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Eat your ugly vegetables to fight food waste: 4 reasons ‘not pretty enough’ is just fine
In 2015, it’s not just us who feel the pressure to look beautiful for Instagram. Our obsession with perfect-looking fruit and vegetables causes huge amounts of food waste. Here’s why ugly food is the new hottest thing in produce. In 2015, it’s not just us who feel the pressure to look beautiful for Instagram. Our…
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8 photos that reveal the local impacts of climate change
Climate change is not a faraway nightmare. It’s real, it’s here, and it’s changing the way humans live. We’re seeing the effects all around us – polar ice melting, sea level rising and extreme weather events. On March 13 and 14, Cyclone Pam tore through the island nations of Vanuatu, Kiribati, Tuvalu and the…
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The Rainbow Warrior heads to Vanuatu
Since Cyclone Pam devastated Vanuatu and the Pacific in March, 75,000 people have been left in dire need of emergency shelter and other goods to restore their lives and homes. There are ongoing tireless efforts from many different organisations, through the National Disaster Management Office, which have been working hard to provide relief to Vanuatu and…
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Coal industry fact check: Mining for the truth
If you’ve been reading newspapers, listening to the Abbott Government, or paying attention to mining companies lately – you’d be forgiven for thinking the Carmichael megamine project is ready to bring thousands of jobs and tens of billions of dollars to Australia. Sadly, you couldn’t be further from the truth. Here’s our coal industry fact…
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Renewable Energy for All: How an Indian Village Was Electrified
Let’s accept it. Climate change is a reality and current and future generations are up against the greatest challenge that humanity has ever faced. Yet some people believe that there is a trade-off between combating climate change and delivering development for the people. Around this year’s Earth Day, it is time to explode this harmful…
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A huge day for my home land
Tomorrow is a huge day for my country, the Cook Islands, where people are coming together to stop a type of fishing that catches way too many tuna. Purse seine fishing uses massive nets which catch everything in their path. They’re bad for our marine life and bad for the island communities who depend on fish…
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6 simple ways to go green at work
Are you the Captain Planet of your office? These 6 easy tips could help you go green at work and dramatically reduce the impact you and your co-workers have on the environment, climate and our Earth. Sarah Neal has been volunteering at the Sydney office for years: archiving, campaigning and mercilessly correcting our grammatical errors. She’s…
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We have less than a week to Save the Reef
Can you imagine a world without our Great Barrier Reef? Right now, We have a big decision to make. The Australian government will soon choose a future with coal, or a future with the Great Barrier Reef. What we do in the next 7 days can change the course of the world’s greatest reef. The…
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The world’s most beautiful light shows are natural: 20 breathtaking photos of the Northern Lights
Alongside its Southern neighbour Aurora Australis, the Northern Lights (also known as Aurora Borealis) is truly Mother Nature at her finest. These spectacular natural artworks put the colours of the world on display. Here are our favourite photos of the Northern Lights taken by Greenpeace photographers in the Northern hemisphere. How are the Northern Lights formed? Charged particles emanating from…
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New tuna market creates unique opportunity for the Pacific
SYDNEY, 30 MARCH 2015 —- There could soon be a whole lot more demand for sustainably caught tuna from the Pacific. For the first time ever, Greenpeace has just released a canned tuna guide in the United States – the largest tuna consuming nation in the world. Opinion Editorial by Lagi Toribau in Islands Business …
