Twenty-five years. It sounds like a long time, but for Greenpeace Southeast Asia, it feels like a heartbeat.
A heartbeat that began in a small office filled with big dreams that people, united by care and courage, could stand up for the planet and each other.
In 2000, when Greenpeace Southeast Asia was born, the challenges ahead were enormous. Forests were disappearing. Rivers were polluted with plastics. The climate crisis was already unfolding, yet few were listening. Still, our activists, volunteers, and communities refused to be silent. They stood on ships, on rooftops, and on the frontlines of change to speak for those who could not.
What followed were years of courage and persistence. Our teams exposed illegal logging and pushed back against corporations that treated nature as disposable. We sailed across seas to document destruction and amplify local voices fighting for their right to a healthy environment. Each action, whether a daring banner drop or a quiet conversation with a policymaker, became a spark in a growing movement for change.
But the story of Greenpeace Southeast Asia has never been about protests alone. It is about the people who make them possible. The volunteers who painted banners overnight. The scientists who provided the facts no one could ignore. The local communities who opened their homes and hearts to a movement for justice. Together, they reminded the world that activism is not only resistance. It is care in action.
Over the years, we have celebrated milestones that once felt impossible. Coal projects stopped. Forests protected. Corporations held accountable. Plastic waste exposed. And through every campaign, a new generation has risen. Young people across Southeast Asia now see the climate crisis not as someone else’s problem, but as their shared future to defend.
Still, the story of these 25 years is not only about victories. It is about perseverance. For every success, there were countless days of uncertainty. Moments when hope felt small. Yet again and again, people showed up. They kept believing that change, however slow, is built one act of courage at a time.
As we look back on this journey, each milestone in this timeline tells a piece of that story of resistance and renewal, of heartbreak and hope. Together, they reveal how far we have come and how much further we must go.
Because this is not the end of our story. The climate crisis demands more action, more courage, and more imagination. The next 25 years will call on all of us, activists, allies, and everyday people, to keep hope alive and turn it into change.
Scroll through the years. Relive the moments. Remember the faces.
Every photo, every story, every act you will see here began with one simple idea: Hope is not passive. Hope takes action.
