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Putting the “bi” back in biodiversity: Greenpeace’s first Mardi Gras appearance
This year, Greenpeace celebrated peace and love in all its forms by entering its first ever float into the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras parade. © Jane Castle/Greenpeace Normally I’d find it hard to wake up early on a cold rainy Sydney Saturday.…
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Breaking: Japan’s ‘Research Whaling’ Ruled Illegal By International Court Of Justice
Whales everywhere will be jumping for joy today. Why? Japan's sham 'scientific whaling' programme has just been declared ILLEGAL in an international court! At 10am, the judges of the International Court of Justice handed down its long-anticipated decision on whether Japan’s government-subsidised whaling programme in the Southern Ocean should be allowed to continue.
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Historic Action At Maules Creek Coal Mine
As the global community comes to terms with the dire warning delivered today by the latest report into the impacts of climate change by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), over 150 people are taking direct action, occupying the proposed mine site of Whitehaven’s controversial open cut Maules Creek coal mine – the largest…
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Super trawler threat demands permanent ban
Press release – 3 March, 2014Greenpeace Australia Pacific has welcomed Prime Minister Abbott’s statement that the Margiris super trawler "will stay banned" and has called on him to table legislation to permanently ban all super trawlers in all Australian waters.The current federal legislation banning super trawlers ends in November 2014. "The Prime Minister has signalled…
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Clean up Australia Day: Boomerang Alliance demands action on Cash for Containers
Press release – 28 February, 2014With Clean Up Australia Day tomorrow (Sunday 2 March), the Boomerang Alliance, consisting of 27 environment groups including Clean Up Australia, Greenpeace and the Total Environment Centre, are calling on state and federal governments to introduce a Cash for Containers recycling scheme.The Boomerang Alliance is also encouraging people to take…
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Kids Care: Art for ‘Cash for Containers’
The quest for a national cash for containers recycling scheme has got under the skin of a couple of Inner West high school students and budding artists from Sydney. Isobel Baker, 14, from Dulwich High School of Visual Arts and Design created this fantastic CHOKE sculpture. She explains: When planning my major artwork for Year 8…
