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Cebu Youth Leaders vow to take action on dietary choices for the climate
Following the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released on 8 August 2019, a group of young leaders gathered in Talisay City, Cebu to put forward the issue of changing dietary choices among Filipinos as part of the climate justice campaign.
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The fight for environmental rights is a fight for equality
The stories of Pierce, Nityalila, and Arthur - LGBT activists whose lives were changed by 2013’s super-typhoon Haiyan - show that in this current climate crisis, we need allies and partners working in true partnership.
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Greenpeace starts them out young with activity in Pasig connecting children’s health and nutrition to environmental health
We spent a day with 100 parents to highlight the connection between the food we eat and the health of our environment. Find out how it turned out!
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Greenpeace calls for policies to protect farmers from swine fever threat and other impacts from imported industrial meat
Quezon City, 10 June 2019. – Greenpeace today called for increased measures to better protect the country’s agriculture and farmers from the threat of infection from the African Swine Fever…
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Food, fasting and the meaning of Ramadan
What is the right diet? When do we really need to eat? Protein from meat or protein from vegetables? Slow food or fast food? Organically grown or genetically modified? Halal or Haram? Countless debates…
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Environmental groups raise alarm on Nickelodeon threat to sustainability of Palawan
Environmental groups, together with members of the academe and representatives from Palawan, called for intensified efforts to safeguard the sustainability and environmental viability of Palawan in light of apparent lobby efforts to push through with plans for a Nickelodeon theme park in Coron
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War on poverty and illegal fishing must continue
The members of the Pangingisda Natin Gawing Tama (PaNaGaT) network, strongly urge President Rodrigo Roa Duterte to address persistent poverty in fishing communities in the country.
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Envi orgs slam disposal of Canadian waste in PH landfill
Manila – Environmental and public health groups expressed frustration and disappointment over the sudden disposal of 29 of the 50 container vans containing mixed wastes that were illegally imported from Canada, despite the absence of a court order directing the illegal shipment’s disposal.
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Comprehensive rehab of Manila Bay is possible, necessary
Manila —The Greenpeace ship, Esperanza, arrived today in Manila Bay amid calls for a comprehensive rehab of the country’s most famous body of water. The call came as scientists from the University of the Philippines-Marine Science Institute (UP-MSI) conducted research demonstrations meant to underscore the extent of toxic pollution in the area.
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Indonesia makes it to 2008 Guinness World Records as fastest forest destroyer on the planet
The next edition of the Guinness Book of World Records will list Indonesia as the country with the fastest rate of forest destruction on the planet. Indonesia is destroying an area of forest equivalent to 300 football pitches every hour. It has already lost 72% of its large intact ancient forests (1) and half of…