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Is Coke’s Christmas cancelled?

Posted by Elena Polisano - 7th December 2017
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At the top of Coca-Cola’s Christmas list is the warm glow of good PR. From the nationwide tour of its iconic red truck to the hyped release of its famous Holidays are Coming advert, Coke’s marketing has gone into overdrive. But this year the brand is sharing the spotlight with… Read More

Breaking: Our Spoof Coke Christmas Event!

Posted by Tisha Brown - 5th December 2017
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We’re in Piccadilly Circus hosting a spoof pop-up Coke Christmas event, to expose the damage that is done by this global drinks giant’s single-use plastic bottles. Using one of their most enduring characters – the Coke polar bear – we‘ve created a polluted snowy icescape outside their largest… Read More

In Pictures: Antarctica

Posted by Angela Glienicke - 1st December 2017
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A group of Adélie Penguins are seen here on the Antarctic sea ice.
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Antarctica is the only continent that is relatively untouched by human interference and one of the last pristine wildernesses left on earth.  This hasn’t always been the case though. In 1959 the Antarctic Treaty was signed, banning dumping of radioactive waste and weapons testing, but in the 80s it was… Read More

We protected the land, now we must protect the ocean – Antarctica

Posted by Willie Mackenzie - 1st December 2017
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The Antarctic is at the very end of the earth. It’s so far away from most of us that it often falls off the edge of world maps as an unfinished afterthought. The landmass of Antarctica holds 90% of the freshwater on the planet, is the biggest desert… Read More

Five Reasons Why Volkswagen Won the Greenpeace Toxic Air Award

Posted by Philip Evans - 29th November 2017
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In the UK, harmful nitrogen dioxide air pollution has broken legal levels every year since 2010, and our toxic air has been described as a public health emergency. The UN itself has said the air in more than 40 UK cities and towns… Read More