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World Food Day in the age of the Climate Emergency
Annually, every 16th of October, World Food Day is observed globally. It is a day of action dedicated not only to raising awareness on global hunger, but to get humanity…
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The #ReuseRevolution is the answer to the plastics crisis
Plastic pollution is everywhere. Starting as toxic fossil fuels, then ending up from beaches in Southeast Asia to the remote Antarctic, corporate throwaway culture is harming communities, animals like turtles…
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What No One Tells You About: The Garbage Problem in Magsaysay Boulevard
Environmental organizations and local volunteers unite against plastic pollution in Tacloban for a series of activities dubbed as Brand Aud8. Led by Mother Earth Foundation, these are a series of…
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World’s Scientists call on city mayors to reduce meat in canteens
Sixty five scientists from eleven different countries called on mayors across the globe to reduce meat in their public canteens, in order to tackle the climate emergency.
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Why Single Use is Not the Future Option
Plastic pollution is a global threat. And thanks to pressure from people all around the world, brands and retailers know they need to take responsibility for creating it. We are…
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When courage means being vulnerable
Last Friday, I joined a group of activists in blockading Shell’s refinery at Batangas for more than 10 hours–it was not easy (physically and mentally). For years, I’ve been supporting the…
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Update on the Blockade at Shell
The Greenpeace activists have removed their human-alarm blockade at Shell’s Batangas refinery around 3:00 p.m. yesterday and the climbers have taken down their banner at the site, as the Climate…
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Filipino People’s Climate Justice Declaration
Today, at a time of climate emergency, we, communities and Filipinos from across the country, are raising the alarm for climate justice. Our fundamental rights to life, food, shelter, health…
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Community reps, Greenpeace activists blockade Shell facility in Batangas to call for climate justice
Batangas City, Philippines – Ahead of the coming week’s global mobilizations for the climate, representatives from climate-impacted communities, together with Greenpeace activists, blockaded the entrance to the Batangas refinery of fossil…
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An open letter to Shell
Have you seen this boy? Tarin could have been 9 years old by now, if not for the storm that snatched him away from the arms of his mom. I…