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  • Discounter Children Clothes © Fred Dott / Greenpeace
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    Report: Discounters’ clothes are getting cleaner

    Good news! It's getting a little easier to find clothes produced by environmentally conscious discounters. Our German office did the research and announced which supermarket chains are "Detox Trendsetters" and who made the "Detox Losers" list.

    Brian Adams
    2 min read
  • Team Aurora Arrives at the North Pole © Christian Åslund / Greenpeace
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    FoD and #savethearctic, say whaat?

    What do the Arctic have in common with a drama about vampires and a sitcom about a sketch comedy show? Not much, unless you take into account two actors who are keen to save our pristine wilderness to the North.

    Arin de Hoog
    1 min read
  • Cattle Farm in the Amazon © Greenpeace / Daniel Beltrá
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    Less meat, better for everyone

    The recent announcement from the World Health Organisation (WHO) which classified processed meat as a carcinogenic and red meat as "probably carcinogenic" (similar to Glyphosate in Roundup) shows that the amount and the frequency that we eat meat today should raise alarm.  

    Elena Danali
    2 min read
  • Greenpeace Ship Phyllis Cormack. © Greenpeace / Rex Weyler
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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.

    Eduardo Sousa
    11 min read
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    Victories in Mexico for healthy food

    Let me share some good news! So far 2015 has been a promising year for our campaign for healthy food in Mexico. This doesn't mean that everything related to food and agriculture is now perfect in Mexico… far from it! However, I am now even more convinced that we can change attitudes, mobilize people and…

    Aleira Lara
    3 min read
  • Cattle Farm in the Amazon © Greenpeace / Daniel Beltrá
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    Cows, conspiracies, and Greenpeace

    You're probably reading this blog because you have some questions raised by the film Cowspiracy. I'd like to address these directly – and tell you a little about our work on animal agriculture around the world.

    Robin Oakley
    4 min read
  • Ecological Produce at Farmers Market in Paris © Peter Caton / Greenpeace
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    5 ways to celebrate World Food Day (and fix our broken food system)

    Today is World Food Day and food lovers have found some fabulous ways to celebrate. Food that's good for people and our planet is a human right: from farmers in Argentina and city folk in France, to children in the Philippines and foodies in the USA, food that's organic, local and seasonal should be a…

    Amanda Graupner
    1 min read
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    The story of a spoon

    "You buy furniture. You tell yourself, this is the last sofa I will ever need in my life... Then the right set of dishes. Then the perfect bed. The drapes. The rug. Then you're trapped in your lovely nest, and the things you used to own, now they own you."– Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

    Arin de Hoog
    1 min read
  • Crane with Nest in Germany © Markus Mauthe / Greenpeace
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    A pestiferous problem

    A new report on Europe's pesticide addiction addresses the thorny topic of ridding ourselves of pesticides for good.

    Dr. Dirk Zimmermann
    3 min read
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    You did it! Shell abandons Arctic drilling

    From activists who scaled Shell’s rig in April or who stopped one of Shell’s ships this July, to the millions of people all over the world who signed petitions, paraded with polar bears, shared stories and helped organise for real environmental justice, this is YOUR victory. Thank you.

    April Glaser
    1 min read