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Podcast: How to Change the World (is a terrific film)

Blog entry by Mary Ambrose | September 4, 2015

In 1971, a small group of pot smoking, headband wearing, anti Vietnam war, change -the- world -hippies, set sail from Vancouver, Canada in an old fishing boat. Their mission: to stop President Nixon's atomic bomb tests in Amchitka,...

Greenpeace launches website to track the use of 'good wood' in Olympic venues

Feature story | February 12, 2008 at 9:54

Exactly two years before the opening of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, a new spotlight is being shone on the Games’ environmental footprint.

A Greenpeace activist comes of age

Blog entry by Ana Terrazas | June 29, 2012

When I was growing up I always heard about the crazy things that Greenpeace people did around the world in order to protect the environment. Who knew that ten years after I would be one of them. My discovery of Greenpeace...

Why I chained myself to Kinder Morgan's tar sands tanker terminal

Blog entry by Keith Stewart | October 18, 2013

Yesterday, I chained myself to the gate of Kinder Morgan’s oil tanker-loading facility in Metro Vancouver alongside my new friend Ben, while 14 fellow activists entered the site to shut it down for the day as part of a protest against...

A sharkerific week and more sharknanigans to come

Blog entry by Sarah King, Oceans campaign coordinator | August 13, 2013

Shark week has wrapped up but the shark love continues. Lots of amazing shark facts and shark tales were shared over the last number of days, and people worldwide are becoming more aware about our misunderstood finned friends and seem...

Pancakes Not Pipelines: The Fork In The Road

Blog entry by Keith Cherry | February 9, 2018

Photo credit: Mike Graeme Greenpeace Victoria local group organizer, Keith Cherry, shares his experience blockading the Kinder Morgan tar sands pipeline terminal in Burnaby, BC. The not-so-calm before the storm Last Sunday...

The Canadian government should not be writing blank cheques for a Texas oil-giant

Blog entry by Mike Hudema, Climate & Energy Campaigner | May 16, 2018

Right now, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is thinking about using our tax dollars to bail out a Texas oil company’s failing pipeline and tanker project.   The federal government announced today that it's prepared to "indemnify" ...

Clayoquot Sound not saved

Press release | July 31, 2006 at 17:00

Greenpeace Canada, 1 Aug 06 - Environmental Groups From Around the World Stunned By Plans to Open Remaining Pristine Valleys to Logging

Environmentalists shine spotlight on use of ‘good wood’ in 2010 Olympic venues

Press release | February 12, 2008 at 9:53

Exactly two years before the opening of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, a new spotlight is being shone on the Games’ environmental footprint. The website, GoodWoodWatch.ca, was launched today to ensure environmentally and socially responsible...

It's time to finish the job to protect the Great Bear Rainforest!

Blog entry by Christine Leclerc | November 21, 2011

The government of British Columbia is being reminded of its obligation to increase protection of the Great Bear Rainforest with FINISH THE JOB posters going up in Vancouver and Victoria. The Great Bear Rainforest is the...

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