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    50Years

    50 years of Greenpeace: Looking back and looking forward

    This month, Greenpeace celebrates 50 years of environmental activism, dating from the first campaign to stop a nuclear bomb test in Alaska, launched from Vancouver Canada, on Sept. 15, 1971.

    Rex Weyler •
    12 Sep 2021
    9 min read
  • Soviet Whaling Action in North Pacific. © Greenpeace / Rex Weyler
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    Photographic Memories

    From 1974 to 1982, I served as photographer on Greenpeace campaigns. Here are a dozen photographs from those years and some memories that they evoke. 

    Rex Weyler •
    10 Sep 2021
    9 min read
  • Activist Protest at Shell Headquarters in Manila. © Geric Cruz / Greenpeace
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    Greenpeace joins global call for COP26 postponement citing UK’s failure to ensure safe and equitable access

    Greenpeace and over 1500 civil society groups from 130 countries, members of Climate Action Network, have called for a postponement of COP26 due to failure to ensure a safe, equitable and inclusive access.

    Greenpeace International •
    7 Sep 2021
    2 min read
  • Greenpeace activists protest for climate protection and a rapid phasing out of internal combustion engines by Volkswagen. © Gordon Welters / Greenpeace
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    EnergyRevolution Climate

    Greenpeace starts legal proceedings against Volkswagen for fuelling the climate crisis

    Greenpeace Germany announced today that it is suing Volkswagen, the world’s second largest car manufacturer, for failing to decarbonize the company in line with the 1.5°C goal agreed in Paris.

    Greenpeace International •
    3 Sep 2021
    3 min read
  • Dorothy and Irving Stowe standing together wearing Greenpeace T-shirts in 1971.
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    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 at Kinder Morgan Tank Farm in British Columbia. ©  Rogue Collective / Greenpeace
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    50 years of Greenpeace: Q&A with Rex Weyler

    I was asked to host a series of virtual "mailbag" calls connecting activists across generations and regions. The outpouring of interest — and questions — from those at Greenpeace today was moving.

    Rex Weyler •
    27 Jun 2021
    10 min read
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    Annual Report 2020

    Keeping our people safe while still forging a pathway to a better, fairer, safer and greener planet was challenging for us all, personally and organisationally. We have learned a lot.

    Greenpeace International •
    24 Jun 2021
    1 min read
  • Nuclear Action Amchitka, Canada 1971. © Greenpeace / Robert Keziere
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    AboutUs Peace 50Years

    The roots of Greenpeace

    This September 2021, Greenpeace will celebrate 50 years of environmental activism, dating from the launch of the first Greenpeace campaign to stop a nuclear bomb test in Alaska. 

    Rex Weyler •
    13 Jun 2021
    8 min read
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    The resistance to extractivism in Latin America

    This past May, Greenpeace International hosted a live conversation with a panel of dynamic speakers about extractivism in Latin America and the communities that are resisting it.

    Rosario Coll & Sophie Schroder •
    10 Jun 2021
    2 min read
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    Letter to President Biden and President Putin: the US and Russia must embrace a just and green transformation

    A green and just transition for Russia and the US, respectively, is good for people, good for nature, good for the climate and what’s needed for a safe, prosperous future.

    Jennifer Morgan •
    9 Jun 2021
    3 min read
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