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Plastic Pollution – Why Coca-Cola need to take responsibility too

Posted by Louisa Casson - 13th April 2017
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One of the best things about working on Greenpeace’s campaign to end ocean plastics is the chance to have lots of conversations with all sorts of people about the issue – whether on local radio stations or with pedestrians walking past the 2.5 tonne sculpture we installed outside Coca-Cola’s London… Read More

Finding a sense of porpoise.

Posted by Willie Mackenzie - 19th May 2016
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Being a porpoise looks rubbish. Dolphins look like they have fun. They even look like they seek out fun. Okay, the fixed grins make them seem perpetually happy but let’s be honest – when was the last time you saw a porpoise jumping out of the water or heard a… Read More

World’s oldest wild bird has a new chick – but is it a doomed messenger in an increasingly polluted ocean?

Posted by Willie Mackenzie - 16th February 2016
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Imagine becoming a parent at the age of 65. It might seem miraculous but that is what has happened to the world’s oldest known wild bird, an Albatross living on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The Laysan albatross, known as ‘Wisdom’ is… Read More

New Year’s plastic resolution: 5 simple ways to help the ocean.

Posted by Willie Mackenzie - 7th January 2016
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The New Year’s storms have brought a lurid, unmissable reminder to UK beaches, with thousands of bright pink detergent bottles being churned up by the sea. As waves of highly-visible plastic trash hit British beaches, it’s a timely reminder of a much bigger problem: we are… Read More