday 10 July 2025 — 40 years ago today, Greenpeace’s flagship Rainbow Warrior was bombed and sunk in Auckland Harbour by French secret service agents in an…
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Trish Torenbeek
My connection to the environment began when I was just 12 years old. I remember our local council cutting down a large gum tree that stood proudly across the road from our house. Watching it happen brought me to tears. That moment sparked my environmental awareness, which only grew stronger over the years. About 15…
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Book Club: Greenpeace Views
In this year’s rendition of the Green Guardians book club, supporters like you review Greenpeace Views, a magnificent hard-cover tome chronicling 50 years of Greenpeace campaigns internationally.
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Resilience in Action: Pacific Fight for Climate Justice
The Pacific campaign has had an incredibly busy year resulting in deeper and more meaningful relationships with governments, civil society, Indigenous groups, young people and communities. The Pacific people see themselves as an integral component of the holistic ecosystem therefore we do not see our environment and biodiversity separate from our oceans or our people.…
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My First Rally: Stopping Deep Sea Mining Before It Starts
It was March this year, during a United Nations General Assembly, that 132 countries voted “yes” for Pacific Climate Justice.
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Violette Snow
“I decided to get involved with Greenpeace after I started meeting people who were working there and they talked about how much they loved it and the brilliant campaigns they were working on – like REenergise which got over 20 of Australia’s biggest companies to switch to 100% renewable electricity by 2025.”
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John Collingridge
"During the gift that is this life, I have been awed at the majesty and beauty of landscapes, trees, oceans and sea shores; marvelled at the variety and wonder of all the companion creatures who I have had the privilege to observe; and, over time, become aware, that our fellow creatures, especially mammals, share very…