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Global Day of Action: A unified response to stop deep sea mining
What will future scholars see when they look back and study us: a portrait of humans today and our impact on the environment. And what would our ancestors feel when they gaze down to observe the looming threat of deep sea mining in our oceans?
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Genetic engineering is a neo-colonial technology undermining food and seed sovereignty
Kenya recently lifted its 10-year ban on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines GMOs as organisms (plants, animals or microorganisms) whose genetic material (DNA) has been altered in a way…
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Towards a food system that protects the soil, the water and the climate
Right now there are people across Aotearoa who are using ecological farming methods to produce healthy food for today and tomorrow.
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The fight against single use plastic in the NZ healthcare sector
The healthcare sector is largely escaping scrutiny for favoring single use plastics.
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Nitrate contamination caused by the dairy industry puts rural people at risk
Safe and healthy drinking water is a basic human right, and no one should fear their water is unsafe to drink. But that’s the reality for many people in rural…
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Honouring Takaparawhau 45 years after the Bastion Point occupation eviction
Last week Greenpeace Aotearoa attended Takaparawhau 45, a symposium for Papatūanuku held by Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei.
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Why is waste to energy incineration a bad idea for Aotearoa?
The dirty truth about waste to energy incineration is that it just doesn’t stack up.
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A Global Plastic Treaty can end the age of plastic
Climate-crisis-fueled storms have hit New Zealand hard this year. In January, we suffered unprecedented extreme weather and flooding. We saw firsthand one of the causes of the climate crisis: single-use plastic.
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Mā te Tiriti Whakakore Kirihau ka oti te hanganga o te kirihau
Kua pā kino mai ngā tupuhi āhuarangi ki Aotearoa i tēnei tau nei. I te Hānuere, ka pā mai te kaha o te huarere me te waipuke, i muri mai ka tatū mai a Cyclone Gabrielle i te Pēpuere – te tupuhi kaha rawa o te 55 tau kua pahemo atu nei. Ko te mutunga…
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Concerning aspects around deep sea mining
Proponents of mining our deep ocean seafloor justify the need for this hugely destructive process largely by claims that the minerals from the deep are needed for batteries for electric cars.