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  • James Bay and Phyllis Cormack. © Greenpeace / Rex Weyler
    Stories
    50Years AboutUs Photography

    Photographic memories III

    From 1974 to 1982, I served as photographer on Greenpeace campaigns. This is the third collection of memories inspired by photographs of early ecology actions.

    Rex Weyler
    18 May 2022
    9 min read
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    AboutUs 50Years

    Ecology? Look it up! You’re still involved

    This year has been the 50th Anniversary of Greenpeace. During this era, a half-century ago, citizens around the world began seeing signs of a pending ecological crisis, and began to talk about it. 

    Rex Weyler
    24 Dec 2021
    7 min read
  • Rex Weyler at Kinder Morgan Tank Farm in British Columbia. ©  Rogue Collective / Greenpeace
    Stories
    50Years

    Thoughts for young activists

    During this year — the 50th anniversary of Greenpeace — I've had occasion to speak with ecology and human-rights activists around the world. In some cases, young activists have asked my advice about how to achieve results.

    Rex Weyler
    5 Nov 2021
    8 min read
  • Dorothy and Irving Stowe standing together wearing Greenpeace T-shirts in 1971.
    Stories
    AboutUs 50Years

    Irving and Dorothy Stowe: Mentors to a movement

    Two Greenpeace founders, Irving and Dorothy Stowe, grew up during world wars, the dawn of a global peace movement, and a non-violent direct action movement inspired by Mahatma Gandhi.

    Rex Weyler
    7 Aug 2021
    11 min read
  • Rex Weyler in North Pacific. © Greenpeace
    Stories
    50Years

    How I became an ecologist

    How does an engineering student, in the era of expanding space exploration, become an ecologist? In my case: Rachel Carson, the Cuyahoga River, Gregory Bateson, Bateson, Fools Crow, and a magpie.

    Rex Weyler
    5 Jun 2021
    10 min read
  • Dorothy Stowe and Marie Bohlen. © Robert Stowe
    Stories
    AboutUs 50Years

    The women at the start of the Greenpeace journey

    In honour of Women’s History Month, we want to highlight the women who were part of the start of the incredible Greenpeace journey.

    Greenpeace International
    22 Mar 2021
    2 min read
  • Deforestation in the Karipuna Indigenous Land in the Amazon. © Christian Braga / Greenpeace
    Stories
    50Years

    Social Inertia: Why is change so hard?

    In the face of overwhelming evidence, scientific warnings, existential urgency, and countless examples of ecological disintegration, why are societies worldwide so slow to respond appropriately?

    Rex Weyler
    21 Mar 2021
    8 min read
  • Protest at Standing Rock Dakota Access Pipeline in the US, 2016. © Richard Bluecloud Castaneda / Greenpeace
    Stories
    Climate Peace 50Years Nuclear

    Why civil disobedience works

    History shows that when power is out of balance, non-violent direct action becomes one of the most important and effective tactics by citizens.

    Rex Weyler
    3 Oct 2019
    1 min read
  • Andreas Magnusson, Ell Ottosson Jarl and Rex Weyler © Simon Black / Greenpeace
    Stories
    Climate 50Years

    How do you start a global environmental movement? 

    We speak to young activists from the Climate Strikes and one of the founders of Greenpeace to find out how they started global movements. 

    Simon Black
    3 Oct 2019
    9 min read
  • Murdered Wixárika leader, Miguel Vázquez Torres. © Nelson Denman
    Stories
    Peace 50Years

    Violence against Indigenous peoples destroys our common home

    Indigenous lands contain vast biological diversity. These communities are fighting not only to preserve their cultures but also to preserve what is left of Earth's wild ecosystems.

    Rex Weyler
    7 Jul 2017
    1 min read
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