{"id":8445,"date":"2019-12-03T10:23:09","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T10:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/africa\/?page_id=8445"},"modified":"2024-03-26T11:29:21","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T11:29:21","slug":"a-million-acts-of-blue","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/africa\/en\/act\/a-million-acts-of-blue\/","title":{"rendered":"A Million Acts of Blue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n                    <div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cf370e7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n                    \n\n                    \n                            <div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n                            <div class=\"wp-block-button\">\n                                <a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-africa-stateless\/2019\/12\/fdaa6a0c-a-toolkit-for-a-plastic-free-future.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\n                                    DOWNLOAD TOOLKIT\n                                <\/a>\n                            <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                            \n                    <\/div>\n                    <div data-render=\"planet4-blocks\/columns\" data-attributes=\"{&quot;attributes&quot;:{&quot;columns_block_style&quot;:&quot;icons&quot;,&quot;columns_title&quot;:&quot;Join the #BreakFreeFromPlastic Movement&quot;,&quot;columns_description&quot;:&quot;We\\u2019ve created a comprehensive guide to creating change in your community with several kinds of actions you can take. 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