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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

  • No to Parex Protest in Manila. © Basilio Sepe / Greenpeace
    Press Releases
    AlternativeFutures

    Urban Movements Map launched to commemorate World Cities Day

    Together with Clima e Mobilidade and the Urban Movement Innovation Fund, Greenpeace International launched a global Urban Movements Map.

    Greenpeace International •
    30 Oct 2023
    3 min read
  • Aerial view of the Congo Basin rainforest © Thomas Einberger / argum / Greenpeace
    Press Releases
    AlternativeFutures Forests

    Three Basins Summit in Brazzaville can open doors for an alternative future

    Tropical forest nations play a central role in combating tropical deforestation and shaping global climate and biodiversity governance - and for good reason.

    Greenpeace International •
    26 Oct 2023
    9 min read
  • Kusum Lata and Other Residents in India. © Greenpeace / Vinit Gupta
    Press Releases
    AlternativeFutures ExtremeWeather Health

    Less than half of people in Global South cities feel safe from extreme weather events, but hope remains

    The climate emergency needs to be addressed with a more comprehensive perspective, starting with the communities that have been historically excluded and are now being most impacted.

    Greenpeace International •
    9 Oct 2023
    2 min read
  • United for Climate Justice March in Luxembourg. © Greenpeace / Anais Hector
    Stories
    AlternativeFutures Consumption Food

    The real meaning of growth

    Imagine that you could decide how public money is spent; that wealth is distributed equitably among everyone and that all people are equally respected.

    Antonio Jaén Osuna •
    3 Oct 2023
    4 min read
  • Global Climate Strike in Bangkok. © Chanklang Kanthong / Greenpeace
    Stories
    AlternativeFutures

    9 principles for an alternative future 

    How can communities define and control their own food systems, with local principles and knowledge? How can we reduce exploitation, regenerate nature and produce our own renewable energy? Here’s 9 principles to prioritise people and nature instead of corporate profits and fossil fuel extraction.

    Paula Tejon Carbajal and Catherine Rodgers •
    6 Sep 2023
    5 min read
  • The Eco Elixirs team Angel Chukwudi-Denis, Fortune Mmesomachukwu and Favour Chinecherem
    Stories
    Climate AlternativeFutures

    The creativity of youth is changing mindsets on climate change

    All over the world people are coming together to build a better future for their communities and themselves, despite challenging situations. Their experiences don’t hit the headlines, but offer some ideas about how humankind can live in a modern world and counter the neoliberal, capitalist system.

    Renata Nitta and Fabian Ogochukwu •
    9 Jun 2023
    6 min read
  • Community Pantry in Maginhawa. © Patreng Non
    Stories
    Food AlternativeFutures

    How an act of care led to a food revolution

    “If people’s basic needs are not provided by those in power, food availability becomes revolutionary because caring for ourselves and our neighbours is a form of resistance — showing that we’re not giving up.”

    Abigail Aguilar and Raizza Bello •
    28 Apr 2023
    5 min read
  • Dina Kafafy
    Stories
    Food Climate AlternativeFutures

    Living, loving and learning from the “people of the mountain”

    All over the world people are coming together to build a better future for their communities and themselves, despite challenging situations. Their experiences don’t hit the headlines, but offer some help...

    Renata Nitta and Yasmin Kamal •
    6 Apr 2023
    5 min read
  • Renata Peixe Boi, Boca da Mata communal kitchen with chief Lutana Kokama © Rodrigo Duarte
    Stories
    Forests Health Food AlternativeFutures Amazon

    Fighting for inclusion and justice in Brazil’s Amazonas capital

    At the meeting point of the Rio Negro and the Amazon lies Manaus, capital of Brazil’s Amazonas state, people are connecting younger generations with their roots to help counter the alienation they feel in the modern world. 

    Renata Nitta •
    9 Mar 2023
    5 min read
  • Agroflorestry in the Community Enjeitado © Vladia Lima/ ASA
    Stories
    Forests Climate Food AlternativeFutures

    The true meaning of economy – the art of taking care of our common home

    Brazil’s semi-arid region has dry-forests with immense biodiversity, but suffers from water scarcity, making it a hostile climate, long associated with environmental degradation, extreme poverty, drought and predatory landowning elites.

    Renata Nitta •
    2 Mar 2023
    5 min read
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