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Water Patrol documents the threats to Majayjay’s waters
Reflection of the vegetation on irrigation water from Mount Banahaw. The world celebrates World Water Day every March 22. This year, some 50 members of the Greenpeace Water Patrol went…
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The women rafters of Lake Pandin
Roughly nine years ago, a small barangay situated near Lake Pandin in San Pablo, Laguna, began drawing in lots of visitors. Though the city of San Pablo has long been…
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Saving the environment—more fun in the Philippines
Last Sunday, thousands came to celebrate Earth Day along Manila Bay in style. Some came dressed up as fish, while others came as Philippine mythical creatures believed to cause sickness to those who’ll destroy their homes. A cultural group under CCP even donned Filipino traditional dresses made of tinalak.The whole time, I made sure that…
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Our farmers in the age of climate change
Typhoon Mangkhut heading for the Philippines, how the Philippines would be able to cope yet again.
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Karla Rey, translator of ‘Paano Kumain ng Kulay?’
Read the story about Karla Rey the English translator for the new children’s book, Paano Kumain ng Kulay?, published by Adarna House, Me & My Veg Mouth, and Greenpeace Philippines.
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Ecological Agriculture: the future of food production
Time and again we have heard that business as usual is compromising the health of our environment which then has a profound impact on human health and well-being. The way humans have unceasingly poisoned our soils, water and air through the use of synthetic fertilisers and chemical pesticides has wrought so much damage to the…
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The boon of living sustainably, slowly according to Bukid ni Bogs
Meet Bogs Castro, a permaculture farmer who manages Bukid ni Bogs, an agroecological farming and training center that promotes sustainable organic farming and permaculture in Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur.
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Greenpeace to DOE: Carbon-credit rules not a license to profit—must cut emissions now
DOE is railroading carbon markets purportedly to reduce emissions—but at the same time, they’re playing godfather to fossil gas projects, and putting more exemptions to the coal plant moratorium. This clearly doesn’t add up.
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Greenpeace on Coral reef ‘tipping point’—end fossil fuel expansion, make those most responsible pay
The science is clear: the coral reefs are dying. Without them, billions will lose their lifeline and source of food and livelihood.
