-
What happens in the Greenpeace office?
Krystal Li is a year 10 student from North Sydney Girls High School. She joined the Greenpeace team in the office for a week long work experience placement. What did she learn? Here’s the lowdown on what goes on in the Greenpeace office. Hi there! My name is Krystal, and I like to make lists. I spent…
-
9 reasons you should be a fan of wind energy
It’s no secret most Australians love renewable energy. But with Australian Treasurer Joe Hockey dismissing wind farms as “appalling” and “utterly offensive”, maybe it’s time we reminded ourselves why wind energy is great for Australia and the world. Wind power has an important role to play in reducing Australia’s contribution to dangerous climate change.…
-
Last chance to save the vaquita?
The vaquita is a beastie with some remarkable claims to fame: It’s one of the two smallest cetaceans in the world, just managing to nudge about 1.5metres long on a good day Its name means ‘little cow’, though it is also called the ‘desert porpoise’ as it lives near arid Baja California. They are…
-
5 tips for eating seafood guilt-free!
Do you know what you’re putting in your mouth? Chances are, when it comes to seafood, you probably don’t.
-
Overfishing affects me too
With more than 10% of the world’s population depending on fisheries for their livelihood, it’s fair to say that fishing helps make the world go round.
-
Who brought him? Abbott’s G20 blunders
We all have that one embarrassing uncle. You know, the one that hosts a family function and then proceeds to argue with everyone. The one that brings up all the embarrassing stories, such as the moment when you peed your pants when you were ten. Well, at this year’s G20 summit hosted in Brisbane, Tony…
-
Monsters of the oceans: 7 criminal super trawlers that threaten our waters
Monster boats. The name says it all. But they’re not the kind of monsters that hide under your bed. They are big, bad and could be floating our way soon – unless we stop them! Loggerhead turtle caught in the net of the Ecuadorean purse seiner ‘Ingalapagos’, which was documented fishing on a fish aggregation…
-
Super seiners vs fishermen: How a nation dependant on fishing is being devastated by boats
We usually refer to them as Pacific Island nations, but calling places like Kiribati ocean nations is more accurate. The people of Kiribati are not just surrounded by oceans – they depend on healthy oceans for survival. Kiribati forms one of the biggest exclusive economic zones (EEZ) in the world and boasts one of…
-
The Great Barrier Reef belongs to all of us.
Could the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area become one of the largest coal ports in the world? The Australian Government has approved construction of the devastating Carmichael mega-mine. This coal mine would be the largest Australia has ever seen. Its coal would produce a shocking 130 million tonnes of deadly carbon dioxide emissions every…
