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Endangered Species Day is a stark reminder to protect the oceans
On this Endangered Species Day, these dramatic images show what's at stake and why we urgently need to protect our blue planet.
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Dr Riley Elliott: Cameras on boats needed now to shine a light on the ocean
As a marine scientist, I have dedicated my life to the study of the ocean. Here's how we help save it.
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EV batteries, the clean energy revolution and deep-sea mining
International mining companies plan on opening a new frontier for extraction: mines on the seabed to get more of the minerals and metals from the Earth.
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Recycling has failed – it’s time for a container deposit scheme
We can't recycle our way out of the plastic crisis. In Aotearoa, our city councils have had waste and recycling collection systems in place for decades yet we still have dismal recovery and recycling stats.
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Women in the Vanguard of Ecology
On March 8, International Women’s Day, Dr. Vandana Shiva published a short address, in which she examined the connection between the colonization of Earth and of women. She discussed food security and Indigenous…
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WATCH: We are what we eat
Somewhere along the way, some of us got things badly wrong with the way food was produced.
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The 1.5℃ global warming limit is not impossible – but without political action it soon will be
Limiting global warming to 1.5℃ this century is a central goal of the Paris Agreement. In recent months, climate experts and others, including in Australia, have suggested the target is…
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Seabed mining a disturbing new threat to the Pacific
Bearing witness to the deep sea mining industry out in the Pacific, Victor Pickering is a Fijian activist onboard Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior ship.
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Climate scientists: concept of net zero is a dangerous trap
Sometimes realisation comes in a blinding flash. Blurred outlines snap into shape and suddenly it all makes sense. Underneath such revelations is typically a much slower-dawning process. Doubts at the…
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New Zealand’s COVID-19 stimulus is a ‘lost opportunity’ to move towards a low-emissions economy
In every crisis there is opportunity. Even during New Zealand’s strictest COVID-19 lockdown last year, many people felt the pandemic offered a chance to tackle other global crises, especially climate…
