Posts By: Samantha Wockner

How an instagram hashtag is inspiring thousands to protect the oceans

If you follow artists and illustrators on Instagram, it is likely you’ve come across the #DrawThisInYourStyle challenge, where artists recreate others illustrations in their own unique style.  Now the hashtag is being used to help bring to life a small, unique and unknown part of the… Read More

Samantha Wockner - 9th July 2019

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While we’re sat up here on a giant oil rig, let’s clear up a few things

While we’re sat up here on a giant oil rig, let’s clear up a few things   It’s been 6 days since activists climbed on board a BP oil rig that plans to get 30 million barrels of oil from the Vorlich field in the North Sea.  … Read More

Samantha Wockner - 14th June 2019

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People can’t stop looking at these Instagram photos of a Greenpeace ship

What would you do if you saw the biggest Greenpeace ship right on the Thames? Take its photo of course! The Greenpeace ship, the Esperanza, briefly visited London before it was due to set off on one of its most ambitious… Read More

Samantha Wockner - 17th April 2019

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Governments are deciding whether to create a huge Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary. Here’s what you need to know.

What’s at stake: the largest protected area on Earth Over two weeks in late October, governments will meet in Hobart, Australia, to decide whether to create a vast Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary, covering almost two million square kilometres. If it goes ahead, it’ll be the largest protected… Read More

Samantha Wockner - 23rd October 2018

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5 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Antarctic

In 2017 we launched a campaign to create an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary – the largest protected area on Earth. But why? Well, apart from being home to amazing animals such as penguins, whales and seals. The Antarctic plays an important role in keeping our Earth healthy. But the… Read More

Samantha Wockner - 8th January 2018

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