Defend oceans
We are totally dependent on our oceans. But, we're damaging them on a scale unimaginable to most people. Destructive fishing, polluting industries and climate change are threatening the survival of whole marine ecosystems, as species are driven towards extinction as their habitats are destroyed.
Campaign updates
Arctic Sunrise captures EU trawlers plundering West African seas
Our ship, the
Arctic Sunrise is currently in Mauritanian waters, to highlight the problems of
overfishing emptying African seas. Vast factory-style fishing...
Scandalous sentences for Scottish skippers
Organised crime
seems to pay quite handsomely, especially if you manage to be part of a
profession that seems to be beyond reproach. That can surely be the...
Common sense discarded
In the same way that discarding
perfecting good fish, dead or dying back into sea is a disgrace, so is the
attitude of many European fisheries ministers...
Why greens can build the new capitalism
This blog was originally posted on the New Statesman website on 9 Feb 2012. Politicians have queued up to announce the dawn of the era of 'new capitalism'. Yet...
Big Miracle: why saving whales means saving the Arctic
The film is inspired by a true story. I’m not going to recount
it in detail here, as others have done that much more splendidly than I can. But in...
