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MEDIA ADVISORY: Order of Canada Officer Robert Bateman joins environmental organizations to push governments to act on the B.C. caribou crisis
VICTORIA (18 October 2018) — Order of Canada Officer, naturalist, and artist Robert Bateman will join B.C. environmental organizations in a press conference to inform the public of the provincial…
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#WingsOfParadise: Drawing attention to rainforest destruction
For too long the story of Indonesian forests has been painted with the darkness of burning rainforests, disappearing species and displaced communities. Greedy palm oil companies, that only seem to…
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Greenpeace investigation exposes how world’s biggest brands are still linked to rainforest destruction in Indonesia
September 19 2018 (MONTRÉAL)- Palm oil suppliers to the world’s largest brands, including Unilever, Nestlé, Colgate-Palmolive and Mondelez, have destroyed an area of rainforest almost twice the size of Singapore…
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Final countdown: now or never to reform the palm oil industry
The “Final Countdown” report documents extensive deforestation and human rights abuses by 25 palm oil producer groups. Between them, they have destroyed over 130,000ha of rainforest since the end of…
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10 furry facts about orangutans
Ever wondered where orangutans sleep? Or where their name comes from? Here are 10 fun facts about orangutans that you can impress your friends with
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Emma Thompson: “If we want to save orangutans from extinction we need to save their home”
The first time I saw an orangutan in real life, I nearly peed with fright! I heard a great commotion in the trees above me and there he was, swinging through the branches, his huge plate-shaped face staring down.
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Plastic pollution reaches the Antarctic
The Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise was in the Antarctic at the beginning of 2018 It’s not what we wanted to find. When Greenpeace set sail to the Antarctic earlier this…
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Forest-destroying palm oil companies have nowhere to hide
You made it happen! After an incredible few months, and 1.3 million of you taking action, the world’s largest palm oil trader, Wilmar, just launched a groundbreaking plan.
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My week on a plastic beach helping to name and shame its polluters
It was more devastating than I imagined, and that’s saying something considering the descriptions and pictures I’ve been exposed to over the years. The plastic pollution covering Freedom Island in…
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The case against Coca-Cola: How the world’s biggest soft drinks company is failing to address ocean plastic pollution
As the world’s biggest soft drinks company, Coca-Cola bears a particular responsibility for the plastic crisis our oceans are facing.