Two Greenpeace activists dressed as turtles tried to check in at Sydney's Blue Hotel. The hotel is a subsidiary of Indian industrial giant Tata, whose port construction is threatening the habitat of endangered Olive Ridley Sea Turtles and a valuable ecosystem.
Scientific tests, arranged by Greenpeace, reveal that Apple's iPhone contains hazardous chemicals. The tests uncovered two types of hazardous substances, some of which have already been eliminated by other mobile phone makers.
Today the Greenpeace Australia Pacific office turns 30. We would like to thank all of our financial supporters for helping us remain independent and a key player in the history of social and environmental activism in Australia and the Pacific.
In the lead up to the federal election Undercover Music and Get Up! have released Stand Up & Shout, a CD containing hard hitting songs for social change.
Despite government or corporate opposition the Greenpeace message gets out there and is more accepted than ever before, according to television personality Bert Newton.
All us loyal Mac fans tuned into the Macworld conference in San Francisco to hear where Apple is going to lead the consumer electronics industry next. But, while we waited hopefully for Steve Jobs to announce better environmental practices, less toxic contents, and the greener Apple we've all been dreaming of, all we got was a phone.
