Blogposts tagged 'Ships'

Stories from the Rainbow Warrior: Changing Sides

Posted by bex - 13 December 2011 at 9:54am - 0 Comments

In the latest in our video series, "Stories from the Rainbow Warrior", Martti talks about his journey from an unhappy sailor working for an oil company to a sailor / activist on a Greenpeace ship. Want to get on board?

Article tagged as: activism, climate change, go beyond oil, oil, rainbow warrior, ships, videos

A new warrior sails into town

Posted by jamie - 8 November 2011 at 1:11pm - 0 Comments

It might be grey and drizzly out there but a splash of colour has just been added to one small corner of London, because the distinctive green hull of the Rainbow Warrior III arrived in London this morning.

Article tagged as: Rainbow Warrior III, rw3, ships

Taking action for tuna on the high seas

Posted by mollybrooks - 6 October 2011 at 3:28pm - 4 Comments

Protecting tuna is not just about dressing up as sharks and exposing the companies selling unsustainable tinned tuna.

Our ship the Esperanza is currently on the high seas in the Pacific to find, document and take action against illegal and unsustainable fishing throughout this region.

Article tagged as: defending the pacific, oceans, ships, tuna

Bid for the experience of a lifetime

Posted by mollybrooks - 26 August 2011 at 12:56pm - 2 Comments
Celebrity auction
All rights reserved. Credit: Greenpeace
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?

Article tagged as: auction, celebrities, celebrity support, donations, fundraising, Rainbow Warrior III, RWIII, ships

Into thin ice and heading back to the Arctic

Posted by Frida Bengtsson - 25 August 2011 at 5:06pm - 2 Comments
Polar bear rests on a floe of Arctic sea ice in the Labrador Sea
All rights reserved. Credit: Jiri Rezac / Greenpeace
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.

Article tagged as: arctic, arctic sunrise, climate change, sea ice, ships

Slideshow: the end of the Rainbow... for now

Posted by jamie - 17 August 2011 at 12:28pm - 1 Comment

Yesterday's handover ceremony for the Rainbow Warrior II was an emotional affair. As you can see from the images above, one or two tears were shed as she was handed over to her new owners.

With the Rainbow Warrior II renamed Rongdhonu and sailing off for a new career as a medical vessel, the launch of her replacement - Rainbow Warrior III - is imminent. We're still raising funds for our new vessel so please make a donation to keep a rainbow campaigning on the ocean waves.

Article tagged as: Rainbow Warrior II, Rainbow Warrior III, ships, slideshows

Farewell to the Rainbow Warrior II

Posted by jamie - 16 August 2011 at 11:00am - 1 Comment
Painting over the Greenpeace emblem on the Rainbow Warrior II
All rights reserved. Credit: Greenpeace / Mike Fincken
Painting over the Greenpeace emblem on the Rainbow Warrior II

After 52 years at sea - with 22 years as a Greenpeace ship - the current Rainbow Warrior is heading for a new life. Over the last few days the bell was removed, the ship’s dolphin mascot taken down and the Rainbow Warrior’s named painted over.

Article tagged as: Friendship, Rainbow Warrior II, ships

Leave a memory with the Rainbow Warrior II

Posted by jamie - 4 August 2011 at 1:02pm - 3 Comments
Rainbow Warrior II at sunset in the Mediterranean
All rights reserved. Credit: Paul Hilton/Greenpeace
Rainbow Warrior II at sunset in the Mediterranean

For twenty two years she’s been our trusty workhorse, a symbol of inspiration, a bringer of hope and a home for her hundreds of crew. But now it’s time for the Rainbow Warrior to move on and we'd like to collect memories from everyone who has sailed, seen or simply been inspired by her.

Article tagged as: rainbow warrior, Rainbow Warrior II, ships

Activists stop oil drilling for second time in one week

Posted by nick_gp - 4 June 2011 at 7:57pm - 6 Comments

Just before being arrested today, oil campaigner Ben Ayliffe radioed the nearby Greenpeace ship Esperanza from the oil rig he and 17 other activists had boarded:

Article tagged as: arctic, cairn energy, climate change, direct actions, esperanza, leiv eiriksson, oil, ships

Help us build a new Warrior

Posted by molly - 1 November 2010 at 2:43pm - 1 Comment

We wouldn't be who we are today without our ships.  The current Rainbow Warrior and her predecessor of the same name have been at the heart and soul of our campaigning for over 30 years. 

On issue after issue - nuclear tests, whaling, over-fishing, climate change, rainforest destruction, dumping of radioactive waste at sea and many more - the Rainbow Warrior has been there and allowed us to collect evidence, expose environmental crimes and shame governments and companies into taking action. 

Unfortunately the ship is coming to the end of her useful life and we urgently need your help to replace her. The Rainbow Warrior II was already 31 years old when we bought it and refitted the ship for environmental campaigning back in1989, as a replacement for the first Rainbow Warrior which was destroyed by a bomb in New Zealand in 1985.

Article tagged as: campaigning, greenpeace, rainbow warrior, ships
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