This morning, staff at Greenpeace New Zealand received an important-looking letter from Shell - well, Shell’s Legal Services department. Over the last 24 hours or so, identical letters have arrived at other Greenpeace offices around... Read more >

What does the sport of outdoor curling (think bowls on ice) have in common with climate change? The connection is subtly revealed in ‘Gone Curling’ which has just won the best New Zealand short film at the 2012 Documentary Edge Film... Read more >

That’s right the headline is correct. While sharks are at home in the water it seems at least one hates being caught in a downpour. It’s not that he doesn’t like getting wet it’s just that it makes it harder to fly. So, this week’s... Read more >

Yesterday, the notorious rainforest destroyer Asia Pulp and Paper (APP), the parent company of New Zealand based Cottonsoft, made a grandstanding announcement that it was committed to protecting the natural forests of Indonesia. Now... Read more >

What do you need most on an anchor chain in the middle of the Atlantic, when you’ve been there for over 24 hours, and it’s pouring with rain? Muffins. Freshly baked by our chef, Walter, and put into waterproof tins ready for... Read more >

The news initially sounded  intriguing : Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) was inviting journalists in Jakarta to the launch of what the company grandly dubbed its “greatest commitment to natural forest protection.” Discarding the PR... Read more >

Right now a 20 year old Brazilian named Elissama de Oliveira Menezes is attached to the anchor chain of a massive cargo ship here in Sao Luis, at the mouth of the Amazon. She’s a small girl anyway, but next to the 175 meter ‘Clipper... Read more >

The very first campaign I worked on when I arrived at Greenpeace in 2006 was the Green My Apple campaign. It was exciting and different, and as someone who has proudly held on to her iMac G3 (Bondi Blue I might add) to this very day... Read more >