Also by Gemma Freeman

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 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...

Article tagged as: Cabo Pulmo, Diving, Gulf of California, marine reserves, mexico, oceans, successes

Nike steals the lead in Detox challenge

Posted by Gemma Freeman - 18 August 2011 at 2:00am - Comments

Nike commits to a champion a toxic free future. Can adidas top that?

Nike commits to champion a toxic-free future. Can Adidas top that?

The world's number one sportswear brand, Nike, has accepted our Detox challenge: today it has officially committed to eliminating all hazardous chemicals across its entire supply chain, and the entire life-cycle of its products by 2020. This is a major win for our campaign to protect the planet’s precious water, and create a toxic-free future.

Article tagged as: adidas, china, clothing, Detox, industrial pollution, manufacturing, nike, pollution, Puma, sportswear, successes, water

Seas in crisis? Fix the Common Fisheries Policy

Posted by Gemma Freeman - 17 August 2011 at 4:24pm - Comments

Our seas are in peril: more than 70 per cent of Europe's fish stocks are overfished, putting our most popular species at risk if it continues. And the way Europe’s seas and fish are managed allows fleets to take two-to-three times more from our oceans than what scientists consider sustainable.

Article tagged as: CFP, common fisheries policy, fish, fishing, marine reserves, Reform, sustainable fishing, video

Puma leaps ahead of Nike and Adidas in Detox Challenge

Posted by Gemma Freeman - 27 July 2011 at 11:38am - Comments

Activists in Bangkok streaked for an international action of over 600 people in 29 cities in 10 countries

By Eoin from our International office: Hats off to Puma, the third largest sportswear company in the world, for publicly committing today to eliminate all releases of hazardous chemicals from its entire product lifecycle and across its whole supply chain by 2020.

Article tagged as: adidas, china, Detox, nike, pollution, Puma, Rivers, successes, water

From China's Toxics team: Fishing Near An Emissions Pipe

Posted by Gemma Freeman - 19 July 2011 at 9:56am - Comments

Greenpeace protestors bring attention to pipes pumping toxics into China's river

Greenpeace activists protest at pipes pumping toxics into rivers

Sean of our East Asia Action and Investigations Unit in China, blogs on how toxic pollution from China's textile industry is destroying local lives - from his first hand experience.

Article tagged as: adidas, china, Detox, Field work, nike, river pollution, Testing, Toxic polliution, water pollution, Yangtze River

Live blog: The Future of European Fisheries event at ZSL

Posted by Gemma Freeman - 13 July 2011 at 6:04pm - Comments

Join us at 6pm today for a live blog from the Event - featuring Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall and MP Richard Benyon

Live updates from the cross NGO event on the release of the EU's proposal for CFP reform.

Article tagged as: CFP, Client Earth, European Fisheries, Event, marine conservation society, NEF, Ocean 2012, oceans, Reform, RSPB, WWF, ZSL

Rainbow Warrior III afloat for final fittings

Posted by Gemma Freeman - 5 July 2011 at 10:31am - Comments

The Rainbow Warrior III is afloat in Berne, Germany and awaits her mast plus final fittings

Longtime Greenpeace crew member Rien Achtenberg blogs from a landmark event, as the world's first purpose-built environmental campaigning ship - The Rainbow Warrior III - enters water for the first time, at the Fassmer Shipyard in Berne, Germany, and gets nearer to completion.

Article tagged as: actions, activism, Build, Campaign, rainbow warrior, ship

Volkswagen's Dark Side: Stormtroopers invade the UK's Silicon Roundabout

Posted by Gemma Freeman - 28 June 2011 at 4:09pm - Comments

What a day: hijacking London's largest ad space, stormtroopers in Old Street trending on Twitter, blanket coverage in the PR press, called "masters of the PR stunt" and more than 2000 new people like us on Facebook in 12 hours, it's fair to say our latest campaign launch went well.

Article tagged as: actions, climate change, co2, emissions, EU, london, Old Street, star wars, Stormtroopers, targets, The Dark Side, volkswagen, VW, VWDarkside

Change your tuna goes global as NZ and Canada turn the heat on their tins

Posted by Gemma Freeman - 20 June 2011 at 3:51pm

GPNZ tinned tuna activists outside Sealord HQ in Auckland

Our campaign for sustainable tinned tuna has gained huge public and media support in the UK, acclaimed as ‘one of the most successful environmental campaigns in years’ by The Independent. And now the campaign to protect the Pacific by cleaning up tinned tuna has gone global...

Article tagged as: bycatch, canada, Cloverleaf, fads, fishing, new zealand, overfishing, Pams, purse seine nets, successes, tinned tuna, tuna

African Voices UK tour video: speaking out against Europe's ocean plundering

Posted by Gemma Freeman - 15 June 2011 at 5:38pm - Comments

For the African Voices tour, three West African fishermen came to the UK to reveal the harsh reality behind our hunger for fish: while their communities rely on the seas for vital protein, our industrial-sized European fishing fleets are pillaging their waters, leaving little fish to make a living from - let alone feed their families.

Article tagged as: African Voices, fishing, oceans, overfishing, Sustainability, sustainable fishing, tour, videos, west africa

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