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UK tuna giant John West quits destructive fishing. Australian consumers miss out
Press release – 25 July, 2011London/Sydney, 26th July 2011: This week, tuna brand John West UK announced a shift to sustainable sourcing and lent its backing to Pacific marine reserves. Its actions mean the UK supermarket sector is the most sustainable worldwide on canned tuna.While John West joins UK companies Princes, Asda, Sainsbury’s, Waitrose, M&S,…
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IGA supermarkets wiping out last remaining Sumatran tigers
Press release – 25 July, 2011New footage of dying tiger linked to toilet paper brands in AustraliaSydney, 25 July 2011 : Shocking new video footage, showing the agonising death of an endangered tiger, has been released today by Greenpeace, along with revelations linking the destruction of tiger habitats with toilet paper being sold in IGA…
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Will the carbon price rule out new coal?
On Sunday evening, after reading the Dr Seuss classic “If I ran the zoo” to my three year old daughter, I sat on the couch, fortified myself with a strong drink, and began to read the Treasury modelling on the carbon price (I know, I know, it’s an exciting life). After reading the projections for…
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Campaigning to save the oceans by changing European fishing
A few months ago I lived on an Australian beach with rainforest for a backyard. Why would I leave this behind to work in rainy Belgium? Because some time ago, having largely emptied their own seas, super-sized European fishing boats began plundering Pacific waters.One of the only ways to stop them is to fix the…
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From little things big things grow
Press release – 10 July, 2011Today’s carbon price announcement by Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, provides an historic opportunity to move from a high risk, high polluting economy to a safe, sustainable clean economy – but it still leaves a lot of work to be done – according to Greenpeace Australia Pacific.As Winston Churchill said after…
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Lego shows leadership in tackling deforestation
But are other toy companies throwing rainforest destruction out of the pram? When Ken dumped Barbie last month Mattel was not the only toy company put under the spotlight for their role in rainforest destruction. Our investigation showed that Hasbro, Lego and Disney are also wrapping toys in paper products coming from Indonesian rainforests. …
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Greenpeace’s response to the Government’s Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)
Press release – 7 July, 2011Yesterday Greenpeace Australia released a report on the threat of GM Wheat in Australia, Australia’s wheat scandal: The biotech takeover of our daily bread.Greenpeace has come under intense fire from GM companies and the Australian Government for the revelations made in this report about the risks GM wheat poses for…
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Defending our Pacific with the new team in Korea
It is without a doubt that our oceans are an integral part of human survival and crucial to how Mother Nature goes about her business on a day-to-day basis and maintains. After all, 80% of all the life on Earth lies beneath the surface of our seas. Blogpost by Lagi Toribau Since joining Greenpeace, I…
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Meet Katherine aka Barbie
Katherine Higgins from Melbourne is one of our wonderful volunteers. She recently took action as the not-so-wonderful ‘rainforest destroyer’ Barbie. Here Katherine talks about her motivations for volunteering with Greenpeace’s environmental campaigns. How long have you volunteered with Greenpeace? I’ve been volunteering with Greenpeace in Melbourne for 5 months. Last year, I lived in…
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CSIRO compromises Australian health for foreign profit
Press release – 26 June, 2011Monday 27 June, 2011, Canberra: Prestigious scientists from around the world are questioning the safety and scientific rigour of world-first human feeding trials being conducted this year by the CSIRO on genetically modified (GM) wheat.In an open letter to the CEO of CSIRO, eight leading medical, gene, and plant scientists…
