August 2011

Detox hat-trick: Adidas joins Nike and Puma in ditching toxic chemicals

Posted by Eoin D - 31 August 2011 at 11:34am - Comments
Adidas is given the yellow card in Hong Kong for the use of toxic chemicals in t
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Adidas has agreed to play clean and has committed to removing toxic chemicals from its products

Adidas is going toxic-free, the company has just announced!

This is great news for our environment, rivers, and the millions of people in China and elsewhere who depend on rivers for drinking water and agriculture.

The Frozen Waltz

Posted by henningreinton - 31 August 2011 at 9:19am - Comments
Guillemots fly in a line past a floe of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean.
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Guillemots fly in a line past a floe of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean

The latest update from our Arctic sea ice tour.

Ever had that dream where your house moved while you were sleeping in your bed? Where you wake up and walk out the door to find that your house has pulled up its roots and drifted down the valley to where the river meets the sea?

Verdict: Cairn's oil spill plan is outlandish, simplistic and "wholly inadequate"

Posted by bex - 31 August 2011 at 6:35am - Comments
Cairn's Leiv Eriksson rig off the coast of Greenland
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Cairn's Leiv Eriksson rig off the coast of Greenland

Earlier this month, after more than 100,000 of you asked Cairn Energy to open up its Arctic oil spill response plan to public scrutiny, the government of Greenland stepped in and published it.

The verdict is now in. Veteran marine biologist and international oil spill expert Professor Richard Steiner has completed a review of the plan and, well, it's no wonder Cairn didn't want you to see it.

NZ company Sealord told, 'Change your tuna - not just your logo'

Posted by nick_gp - 30 August 2011 at 3:36pm - Comments
Greenpeace New Zealand tell Sealord to change it's tuna - with a giant tin
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Greenpeace New Zealand tell Sealord to change it's tuna - with a giant tin

After the success of the UK Change Your Tuna campaign, where all our major tinned tuna brands have now pledged to phase out the worst fishing practices, our New Zealand office has brought the campaign to Kiwi cans - upping the pressure on home-grown seafood giant Sealord this week, writes Nick Young of Greenpeace NZ.

Marine reserves success story: Cabo Pulmo, Mexico

Posted by Gemma Freeman - 30 August 2011 at 2:30pm - Comments
A sea lion swims near Greenpeace divers with the banner "Marine Reserves Now" in
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A sea lion swims near Greenpeace divers with the banner "Marine Reserves Now" in the Gulf of California

Greenpeace Mexico oceans campaigner Alejandro Olivera, reveals how the thriving 20-year old marine reserve at Cabo Pulmo, which has seen fish increase by 463 per cent in ten years to become the world's most successful, is now under threat from massive local development...

VW film competition: classic Greenpeace films - A Time Comes

Posted by Richardg - 30 August 2011 at 1:51pm - Comments
The Greenpeace activists who closed down Kingsnorth coal-fired power station
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Watch this classic film about our action against Kingsnorth coal power station

In just under three weeks we'll be rolling out the red carpets and challenging film makers to turn the cameras on Volkswagen. If you're in London, why not join us at the Curzon Soho at 10am, Saturday 17 September for the launch?

Bid for the experience of a lifetime

Posted by mollybrooks - 26 August 2011 at 12:56pm - Comments
Celebrity auction
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Bid for one of forty celebrity experiences or memorabilia

Fancy a practice session with the world’s number one footballer Lionel Messi, or maybe you’d like backstage passes to a Jamiroquai concert in Paris? Or perhaps you would prefer a Picasso to hang on your wall, or a signed print of an original Greenpeace photograph?

Into thin ice and heading back to the Arctic

Posted by Frida Bengtsson - 25 August 2011 at 5:06pm - Comments
Polar bear rests on a floe of Arctic sea ice in the Labrador Sea
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The Arctic sea ice is getting smaller - and thinner - each year

The cracking and rumbling when the ship pushes the ice flows aside to make passage; the countless shades of blue and white in the ice, sea, and melt water; the feeling of being completely removed from the ordinary world, without phones or internet.

Bad time down under for APP gets worse

Posted by andy.t - 25 August 2011 at 1:21pm - Comments
A forest-friendly toilet roll guide from New Zealand
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Cottonsoft's poor showing in the New Zealand toilet paper guide

It’s been a busy couple of weeks for Steve Nicholson, the corporate affairs director for Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) in Australia and New Zealand.

Do you have the inside scoop on VW's anti-climate law lobbying?

Posted by Richardg - 23 August 2011 at 4:08pm - Comments
Do you know the secrets of the Dark Side?

Volkswagen spokespeople keep telling everyone they’re 'surprised' we’re focusing on their company. They think they make green cars. We know they could do much, much better – after all, for every greener car VW sells 15 more polluting ones roll out of the salesrooms.

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