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5 helpful vegetarian diet tips for meat-free newbies
Cutting back on red meat and dairy can be one of the biggest steps to reduce your carbon footprint. While Greenpeace campaign for renewable energy and a transition from fossil fuels, we're also looking at other ways we can protect ourselves and the environment.
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Fast fashion is “drowning” the world. We need a Fashion Revolution!
“Nothing to wear?” Well here’s something to think about:
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From fridge to film – the farmers choosing a sustainable life
They catch the fish you eat and harvest the rice you stir-fry. But there’s something that sets these farmers apart. They’ve taken on farming methods that have influenced the way they think about food and changed their way of life.
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17,000 hazardous chemicals and counting – open-sourcing Greenpeace’s global chemical research
Greenpeace is campaigning for a toxic-free future where hazardous chemicals are no longer produced, used and dumped into our environment. This includes chemicals which are persistent, toxic, bioaccumulative, carcinogenic and disruptive to human hormones.
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Detoxing at the root of fashion
Change is most difficult but also most effective when it happens at the root of a problem. This is why we are now working with Italy’s Prato region to Detox the companies that supply renowned fashion brands, including Gucci, Prada and Armani.
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Italy’s largest fashion supply chain pledges to Detox hazardous chemicals
Milan, 11 February 2016 - In the largest commitment of its kind, 20 companies from Italy’s Prato textile district simultaneously announced today in a press conference hosted by Greenpeace in Milan their commitment to Detox; the highest standard in toxic-free fashion production. Prato is home to Italy’s oldest textile manufacturers and most extensive fashion supply…
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The North Face and Mammut can’t take PFC pollution back
Nature lovers and long-time customers across the globe are asking outdoor brands Mammut and The North Face to stop using hazardous chemicals to produce their gear.
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Hazardous chemicals found in outdoor gear
Most brands had to admit that they do use PFCs. But they didn’t tell us which products they were in. So we asked you which products you wanted tested.
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Leaving Traces
Greenpeace Germany tested a range of outdoor clothing and gear for hazardous per- and polyfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) and found chemicals that are hazardous to the environment and to human health.
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New Year’s plastic resolution: 5 simple ways to help the ocean.
We are turning our oceans into plastic soup. It’s been estimated recently that about EIGHT MILLION TONNES of plastic ends up in the ocean each year.