So what were you most interested in? This list of our ten
most-read web features, unsurprisingly, that for most of our
readers, it was global warming, Exxon Secrets, whale defenders… Oh,
and Mister Splashy Pants.
1. Global
Warming
As global warming heated up the world, so did our Project Hot
Seat campaign. As environmentalists, you wanted to know what more
you could do in your communities to help combat global warming.
And, citizens all over the United States joined in Project Hot Seat
- encouraging Congress to step up our country's efforts to halt the
most important environmental challenge of our time.
2.
Exxon Secrets
You have shown us that people really do enjoy a good scandal.
ExxonSecrets is our research project highlighting the more than a
decade-long campaign by Exxon-funded front groups - and the
scientists they work with - to deny the urgency of the scientific
consensus on global warming and delay action to fix the
problem.
3. Green My
Apple
With overwhelming public support, we cooked up a greener Apple
in just 9 months by successfully pressuring computer company Apple
to remove hazardous materials from its products.
4.
Deadliest Catch
While our campaigners and scientists were exploring the Bering
Sea - you wanted to join in on the fun as well. You got your feet
wet and tried to survive the dangers lurking in the Bering Sea.
We've created a game for you to test your skills and see just what
you'd be up against if you were a fish. And, what fun we had
playing the game (even if we didn't do so well).
5.
Baring it all for Global Warming
Six hundred people bared it all for global warming by shedding
their clothes on a glacier in the Swiss Alps. The nude activists
posed for us and renowned installation artist Spencer Tunick to
bodily cry out for help against a planetary emergency: global
warming.
6.
iPhones
As iPhones grew in popularity, so did the knowledge of their
toxic composure. Greenpeace exposed iPhones toxic makeup --
scientific tests have revealed that Apple's iPhone contains toxic
brominated compounds and hazardous PVC.
7.
Mr. Splashy Pants
As a Greenpeace web editor, it was a joy to watch this story
unfold. Our international office held a whale naming competition.
"Mister Splashy Pants" made it to the final list. The story was
BoingBoing-ed and Reddit-ed. There's now a humpback whale called Mr
Splashy Pants swimming around the Southern Ocean.
8.
Whale Defenders
You continue to support our yearly trip to the Southern Ocean to
call attention to the Japanese who continue to slaughter whales
despite the worldwide moratorium. Our ship, the Esperanza will continue
steaming ahead in the Southern Ocean en route to defend the whales
from the Japanese whaling fleet that are conducting commercial
whaling under the guise of scientific research.
9.
Going Deep
Using compact submarines, we were one of the first people to
ever see the world's largest underwater canyons in the Bering Sea -
and probably the first ever to see the wildlife inside them. And,
you were excited to come along with us on the expedition - checking
out our staff blogs, slideshows and awesome videos.
10. Blogging from
the Southern Ocean
Heath Hanson, our RHIB driver, updated us from aboard the Esperanza in pursuit of
whalers in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary.