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An ecology reading list for self-isolating environmentalists
The social isolation response to the COVID-19 pandemic is unprecedented in our lifetimes. Perhaps not since the economic depression of the 1930s and World War II has the human family…
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How the deep ocean is helping in the fight against Covid-19
To fight Covid-19 the World Health Organisation has told all countries: test, test, test. Around the world, doctors are testing thousands of people for the virus every day. But did you know the deep ocean has been in integral in the development of the test to diagnose Covid-19?
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Covid-19: compassion, cooperation, courage, choice
Dear friends, The consequences of the covid-19 pandemic are – and will be – defined by choices. Those choices should be based upon values, not value: compassion, courage and cooperation.…
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What happened at SPRFMO
Five days in Vanuatu for work hardly seems like a tough sell. But spending five days as an environmental observer at an international fisheries meeting (SPRFMO) is a strange experience.
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Fossil fuel industry sees the future in hard-to-recycle plastic
Plastic pollution and the climate crisis are two inseparable parts of the same problem, though they aren’t treated as such.
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A rare natural phenomenon brings severe drought to Australia. Climate change is making it more common
Weather-wise, 2019 was a crazy way to end a decade. Fires spread through much of southeast Australia, fuelled by dry vegetation from the ongoing drought and fanned by hot, windy fire weather.
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International Women’s Day: 10 inspiring women who bring environmental stories to their crafts
To celebrate International Women’s Day, Greenpeace puts the spotlight on female visual storytellers from around the world and their work on nature and the environment. From documenting rivers to climate…
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An opportunity to support a strong solar and wind electricity generation strategy for New Zealand
Government is now consulting on how to boost clean energy in NZ. It’s not ambitious enough to tackle the climate emergency, but you can have your say now on improving it.
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Delay to dolphin rescue plan “irresponsible” during extinction crisis
Greenpeace says further delays to the Māui and Hector’s dolphin Threat Management Plan (TMP) is an irresponsible move that could push the vulnerable species closer to extinction. The Government announced…
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Adaptive ideas in the era of the Anthropocene
To survive the twin climate and ecological crisis, our ideas must evolve - we need to embrace ideas that allow us to adapt to the world as we collectively have made it, and we desperately need to jettison some maladaptive ideas that are locking us into a climate and biodiversity disaster.
