We have two powerful photographic exhibitions in Sydney and Brisbane this month. Greenpeace activists are also busy highlighting the imbalance of energy subsidies and that genetically engineered canola knows no borders.
Greenpeace activists create an exclusion zone outside the NSW Parliament building to highlight the hazards of lifting the state bans on genetically engineered (GE) food crops.
Locals ask for their forests back in Sumatra, Greenpeace and scientists begin tracking whales, our team in Tonga highlights the dire impacts of collapsed tuna fisheries and drowning Pacific nations, we reveal that Apple's iPhone contains hazardous chemicals, activists hand out Anvil Hill-branded hot potatoes, and 'comoonicators' act against Devondale dairy products, which may be contaminated with genetically engineered ingredients.
Greenpeace Australia Pacific is 30 years old! Our first protest under the Greenpeace banner was anti-whaling and took place in Australia on 28 August 1977. Since then we have worked on many environmental campaigns throughout the Pacific region such as peace, preventing climate change, stopping deforestation, reducing overfishing, keeping genetically engineered food out of Australia and a toxic free world.
Check out some of the images from our campaigning history.
Despite community opposition NSW Premier Iemma approves the Anvil Hill coalmine in the Hunter Valley, Himalayas water supply decreases due to climate change, dairy industry supports lifting the ban on genetically engineered canola in Victoria.
Greenpeace activists block a shipment of genetically engineered (GE) canola seeds. Our action prevented the seeds from being crushed and contaminating the food chain. It’s the first ever GE canola to enter Australia.
We launch our online merchandise store, support farmers against genetically engineered (GE) crops, push renewable energy, monitor supermarkets for GE food, help American teacher and peace activist Scott Parkin, push for an end to deep sea destruction and inform the public about the ANZ Bank fuelling climate change by funding an unwanted coal-fired power station in Thailand.
Rice has been grown around the world for over 10,000 years, it is cultivated in 113 countries and 3000 million people rely on it as a staple food. All of this is in danger as the spectre of genetic engineering creeps up on the planet's most important food crop. The Rice is Life tour examines the traditional crop practices in the Yunnan Province, China.
