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5 new year’s resolutions to future-proof your 2020 and ring in a green new decade
Ready to make some new year's resolutions? Making better choices and breaking bad habits is especially important for environmentalists in 2020 – the first year of the last decade for taking serious action on climate change. Here are 5 ideas to kickstart your greenest decade yet.
Where do the political parties stand on ending plastic pollution?
The climate emergency is also a plastic pollution emergency. The plastic footprint of UK supermarkets is bigger than ever. Ahead of the general election, here’s a deep-dive into plastic policies the political parties have presented in their manifestos.
Supermarkets putting more plastic on their shelves than ever
Public concern about plastic pollution is at a high, and promises to tackle the problem are pouring out of supermarket PR machines. But new research shows that the plastic footprint of the top 10 UK supermarkets has actually increased over the past year. Here’s the breakdown.
Top tips for lobbying your MP
With the general election rapidly approaching, Greenpeace UK's Political Lobbying Network volunteers are looking forward to working with the new intake of MPs. For International Volunteering Day, member Fi Radford shares her top tips for lobbying your newly-elected representative in parliament.
Greenpeace report highlights severe threats to Earth’s largest carbon sink – the ocean
‘They’ve got guns!’: how the soya industry is linked to violence and intimidation
In May 2019, men with guns terrorised a village on the edge of a vast soya farming estate in Brazil, where huge traders Cargill and Bunge are well established. Yet another example of the human rights abuses that are so often linked to industrial agriculture, it was witnessed by Greenpeace researchers and journalists. This first hand account reveals how the ever increasing demand for meat and dairy is leading to violence against communities.
9 reasons to quit fast fashion this Black Friday
The Black Friday sales are a fashion bonanza. But fast fashion is a shocking contributor to climate change and water pollution – here are nine reasons to quit.
5 great deals for the planet on Black Friday
Black Friday is one of the biggest sales events of the year. But we are in a climate emergency and it’s not great shopping deals we need – but strong political deals that stop climate change, curb pollution and protect invaluable ecosystems.
Labour’s plans for climate and nature score twice as high as the Conservatives, according to election manifesto ranking
A new ranking evaluates the green credentials of all major political party manifestos