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Queensland woman trades oil tanker job for Greenpeace
Yesterday, two Greenpeace activists attached themselves to the anchor chain of a giant oil drilling ship destined for a dangerous deep-sea exploratory well in the Atlantic Frontier of Scotland. Inflatable boats launched from the Greenpeace ship Esperanza have now towed a ‘survival pod’ to them to allow the activists to occupy and stop the ship…
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Who knew real change would look like this?
The seconds and minutes ticked by as the nation waited to know the outcome of the 2010 federal election. 2pm came and went, Bob Katter briefly appeared to let the Australian people know he would be going with the Coalition, and still we all waited for the two Independents to arrive and cast their deciding…
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Whaling, Activism, and Human Rights
This will be the first blog Toru and I have written together, as up until recently our heavy bail restrictions have meant that we could not be in the same room or even talk to each other without a lawyer present. The verdict in our trial is approaching, and on Monday September 6 we will…
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Offshore drilling: Is it worth the risk?
Aussie lad Shannon is onboard a research expedition in the Gulf of Mexico. Writing from the deck of the Greenpeace Arctic Sunrise, he asks if the profit from offshore drilling is really worth it. I’m sitting on the heli-deck of the Arctic Sunrise near a small group of islands located at the end of the Florida…
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Australia’s second climate change election
When Kevin Rudd won the 2007 election in a landslide, it was heralded as the world’s first climate change election. Three years later, having squandered their mandate, the ALP went to Saturday’s election having tried to bury the issue. With little clear difference between the offerings of the two major parties, and neither pushing their…
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How many people does it take to win a campaign?
How many? Heaps. Rarely can Greenpeace win campaigns alone. It’s the power of acting together that creates positive change. Our power often lies in our ability to act as a catalyst in mobilising others. Without the support of thousands of passionate people who share our vision for a greener world, we could not achieve important…
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The election of denial and delay
Leading into this Saturday’s election, Greenpeace sent all Parties and sitting members our election asks. The Greens are the only party that have responded directly to us. The Coalition and the ALP have released various relevant policies over the course of the election campaign. The good news first. This is the short bit. The ALP…
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Aussie sailor seeks the truth behind the BP oil spill
Shannon Lo Ricco, a lad from country Victoria, writes from his cabin on the Greenpeace Arctic Sunrise. Shannon is a logistics co-ordinator on board a ship tour in the Gulf of Mexico. Along with a team of scientists, Shannon is asking the million-dollar question – ‘Where has all the oil from the BP spill gone?’…
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Greenpeace confronts reckless oil exploration
Greenpeace is sending two ships to the frontiers of the world’s oil problem. Greenpeace is sending two ships to the frontiers of the world’s oil problem. The mission of the Esperanza is clear: to confront the kind of reckless oil exploration that keeps wrecking our environment. In the Gulf of Mexico the Arctic Sunrise will…
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Hiroshima remembered – Greenpeace revisits the tragic legacy of nuclear testing
On August 6, 1945, the city of Hiroshima was destroyed by a single atomic bomb. Upon impact, thousands of people were instantly carbonised in a blast a thousand times hotter than the sun’s surface. Around 80,000 died instantly, while the final toll climbed to 250,000. On August 9, Nagasaki suffered a comparable fate. The 65th…
