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We Don’t Care About the Young Folks
The Young People — it’s a label I’ve seen used to dismiss an entire generation as hopelessly naive and ignorant. The Young People don’t know how to communicate; they’re…
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My Arctic Home
I live in Kangiqtugaapik (Clyde River) in the Canadian Arctic. Most people have never heard of my town. It’s 450 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle with a population of…
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Powering the Resistance, One Bold Action at a Time
There is no better time to act for our climate and communities than right now. Our democracy is under attack. In the coming hours, days, months, and years, we will…
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Love In the Time of Climate Change
A version of this post was originally published by Greenpeace Philippines. A lot has been said about Filipinos’ resiliency, friendliness, and ability to laugh and make jokes in the face…
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Hungary, Democracy, and the Freedom I Stand For
In the winter of 2017, I received a call from a colleague about a small community in the Hungarian countryside, far from the busy streets of Budapest, that needed help.…
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The Day I Was Treated Like a Mobster and Served a $300 Million Lawsuit for Defending Forests
Resolute Forest Products, a company headquartered 5,000 miles away in Montreal, was bringing us to a distant court in Augusta, Georgia. Reading through the complaint, I saw my name, absurd…
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The Resistance is Raising its Voice… Literally
Jeff Southwick was one of the first Greenpeace volunteers to collect plastic waste in his community and record the brands behind the mess as part of our ongoing Plastic Cleanup…
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Diving Into a Sea of Plastic and Doing Something About It
I worked in communications for 7 years before deciding that my real passion was scuba diving and I wanted a career change, or, as I gently put it: I wanted…
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Your #BreakFreeFromPlastic Pictures Are Taking Over the Internet!
It’s never been so easy to demand change. Use your social media to tag companies pushing their single-use plastic problem onto you! Check out some of the folks calling for…
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Pennsylvania’s Plastics Resistance
This week, the Break Free From Plastic coalition and Earthworks have launched the “Stopping Plastic Where it Starts Tour,” a two-week grassroots tour that will travel to Texas, Louisiana, Pennsylvania,…
