Why does Greenpeace exist? Honestly, I’ve been asking that for several years now and I have yet to come close to finding a definitive answer to the question. Although I have heard so many attempts at articulating what Greenpeace...

"What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead."   – Nelson Mandela speaking at the 90th birthday...

Every day we have to make choices. For many, the choice is whether or not to do something to protect our environment.   For a few of us, there is no choice at all. We do what we have to do to tell the world that there are wrongs that...

Early November marked the 18th anniversary of the tragic murder of outspoken writer and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight colleagues by the Nigerian government. Saro-Wiwa and the others had waged a long campaign to stop...

Bilang supporter ng Greenpeace, ako’y nakatanggap nitong nakaraang Agosto ng isang email na pinamagatang ‘Janet, meet the volunteers you empower’. Nakapaloob dito ang paanyaya sa isang diskusyon tungkol sa volunteerism. Dahil Sa...

It’s been a week since Kumi Naidoo’s visit to Manila, but the “ Kumi fever ,” as a colleague calls it, has all but died down. During his brief stay, everybody in the Greenpeace Philippines office ached to shake hands, if not take a...

Part 3: To challenge the status quo As part of Greenpeace we are challenged to make conscious moral decisions on environmental issues which we need to communicate –that is to creatively confront the powers that selfishly...