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  • Geneva Streets Painted Black to Call Out Big Oil’s Chokehold on Global Plastic Treaty Talks. © Samuel Schalch / Greenpeace
    Stories
    Plastics

    Still no Plastics Treaty: How the fossil fuel industry keeps polluting negotiations

    It’s time for world leaders to confront the elephant in the UN Global Plastics Treaty negotiation room: Big Oil.

    Sarah King •
    19 Aug 2025
    7 min read
  • "Made for the bin?!" Action against Fast Fashion in Vienna.
    Stories
    Plastics

    How fast fashion fuels climate change, plastic pollution, and violence

    We all have to wear clothes, and they need to be affordable for everyone. But there is a better way.

    Helle Abelvik-Lawson •
    22 Sep 2023
    12 min read
  • Nuclear Power Plant Philippsburg. © Bernd Hartung / Greenpeace
    Stories
    Nuclear, Peace

    6 reasons why nuclear energy is not the way to a green and peaceful world

    With the costs and efficiency of renewable energy solutions improving year on year, and the effects of our rapidly changing climate accelerating across the globe, we need to take an honest look at some of the myths being perpetuated by the nuclear industry and its supporters. Here are six reasons why nuclear power is not…

    Mehdi Leman •
    18 Mar 2022
    8 min read
  • Crew of the Greenpeace. © Greenpeace / Robert Keziere
    Stories
    50Years

    A Brief History of Environmentalism

    Anthropologists have found evidence of human-induced animal and plant extinctions from 50,000 BCE, when only about 200,000 Homo sapiens roamed the Earth. We can only speculate about how these early humans reacted, but migrating to new habitats appears to be a common response.

    Rex Weyler •
    5 Jan 2018
    8 min read

  • Radioactive Hot Spot in Watari. © Noriko Hayashi / Greenpeace
    Stories
    Health Nuclear Fukushima

    A decade since the Fukushima disaster

    Ten years have been a long journey. Looking back at the archives from the first team deployed to Fukushima on 26 March, 2011, it reminds us that a decade is a long time but also not enough to wash away the pain caused from the accident.

    Sudhanshu Malhotra •
    9 Mar 2021
    5 min read
  • International Women's Day Banner
    Stories
    EnergyRevolution Oceans Food

    When women take a stand to protect what they love

    Meet six inspiring stories of Thai women who embody courage and show a deep passion for their community and the environment. There are many others like them who continue to make their mark, pave the way, and shine their light for others and the rest of womankind.

    Supang Chatuchinda •
    9 Mar 2021
    6 min read
  • Fishing Community of Cayar in Senegal. © Greenpeace / Pape Diatta Sarr
    Stories
    Oceans

    To the women fighting to protect our ocean and food security: Thank you!

    Today, on International Women’s Day, we are celebrating the many women all over the globe tirelessly fighting to bring back and preserve this magic and the social stability and food security it provides.

    Prudence Wanko Djiodio, Melita Steele and Jennifer Morgan •
    8 Mar 2021
    3 min read
  • Greenpeace women on International Women's Day
    Stories
    Climate Peace

    International Women’s Day – Celebrating Greenpeace changemakers

    Hear from some of the women at Greenpeace from across the globe about the work they do every day and the change they want to see in this world.

    Elena Keil, Anabela Angelovska and Karla Stretz •
    8 Mar 2021
    1 min read
  • Fires have devastated 23% of Pantanal's biome © Leandro Cagiano / Greenpeace
    Press Releases
    Forests Food Fires

    New report links 2020’s record-breaking fires in Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands to world’s biggest meat processor

    The world’s largest meat processor JBS and its leading competitors Marfrig and Minerva slaughtered cattle purchased from ranchers linked to the 2020 fires that destroyed one-third of the Pantanal region of Brazil, according to a new report.

    Greenpeace International •
    3 Mar 2021
    4 min read
  • Making Mincemeat of the Pantanal report cover
    Publications
    Forests Food Fires

    Making Mincemeat of the Pantanal

    World's largest meat processor JBS and its leading competitors slaughtered cattle purchased from ranchers linked to the 2020 Pantanal fires.

    Greenpeace International •
    3 Mar 2021
    1 min read
  • Wildlife in the Savanna in Tanzania. © Markus Mauthe / Greenpeace
    Stories
    Forests Oceans

    5 reasons we need wildlife in order to survive

    Our natural earth is dying. It is on the brink of collapse but there's hope.

    Marie Bout •
    3 Mar 2021
    5 min read
  • Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti sits reading a paperback book at Caffe Trieste in 2012. Photo by Cmichel67 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
    Stories
    AboutUs 50Years

    Memories of Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919-2021) aboard a Greenpeace ship

    In the summer of 1977, American poet, publisher, and innovative book seller, Lawrence Ferlinghetti joined the crew of the Greenpeace ship during the whale campaign and he wrote an historic poem in the ship's dreambook. On 22 February 2021, he died from lung disease, at the age of 101.

    Rex Weyler •
    3 Mar 2021
    4 min read
  • Mr. Anzai was forced to evacuate from Iitate, his home of many years, following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. © Greenpeace
    Stories
    Peace Health Fukushima Photography

    Photographing Fukushima for the future

    “It is said that a single photo can move the world. I hope that I can leave a record of the Fukushima that I have witnessed, so that 50 or 100 years on in the future, people can know what happened here.”

    Mitsuhisa Kawase •
    22 Feb 2021
    5 min read
  • Pygmy Blue Whale in Mozambique. © Paul Hilton / Greenpeace
    Stories
    ArcticSunrise Oceans Climate

    The biggest little whales

    This World Whale Day learn about the incredible animals and why they're heroes in tackling climate change and keeping our wider oceans healthy and full of life.

    Willie Mackenzie •
    19 Feb 2021
    3 min read
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