Posts By: Aakash Naik

Digital Campaigner for Greenpeace. Follow me on Twitter - @kashnaik

An Orca mother finally abandons her dead calf that she carried for over two weeks

After 17 heartbreaking days, Tahlequah (J35), the orca mother who captured the world’s attention, has finally stopped carrying her dead calf through the Salish Sea off the Pacific coast of Washington and British Columbia. In response, Greenpeace USA released the following statement calling for greater efforts to protect endangered Southern… Read More

Aakash Naik - 14th August 2018

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Why Greenpeace blocked Barclays’ HQ

Earlier today 40 Greenpeace UK volunteers took over the main entrance to Barclays Bank’s corporate headquarters near Canary Wharf in London’s docklands.   Six of them were climbers who scaled the entrance’s portico, where they recreated a tar sands oil leak dripping down from the bank’s logo. The team… Read More

Aakash Naik - 19th July 2018

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A brand new plastic bottle every time you feel thirsty?

I love fizzy drinks, at the cinema with my snacks, at lunchtime always, at dinner, but never with breakfast, honest…. A love for fizzy drinks should never mean our oceans and the creatures who call it home, have to suffer, but every time we use brand new plastic bottles… Read More

Aakash Naik - 14th March 2017

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One Day Without Us

Today Greenpeace is coming together with thousands of people from across the country to support ‘One Day Without Us’ a celebration of migrants in the UK. Why is this our business you might ask? Well, because Greenpeace couldn’t function without immigrants who work and live in this country. From… Read More

Aakash Naik - 20th February 2017

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Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have

It was Winston Churchill who famously said “Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.” We couldn’t agree more, that’s why we scaled 15 of London’s most iconic statues to crystallise the importance of air pollution in the hearts and minds of politicians. 40,000 lives are cut short… Read More

Aakash Naik - 18th April 2016

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It’s time for David Cameron to stop hiding in the smog!

We all need to get from A to B, to go to work, to take our children to school. But we shouldn’t have to breathe toxic air in order to do so. The Government must develop an action plan to clean up our air, improve our journeys and save thousands… Read More

Aakash Naik - 1st April 2016

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