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    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
  • Mr. Haruo Ono in Shinchi, Fukushima, Japan. © Greenpeace
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    Their unheard voices: The fishermen of Fukushima

    "It feels like - it’s our ocean, but it’s not our ocean”.

    Mitsuhisa Kawase
    20 Dec 2021
    8 min read
  • A woman looks at wildfires tearing through a forest in the region of Chefchaouen in northern Morocco
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    A year of record-breaking extreme weather

    After 50 years of activism and speaking truth to power, we are entering a crucial phase in this climate movement.

    Sudhanshu Malhotra
    17 Dec 2021
    4 min read
  • Activists Paint Deep Sea Mining Industry Vessel in the Pacific Ocean. © Marten van Dijl / Greenpeace
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    10 inspiring environmental victories of 2021

    Hope is a natural resource too, and it can sometimes feel in short supply. Here are 10 important and inspiring wins for people and the planet from this year.

    Greenpeace International
    16 Dec 2021
    8 min read
  • Protest at Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) Global Summit in Berlin. © Kevin McElvaney / Greenpeace
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    Forests

    Wild forests are disappearing faster and faster every year. We must act now

    A new study by Greenpeace mapping experts and the University of Maryland shows that we are the last generation that can still save wild forests

    Angelo Louw
    15 Dec 2021
    3 min read
  • Survey for Cetaceans of the Hellenic Trench 2021. © Leonidas Karantzas / Greenpeace
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    TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil to do seismic testing in whale grounds, Greenpeace report shows

    "Total and Exxon are exposing endangered species and crucial ecosystems to unbearable noise and pollution from seismic blasts and deep-sea drilling operations."

    Greenpeace International
    15 Dec 2021
    2 min read
  • Still from short film by African ecofeminist alliance WoMin. Shows a group of women meeting, in a circle, under a tree.
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    EnergyRevolution Consumption Coal Climate

    Animations we loved this year — 7 short films that inspire action

    Who doesn’t admire a well crafted animation? Especially one that lifts the spirit and emboldens you to uproot oppressive systems to make way for a better world.

    Safina Okumu
    7 Dec 2021
    2 min read
  • Peat Fires in the Vicinity of Yekaterinburg.
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    Forests Climate Fires

    Has the zombie apocalypse of forest fires begun?

    We have all seen the terrifying images of forest wildfires. But what we don’t very often see are the equally devastating peat fires which burn underground, often for months at a time.

    Greenpeace International
    6 Dec 2021
    3 min read
  • Gold Mining Rafts in the Madeira River in the Amazon in Brazil. © Bruno Kelly / Greenpeace
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    Forests Amazon

    This is what illegal mining in the Amazon looks like

    Hundreds of mining rafts show the extent of the illegal activity in the Amazon region and the lack of action from the government and from law enforcement.

    Diego Gonzaga
    30 Nov 2021
    3 min read
  • Fire Monitoring in the Amazon in Brazil in September, 2021. © Victor Moriyama / Amazônia em Chamas
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    Forests Fires Amazon

    Numbers don’t lie: Amazon deforestation increased despite Brazil’s greenwashing attempt at COP26

    No amount of greenwashing by the Brazilian government can obscure the truth: The Amazon is being destroyed at a historic rate.

    Diego Gonzaga
    19 Nov 2021
    3 min read
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