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Things you need to know about India’s plastic ban 2022
On July 1, 2022, the Indian government’s ban on selected single-use plastics came into effect. The banned plastic products include plastic cutlery, earbuds with plastic sticks, plastic flags, candy sticks,…
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Amazon: We need to get it right
On June 3rd, a boat chartered by Greenpeace Brazil left the city of Manaus, capital of the state of Amazonas, to venture deep into the rainforest. After years of preparation,…
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Living Soils: Students of a Bihar Govt school show the way!
It’s 8AM on a bright summer morning as students start streaming into the government school in the remote village of Sakhikuda, Bihar. Dressed in their uniforms, the students begin to…
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World Oceans Day Is About People
When you read the phrase ‘ocean conservation’ what images come up in your mind? A mighty blue whale? Cute penguins from our recent Antarctica trip? Maybe some fish swimming in…
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The Women of Greenpeace India
Women constitute a large percentage of the communities highly dependent on natural resources. As the climate crisis deepens, women will be disproportionately affected by the impacts due to social, cultural…
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IT’S TIME FOR A CYCLE REVOLUTION!
On February 27, 2022 Greenpeace India conducted a projection action on the Kempegowda tower at the busy Corporation Circle junction in Bengaluru. Lakhs of motorists pass by the busy junction…
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5 things you need know about the new IPCC WG2 report
The world’s leading climate scientists just released their latest massive assessment on the impacts of climate change and how and to what extent those impacts can be adapted to.
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Look up! Another warning by IPCC climate scientists is heading our way
On 28 February, the second of four parts of the latest IPCC assessment will be published. The report will pick up right where the previous one left off: focusing on the impacts of the climate crisis on humanity, our homes, livelihoods and the ecosystems we depend on.
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Jamui farmers set an example: Organic farming recommendations for community welfare
Bihar is witnessing a silent groundswell in favour of organic and ecological farming. A few years back there was less than a hundred hectares of land under certified organic farming…
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We can’t afford destruction of our Rice Heritage
Will you believe me if I say that till late 1960s we, the Indians, were proud owners of over 110 thousand indigenous varieties of rice? Believe it or not, it…