June 2016

The heart of the Amazon: destroyed?

Posted by India Thorogood — 30 June 2016 at 11:40pm - Comments

 

The Amazon: the threat of illegal logging, cattle ranching and soya farming are enough - but now a series of vast hydroelectric dams could flood an area around the Tapajos river, an area bigger than Greater London.

This Far No Further

Posted by Greenpeace UK — 27 June 2016 at 2:58pm - Comments

All of us are determined to see the Arctic protected, and willing to take bold action to make it happen. It's working – something incredible has just happened up in the Arctic, because of eight million Arctic Defenders around the world. History is being made, and our supporters are all at the heart of it.

The Good Scrub Guide and other simple ways to beat the microbead

Posted by Fiona Nicholls — 27 June 2016 at 2:22pm - Comments
All rights reserved. Credit: Credit Olivia Bailey-FFI

Guest blog by Daniel Steadman of Fauna & Flora International<--break-><--break-><--break->

Article tagged as: FFI, good scrub guide, microbeads, microplastics, oceans

In Pictures: Celebrate, it's #SharkWeek!

Posted by Angela Glienicke — 24 June 2016 at 5:11pm - Comments

Every year the Discovery Channel dedicates a week to these amazing carnivorous fish. What a great opportunity to share a few of our archive pictures showing what magnificent creatures sharks are and highlighting the threats they face.<--break->

Article tagged as: Ocean, oceans, shark fins, sharks, slideshows, whale shark

6 Must-See Things At Greenpeace's Field at Glastonbury

Posted by Richard Casson — 23 June 2016 at 7:23pm - Comments

Greenpeace and Glastonbury Festival have had a long, mud-splattered relationship. And this summer we're marking 25 years at the festival.

So what can you expect to see if you swing by our field? Here are five highlights to look out for this year.

Microbeads - the story so far….

Posted by Elisabeth Whitebread — 21 June 2016 at 5:17pm - Comments
All rights reserved. Credit: Fred Dott/Greenpeace
Microbeads on a fingertip illustrating just how tiny they are

Last Wednesday on World Oceans Day we handed our microbeads petition into Number 10. Over 300,000 of you signed the petition - one of the biggest petitions in Greenpeace UK’s history! This is the story of the campaign so far.

Article tagged as: EAC, microbeads, microplastics, oceans

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