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Here comes the BOOM: Seismic testing
It comes as no real surprise that oil companies are gunning to begin seismic testing in one of the last truly unspoilt stretches of ocean. The Great Australian Bight has been on the radar of greedy oil companies for the past few years now, and the battle continues to protect it. Humpback whale with young…
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16 (Adorable) Reasons to Protect Canada’s Boreal Forest
Canada’s boreal forest is home to stunning landscapes and a spectacular array of wildlife. But corporate logging giant Resolute Forest Products wants to intimidate and silence people like you fighting to protect forests. |Black bear (Ursus americanus) in the Great Bear Rainforest. Black bears live in forests across Canada. These omnivores have better eyesight and…
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Why we can’t let oil companies loose in the Great Australian Bight
Get caught hurtling along the freeway in a car with no brakes, that you don't know how to drive, and everyone knows what happens. The car is impounded, you're fined, taken to court, sometimes locked up.
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Australia going dark on climate change
The Australian government is choosing to remain silent on climate change in the hope that it can fly under the radar. The Australian government is choosing to remain silent on climate change in the hope that it can fly under the radar. This week we saw Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at the helm of…
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A World Without Greenpeace? How One Corporation Is Attacking Your Right to Speak for Forests
Your right to speak out is being threatened right now in a dizzying variety of ways, not only by oppressive governments around the world, but also by underhanded corporations who want to suppress speech through expensive lawsuits. Right now, Greenpeace is facing a massive lawsuit that Resolute Forest Products has filed to prevent us from…
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Six reasons to keep oil out of the Great Australian Bight
“The Great Australian Bight is the greatest whale nursery on this planet. The whale story where I come from is my university, my school… Whales like sperm whales, blue whales, pygmy blue whales, killer whales, humpback whales – they travel down there to honour that great journey, that song, that story of the great white…
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Greenpeace climbers dropped a whopping banner outside CommBank’s HQ
Today, two volunteers scaled a bridge outside the Commonwealth Bank’s headquarters in Sydney to send a message the bank can’t ignore. Together, Mick and Kai climbed 25 metres up and safely hung a huge banner with a message for CommBank’s CEO Ian Narev: stop funding dirty coal. And it was awesome. Here’s how it went…
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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.…
