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We should create cities for slowing down
Peter Jackson employed an intricate approach to the stage design of Lord of the Rings. The people who inhabited Middle Earth for hundreds of generations slowly left cultural traces, alterations, artefacts and remnants of their human existence on the environment. For example, the cinematographic stage set for Rivendell gives the viewer the impression of use…
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Greenpeace Supporter Profile
Greenpeace Australia Pacific can’t be involved in every local environmental issue. But we love to encourage our courageous supporters who are doing important local work. Below is an interview with Neil Marriott who describes one such situation. What first agitated you to care about environmental issues? My father loved the bush and I helped…
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How to Save the Great Barrier Reef
If you were the Australian government, and it was your responsibility to save the Great Barrier Reef, what would you do? This year the Reef experienced its second major bleaching event in two years. A. Pump cold water at it B. Put umbrellas over it C. Turn the clouds above it into giant mirrors D.…
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Ogilvy and Greenpeace join forces to raise awareness of global warming
Press release – 26 April, 2017Drops of water will slow down in real time and even drip backwards for shoppers outside Pitt Street Mall in Sydney as part of an installation to raise awareness of climate change.The standing exhibit has today been erected in front of Westfield, showing a polar bear perched atop a slowly…
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5 things you can do right now to stop CommBank funding coal
Heard about the Commonwealth Bank funding more fossil fuels in 2016 than any of Australia’s big banks? Feeling outraged that CommBank is propping up the dying coal industry that is polluting our planet and destroying irreplaceable wonders like the Great Barrier Reef? Heard about the Commonwealth Bank funding more fossil fuels in 2016 than any…
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Greenseas comes last in Greenpeace’s 2017 ranking of canned tuna
Press release – 13 April, 2017Greenpeace is calling on Woolworths to drop Greenseas canned tuna from its shelves, following the release of its 2017 Tuna Guide today.The Greenpeace Tuna Guide ranks the major canned tuna brands based on their environmental performance and whether the treatment of their workers respects human rights. “Greenseas is certainly not…
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Greenpeace’s Head of Pacific Net slams Australia for selling out its Pacific neighbours
Press release – 12 April, 2017“Australia – you are either with the coal industry, or with the Pacific”, said Greenpeace’s Head of Pacific Net Matisse Walkden-Brown in response to this week’s lobby trip by Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, to meet the CEO of the company behind the proposed Carmichael megamine, Mr Gautam Adani."This week,…