Oceans

In pictures: protecting our oceans on World Oceans Day

Posted by Angela Glienicke - 8th June 2019
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All rights reserved. Credit: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace

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

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

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

Posted by Samantha Wockner - 17th April 2019
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Left: © Yumna Al-Arashi / Greenpeace Right: © Stacy Cartledge / Greenpeace

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

What if we treated our oceans like they matter?

Posted by Mal Chadwick - 12th April 2019
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The seas provide half of our oxygen, and food for a billion people. Let’s give them the protection they deserve. Under the restless surface of our seas, hundreds of miles from land, there’s a world of giants and hunters; ancient lifeforms and lost cities. These waters beyond national borders are… Read More

Do ocean sanctuaries really work?

Posted by Willie Mackenzie - 10th April 2019
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Our oceans are massive and unlike most places on land, they don’t really have borders. Animals, water (and sadly now plastic) all move freely across our global oceans. Because of this, some people have asked if ocean sanctuaries are an effective way of protecting our… Read More

Watch – Polly Ethelene defends Sainsbury’s stance on plastic

Posted by Elena Polisano - 4th April 2019
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It’s not always great to get a 10. That’s where Sainsbury’s ranked against its nine competitors when we published our league table of UK supermarkets’ plastic policies last year. On top of this last-place scoring, we just revealed that Sainsbury’s is still worst in class on measures to reduce plastic… Read More