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Greenpeace and the Sisiutl: Cultural appropriation and reconciliation
How the Sisiutl symbol came to be part of Greenpeace’s identity is both an important part of our origins and a troubling story of cultural appropriation.
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Joni Mitchell: A tribute to the artist
Joni Mitchell helped launch Greenpeace with a 1970 benefit concert, and emerged as one of the greatest songwriters and performers of the last 50 years.
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How do systems get unstuck?
If we are going to resolve our ecological challenges, we must rethink, not only our social systems, but our habitual ways of thinking.
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Civil Disobedience: Why direct action is necessary
History shows us that civil disobedience is often necessary when the relatively weak face the relatively strong.
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Gazprom vs. Greenpeace Arctic 30
Historically, overreaction by authorities — violence, arrests, jail — galvanises social movements, empowers individuals and strengthens organizations.
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Why De-Growth? An interview
The Degrowth movement addresses the growth of human consumption, driven by economic growth, population growth, and the impacts of resource extraction.
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The women who founded Greenpeace
Although men got most of the headlines in the early Greenpeace campaigns, many strong and visionary women helped bring Greenpeace to life. The family of Greenpeace co-founder Dorothy Stowe –…
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Pillars of Greenpeace leave a legacy
Jim Bohlen and Dorothy Stowe both lived full lives as agents of social change, that leave us much to ponder and to emulate.
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Dorothy Stowe 1920 – 2010
The most fitting memorial for Dorothy Stowe is that we all get up each morning and go back to work in the service of peace, justice, and the living Earth.
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Jim Bohlen 1926 – 2010
The morning Jim and Marie told the Vancouver Sun they would be taking a boat to Amchitka was, arguably, the moment that Greenpeace was born.
