How many politicians does it take to change a lightbulb?

Hard to say for sure but it looks like they've almost done it! The NZ Government announced yesterday that NZ will phase out incandescent light bulbs in 2009.

According to David Parker the move... Read more >

Our protest pod of over 25,000 origami whales is heading to Japan with a message for Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, asking him to end the government’s support for the whaling industry.

Help us triple that figure by the time the International W... Read more >

You've heard of greenwash right? Well, look out for the "clean coal" media machine as they spend obscene amounts of money spent on advertising and PR in the run up to the US presidential election.

The self-described "clean coal" industry is keen t... Read more >

Going Deeper

Since the late Pleistocene, 100,000 years ago, when a few thousand Homo sapiens poked around Africa, Asia, and the Mediterranean, human population has doubled 22 times. We have one more such doubling left, and that's it. Human population w... Read more >

Sleepwalking to disaster at Bonn Climate talks

You know those nights when you wake up in a cold sweat because you dreamt you were out in public in your pyjamas? Well for some Greenpeace volunteers and staff the nightmar...

As climate change highlights new challenges facing businesses, one practice has been attracting attention, and that is the strange fishing trade going on between New Zealand and China.

Fishing industry heavyweights such as Talley’s Group Limited ship ... Read more >

Dan Marrow: If you'd like to join Dan or one of the other Greenpeace frontline teams working around NZ you can apply online

I am a Greenpeace Frontliner - you know, those friendly, cheerful p... Read more >

What does it take to be a climate kiwi?

The Government has been banging on about carbon neutrality, emissions tradi... Read more >