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On activism

Blog entry by cskinner | June 1, 2010 1 comment

Juliette Hauville  June 1, 2010  Making Waves, Greenpeace International Alberta Views, a magazine from Alberta, Canada, has just published an article on activism in general, and the tar sands in particular . While we have...

To the first follower

Blog entry by Juliette | September 10, 2010

A colleague forwarded a video about building a movement yesterday, and it made me think of the moment when we see a petition, or any online action suddenly taking off. But before I get started, watch the video: ...

Support war resisters

Blog entry by Yossi Cadan | September 1, 2010

You may remember, back in May, I wrote about my personal experience as a war resister and asked you to support American war resisters here in Canada . With your help, Bill C-440 (the war resisters bill) passed first reading in the...

Inspiring Action

Blog entry by Anil Kanji | April 22, 2009

Today we're mobilizing 3 million people to join the fight for the climate, forcing governments to act against runaway climate change. Sign the KYOTO plus Petition and become a climate activist. Inspire your followers on Twitter ...

186K and strong and counting: Global protest over arrest of Japanese whale activists

Blog entry by Michael | July 1, 2008 1 comment

Across the globe yesterday, Greenpeace peacefully protested the arrest and ongoing detainment of two Japanese whale activists. The protests took place in front of Japanese embassies the world over and included the delivery of more that...

We're Looking For a Few Good Climate Defenders

Blog entry by Anil Kanji | July 15, 2009

© Greenpeace / Paul Hilton Greenpeace has been fighting climate change for many years .  In fact, on my desk is a copy of "Global Warming: The Greenpeace Report" released in 1990. It was a preparatory document for the Rio ...

Pedal for the Planet Visits Ignatieff's Office

Blog entry by Anil Kanji | September 8, 2009

On Friday we joined Pedal for the Planet as they ended the Windsor to Toronto leg of their cross-country tour at Michael Ignatieff's Constituency Office in Etobicoke, ON.  Although Mr. Ignatieff was not there, we did get a chance...

Conveyor Belts, Pasta and No Sleep

Blog entry by Earl Beadle | July 11, 2009 4 comments

Wow, where do I start with the experience that I just had occupying the second largest coal fire plant in Italy. Going into this action with very little knowledge of what we were getting ourselves into we really kicked some butt. The...

Don't Leave us Hanging Here!

Blog entry by Anil Kanji | July 8, 2009

This morning we asked Canadian activist Dexter Perera "where are you right now?" His response: "150 metres above Venice, why?" He's in Italy with fellow Greenpeace Canada activist Earl Beadle as part of an international contingent...

Eating Down the Chain

Blog entry by Anil Kanji | May 27, 2009 2 comments

"Eating down the chain" refers to the way we've harvested our oceans since...well, always.  We take the bigger fish higher on the food chain, like tuna and cod.  If we continue this way, our kids and grandkids will be eating plankton...

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