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Wildlife and nature live stream webcams for your coronavirus lockdown
Being in the Covid-19 lockdown means we’re spending more time indoors and less time in nature. Many of us are finding that quite difficult, and it’s not surprising that we’re…
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Govt report reveals freshwater crisis
Thursday, April 16: Greenpeace says today’s Ministry for the Environment report, Our Freshwater 2020, clearly shows that New Zealand’s rivers, lakes and freshwater are in crisis. The report cites the…
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Is disposable safer than reusable? Let’s consult the science…
Since the beginning of the pandemic, many shops and fast-food chains have rightly taken steps to limit contamination in their restaurants and stores. In an emergency, they chose to ban…
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Latest emissions tally highlights huge opportunity for shift in farming
The latest official count of climate emissions in New Zealand has been released today. The Government’s Greenhouse Gas inventory for 2018 shows New Zealand’s emissions have increased by 24 per…
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Can the coronavirus pandemic sound the alarm on climate change?
In the past few weeks, our entire planet has been experiencing an unprecedented crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with extremely significant losses on many levels. I am a professor…
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Plastic is not our friend
Could anyone have imagined this? We have to google “where to find gloves and masks?” before going grocery shopping. And there I am. At the local supermarket. People doing the…
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Zoom backgrounds: 25 Free Zoom background images for the Covid lockdown
Download one of the beautiful free Greenpeace Zoom background images to make your Zoom background image stand out from the crowd.
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OMV exit signals end of offshore oil exploration in NZ
Austrian oil giant OMV has announced today that it’s indefinitely postponing its last remaining oil and gas exploration plans in the Taranaki Basin. Greenpeace is claiming “a win of generational significance” that…
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Where the wild things are: how nature might respond as coronavirus keeps humans indoors
Intriguing things sometimes happen in places deserted by people. Plants creep back, animals return and, slowly, birdsong fills the air.
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Recovery for people and planet: NGOs urge a green COVID-19 recovery
Environmental groups from across New Zealand have written to the Prime Minister urging the Government to restore Aotearoa in the economic recovery after lockdown. Forest & Bird, Greenpeace, WWF-New Zealand, Generation Zero,…
