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Quiz: Test your knowledge with our quick plastic quiz!
Test your knowledge with our quick plastic quiz! We’ve all seen the devastating images of pristine beaches covered with plastic waste, of turtles and other marine life killed by ingesting bags, bottles, and other debris. But how much do you know about the plastic problem?
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Lawyers challenge New Zealand’s proposed emissions budgets as inconsistent with the 1.5℃ goal
New Zealand’s Climate Change Commission is facing its first legal hurdle, as a group of 300 climate-concerned lawyers seek judicial review of the processes it used to calculate carbon budgets…
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Indigenous communities in danger of being erased from the map in Brazil
“We were already on this land before Brazil was Brazil,” —Eliseu Lopes, Indigenous leader
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50 years of Greenpeace: Q&A with Rex Weyler
With Greenpeace’s 50th anniversary on the horizon, I was asked to host a series of virtual “mailbag” calls connecting activists across generations and regions.
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Seven ways to go plastic free for Plastic Free July
At the start of Plastic Free July, the question on many people’s minds is this: How do I go plastic free? How can I use less plastic? Here are some answers.
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Why the ban on live animal exports is a big deal
Banning live animal exports was a milestone moment for animal welfare in Aotearoa. The Government recently moved to ban live animal exports – the practice of shipping livestock such as…
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Protect the ocean from destructive fishing
Bottom trawling season is in full swing again, with New Zealand trawlers heading out right now for another season of destruction.
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Why Indigenous knowledge should be an essential part of how we govern the world’s oceans
Our moana (ocean) is in a state of unprecedented ecological crisis. Multiple, cumulative impacts include pollution, sedimentation, overfishing, drilling and climate change. All affect the health of both marine life…
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The ocean floor is too precious to mine
Imagine a blanket of darkness swallowing your surroundings, as sand and sediment rain from the sky. Imagine the trees being consumed, small plants and animals becoming dark with the world…
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Living through Sri Lanka’s biggest marine disaster
The apocalypse is here. These were the first thoughts that ran through my mind when news about the X-Press-Pearl began filtering in. Yellow shorelines were blackened with charred debris and hazardous cargo littered Sri Lanka’s coast. A few days later, waves and waves of tiny plastic pellets called ‘nurdles’ began washing up on western and…
