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Artivists take to the seas to save the Arctic
My name is Mike and was one of the three judges of the #SaveTheArctic poster competition. What an honour it has been! We've just chosen the top entries and soon I will meet the three lucky young winners; Anastasia, 21, from Russia; Sara, 18, from Spain; and Emile, 20, from Canada. It will be my…
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Hunting for ghost nets on Sylter Aussenriff
Not a lot of people know this, but the North Sea is one of the most beautiful places in the world to make a dive. On a perfect day, the visibility is endless, the water is a beautiful blueish green and – if the tide is calculated right – there is almost no current.
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We’re calling ‘lights out’ on Thai Union’s ocean destruction
Being in the middle of the Indian Ocean at night is incredible: you feel the vastness of the sea around you, the raw power of the waves, and the thick darkness.
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This is BIG! McDonald’s, Tesco, Young’s Seafood… commit to safeguard the Arctic
Amazing news! Today an entire industry including major global brands McDonald’s, Tesco, Young’s Seafood and Iglo agreed to push back against destruction of our pristine Arctic waters.
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Activists at sea call ‘lights out’ on Thai Union’s destructive seafood supply chain
Indian Ocean, 25 May 2016 – Activists on board the Greenpeace ship Esperanza chased a controversial vessel at the heart of Thai Union’s supply chain from its moorings today, in the latest in a series of global protests against the tuna giant’s destructive fishing practices.
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Why there’s no place I’d rather be than on a Greenpeace ship in the North Sea
Everything is different on a ship. Walls are bulkheads, ceilings are deckheads, floors are decks, right is starboard, left is port, back is stern and front is bow. At sea, the ground wobbles beneath our feet, rocking us to sleep in our bunks, knocking us around the mess, which is a dining room, the galley,…
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The battle against destructive fishing goes from sea to shelf
One of the defining symbols of Greenpeace is our ships. The ability to reach areas of the world that are inaccessible to others is what allows this global movement to tackle environmental malfeasance head-on, wherever it takes place.That’s why, for the past few weeks, the Esperanza has hunted reckless fishing vessels in the Indian Ocean,…
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4 reasons to tackle destructive fishing this World Tuna Day
On World Tuna Day, the Greenpeace ship Esperanza is at sea stopping the destructive fishing practices of the largest tuna company on the planet – Thai Union – which owns popular tuna brands like John West, Petit Navire, Mareblu and Chicken of the Sea, and supplies huge companies like Walmart.
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Greenpeace ship Esperanza targets Thai Union’s destructive fishing in Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean, 18 April 2016 - Today, the Greenpeace ship, the Esperanza, launched an expedition in the Indian Ocean to peacefully tackle unsustainable fishing by the world’s largest tuna company, Thai Union.
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Marshall Islands vs big nuclear – will the tiny island get the justice they deserve?
In April 2014, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, a tiny island country part of Micronesia, filed groundbreaking lawsuits to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against the world’s nine nuclear-armed countries. Now, almost two years later, the ICJ has heard preliminary oral arguments in three of the cases.