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The plastic crisis has deep corporate roots: to protect our planet, they need to be exposed
This spring, I taught a new undergraduate course in environmental sociology. Most of my students took the course because they were curious to see what their desire to live more…
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Nourishing Papatūānuku
Rob Small is the curator and designer of Pourewa, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei’s productive organic garden in Auckland, which provides kai to local whānau and tells a mātauranga Māori story of its people and their place in the world.
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Greenpeace welcomes members bill to ban seabed mining
A members bill from Te Pāti Māori Co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer has been drawn from the ballot at Parliament today proposing legislation that would ban seabed mining in Aotearoa
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Mine the ocean? WTF Really… | GUEST POST
It baffles me to think that some rich fella across the world somewhere is planning to mine the ocean floor. Has humanity not learnt enough about our impact on the world already? It’s frightening when you think about the prospect of corporates mining the deep sea, potentially destroying any chance of its recovery, for profit.
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NZ commercial fishing caught 58 protected turtles in last year alone
New Zealand’s sea turtle bycatch tripled in the fishing year 2020 - 2021, based on the previous decade average. The majority of the turtles caught were critically endangered leatherback turtles.
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Adaptation Plan a “missed opportunity”
Greenpeace Aotearoa says the government’s climate change National Adaptation Plan misses the opportunity to make farming more resilient to climate change.
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Why we oppose the government’s biofuels mandate | GUEST POST
The 'sustainable biofuels mandate' will worsen climate impacts and further increase our food and fuel costs.
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Local elections are a chance to vote for the environment | GUEST POST
It’s hard to know what’s ‘normal’ weather anymore, and hard to imagine what it will be like for whānau a hundred years from now.
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From climate denial to greenwashing
Why is greenwashing the biggest challenge that the climate movement faces at the moment. How did we get here?
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New app encourages EV makers to say no to deep sea metals
Greenpeace has launched a new app designed to raise awareness about the environmental threats posed by deep sea mining.
