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December 2006

Rudolph screenshot from 2006 happy holidays flash e-card. Enlarge image

12 steps to a greener holiday season

Are you dreaming of a "green" holiday season?

Greenpeace activists bear witness to a shipment of high level nuclear waste being loaded aboard the cargo ship Sea Bird at Sydney's Port Botany shipping container terminal. The waste was transported by road under a heavy police guard from the Lucas Heights nuclear facility at around 2am, Monday 18 December 2006. The shipment was escorted by 12 police water vessels out of Botany, bound for the US. Enlarge image

Nuclear transport through Sydney streets

Around midnight last night, a secretive shipment of radioactive nuclear waste moved through Sydney streets. Greenpeace took action, alerting residents to the danger racing through their neighbourhoods.

Piles of cables and computer waste awaiting scrapping. Enlarge image

Electronics companies race to be greener

Acer and Lenovo are the latest of the top computer makers to commit to stop using the worst toxic chemicals in their products. Along with Motorola these companies are the biggest movers in the latest version of our Guide to Greener Electronics. Disappointingly for Mac fans, Apple has dropped to last place.

In October 2006, Greenpeace launched a design competition called Iemma's Dilemma. We asked our supporters to create a cartoon or animation that answered NSW Premier Morris Iemma's problem: "How can I make it seem like I'm doing something about climate change without actually doing anything?". This design, titled "Fiddling while Australia burns", by Michael Mucci, won first place. Enlarge image

Iemma's Dilemma competition winners

We received many great entries in our Iemma's Dilemma competition.

Nuclear review draft report cartoon. Enlarge image

Nuclear power industry a failure

The nuclear power industry has had 50 years to prove itself and failed! Energy efficiency is still Australia’s best answer to climate change, says the international panel of experts Greenpeace commissioned to look into the Prime Minister’s Nuclear Taskforce draft report.

On 6 December 2006, Greenpeace blockaded the unloading of the first ever shipment of genetically engineered canola in Australia, in Newcastle's Kooragang Island. Greenpeace activists declared the site a biohazard. Enlarge image

GE canola stopped

Greenpeace activists have blocked a shipment of genetically engineered (GE) canola seeds. Our action has stopped the seeds from being crushed and contaminating the food chain. It is the first ever GE canola to enter Australia.

A group of volunteers dumped sacks of coal at the front of Victoria's Parliament House. Enlarge image

A big thank you to our volunteers!

December 5 is International Volunteers day, and Greenpeace would like to say a huge thank you to all our volunteers inside the office and out in the field.

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