Refugee Penguins from Antarctica protest against Global Warming

"Our homes are endangered and we have learnt it's because of climate change; we made this arduous journey across the globe to call for help. Everyone who can do anything to help us must! Just as we are threatened now, your country is going to be too." warned the father penguin. He added that they were in the city even as the 30 th Antarctica Treaty Consultative meeting is underway in the capital and to support the Greenpeace Climate Patrol team in their efforts to ban the bulb to fight climate change.

Using the Penguin story to inform people in an entertaining manner about the otherwise grim facts of climate change, Greenpeace today flagged off a public engagement program in the city for the "Ban the Bulb" Campaign.

According to Greenpeace Climate and Energy Expert Soumyabrata Rahut the cycle of global warming, polar ice caps melting and sea level rise has far reaching disastrous implications worldwide. "While the Antarctic penguins represent the problem at the far flung poles, closer home, the habitat of the already endangered Sunderban Tigers is equally threatened by this phenomenon. Our inaction now will devastate innocent wildlife worldwide and disrupt the food chain".

Greenpeace' public engagement program aims at generating awareness about the cost of climate change to humans and the environment and to point to immediate solutions like banning the bulb. Brikesh Singh, Public Engagement Campaigner, Greenpeace said "Temperatures in the capital are soaring, and the scarcity of water and power is increasing every day. By undertaking the engagement during the peak of the summer crisis in New Delhi, we will make people aware of impacts of global warming that we are already facing. We will inform people about simple, immediate solutions like banning the energy wasting hazardous light bulb. We are expecting to collect petitions signatures from Delhiites from all walks of life asking for a ban on the yellow light bulb".

The Greenpeace public engagement in New Delhi marks the first of a multi-city engagement program around the country for the Ban the Bulb Campaign, which aims at collecting a million petitions from Indians supporting a ban on the light bulb. While the city sizzles under the summer heat, the Greenpeace Climate Patrol Team will take stock of climate crime in the capital- scanning nooks and corners for climate offending light bulbs and conducting bulb raids on unsuspecting climate offenders asking them to switch to climate friendly and energy efficient Compact Fluroscent Lamps.