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In pictures: protecting our oceans on World Oceans Day

Posted by Angela Glienicke - 8th June 2019
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With climate change and pollution getting worse, and new threats like seabed mining on the horizon, our oceans urgently need help. As part of our work to protect the oceans, in April we launched a 10-month Pole to Pole expedition from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Scientists and Greenpeace campaigners… Read More

Breaking: “I’ve shut down BP. Here’s why.”

Posted by Paula Radley - 20th May 2019
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As you read this, I’m sitting in a big container outside BP HQ in London, blocking one of the main entrances to the building. Along with a team of climbers on the roof, and more people in containers like mine, we’ve shut down the building. This is one of the… Read More

Bonnie Wright: our rivers, plastic and why it’s time to change course

Posted by Bonnie Wright - 16th May 2019
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Hollywood film star Bonnie Wright joins scientists and campaigners to investigate plastic pollution in the river Wye. They are collecting macro and microplastic samples from three different points along the Wye using a filtering device called a manta net.

My name is Bonnie Wright, I’ve been on film sets most of my life, from playing Ginny Weasley in Harry Potter to directing my own work. It’s taken me to places I’ll never forget – and so has the work I’ve done with Greenpeace.   Last year, I was off… Read More

Video: The new threat to our planet that’s as dangerous as climate change

Posted by Georgie Johnson - 8th May 2019
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It might sound hard to believe, but there’s a threat to our planet that experts are now warning is as dangerous as climate change. It’s something called biodiversity loss. This week, the UN released the most comprehensive report ever produced on the issue. And it makes for startling reading. Plants… Read More

Joining Extinction Rebellion: My Parents’ First Act of Peaceful Civil Disobedience

Posted by Mehul Damani - 26th April 2019
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I’ve been involved with Greenpeace for over 8 years. I left my job at an Investment Bank and now work as a freelance technology project manager. My parents weren’t very pleased when I told them I was leaving my banking career to work for Greenpeace. Like many first generation immigrants… Read More