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Tiny pieces of plastic represent a huge problem for ocean giants

Posted by Willie Mackenzie - 7th March 2018

Image for Tiny pieces of plastic represent a huge problem for ocean giants — A Manta Ray can be seen swimming in plastic waste on Nusa Penida in Indonesia.

Recently humpback whales have been hanging around in the Firth of Forth, the tidal estuary in Scotland near Edinburgh where the river becomes the North Sea. These gentle giants have drawn gaping crowds locally, amazed to see such impressive beasts so close to shore. On the other side of… Read More

In Pictures: Buzzing bees, it’s the tiny workers’ special day!

Posted by Angela Glienicke - 5th August 2016

Image for In Pictures: Buzzing bees, it’s the tiny workers’ special day! — An eco-farm in a small village in the municipality in Šala District, in the Nitra Region of southwestern Slovakia.

Whether you celebrate World Honey Bee Day by rustling up your favourite honey-orange quinoa or watching Hitchcock’s ‘The Bees’, spare a thought for these tiny workers today. The awareness day was initially organised by beekeepers in the USA to highlight bees’ involvement in sustainable farming and food production. Many crops… Read More

This is my walk, what’s yours?

Posted by Malcolm Carroll - 16th June 2016

Image for This is my walk, what’s yours? — All rights reserved. Credit: Greenpeace | Malcolm Carroll

This blog originally appeared on the Greenpeace community site Greenwire My name is Jay and today I’m studying a map of Wales, as I prepare to walk across the country on Saturday for the Greenpeace Detox campaign. That’s my walk, #whatsyourwalk?… Read More

In pictures: Hey Honey, Bees make so much more than that

Posted by Angela Glienicke - 22nd August 2015

Image for In pictures: Hey Honey, Bees make so much more than that — Bee and blossoms

Bees are amazing little creatures, they have been around for more than 30 million years, their wings beat 190 times a second and they communicate by smells and performing special dances. A third of the plants we eat have been pollinated by bees, they play a vital role in… Read More

A Manifesto for Change

Posted by John Sauven - 1st May 2015

Image for A Manifesto for Change — All rights reserved. Credit: Greenpeace

Skip to manifesto Next year, the International Union of Geological Sciences will report on the outcome of one of the biggest scientific debates of our time: whether the Earth has entered a new geological epoch. For the last 10,000 years – a period that has seen the birth and… Read More