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  • Panax Pseudoginseng at Market in Yunnan © Simon Lim / Greenpeace

    Shaking up China’s food system – in Shanghai and beyond

    Greenpeace China's campaign to push one of China's biggest retailers to purge pesticides triggered food safety reform across the whole of Shanghai. Now we're fighting to take it nationwide.

    Wang Jing 4 min read
  • Why we are taking Arctic oil to court

    With this historic court case a new generation is now taking action to stop oil companies from kidnapping our future. Nature & Youth and Greenpeace Nordic, alongside a broad coalition, have filed an unprecedented people-powered legal case against the Norwegian government. 

    Ingrid Skjoldvær and Truls Gulowsen 3 min read
  • This is The People vs. Arctic Oil

    A new wave of oil drilling threatens the Arctic - but today saw the start of the fight back. This morning a lawsuit was filed that could stop the expansion of this reckless industry northwards - but we need your help.

    Sune Scheller 5 min read
  • Action at Brent Spar Oil Rig in the North Sea. © Greenpeace / David Sims

    Brent Spar: The sea is not a dustbin

    In August 2016, Prestel Books published Photos That Changed the World, including this image of the Greenpeace Brent Spar campaign, captured by David Sims on 16 June 1995. Greenpeace approaches…

    Rex Weyler 8 min read
  • Indigenous Nenet man in Yamal Peninsula, Russia

    If you’re left without reindeer, there is nothing else

    “You feed a reindeer and step away - and it suddenly drops dead. Within a day it swells up like a ball ready to burst. We thought the heat was to blame, as they were still in their thick winter coats. A neighbour lost 50 of them.”

    Tatiana Vasilieva 3 min read
  • Underwater Sea Life off Sylt © Uli Kunz / Greenpeace

    3 big reasons why we need ocean sanctuaries now

    Last Friday, US President Obama announced the creation of the world’s largest ocean sanctuary, and today governments from all over the world are meeting at the United Nations in New York to develop a new treaty to save our oceans. This is fantastic news for our blue planet. Two-thirds of the ocean sit outside national borders,…

    Magnus Eckeskog 3 min read
  • Nuclear Action at White House in DC © Greenpeace / Lee Corkran

    Nuclear testing is not a path to security and peace

    Today marks the International Day against Nuclear Tests. Since 1945, more than 2000 nuclear tests have been carried out at more than 60 locations around the globe. Nuclear weapons were designed and tested to be the ultimate doomsday weapon, setting a legacy of fear and destruction. No other human invention had as much impact on the…

    Bunny McDiarmid 5 min read
  • Aerial View of Clyde River © Greenpeace

    My Arctic Home

    I live in Kangiqtugaapik (Clyde River) in the Canadian Arctic. Most people have never heard of my town. It's 450km north of the Arctic Circle with a population of roughly 1,000. We are isolated from much of the world, but we feel very connected to our land, sea, and sky. 

    Clara Natanine 3 min read
  • Product Shots of Microbeads and Plastics © Fred Dott / Greenpeace

    Microbeads: How did companies respond?

    Back in July, Greenpeace East Asia ranked 30 global companies to see how they measured in terms of their commitment to phasing out microbeads – the tiny terrors that are often found in shower gels and facial scrubs, and are known to wreak havoc on our ecosystems and marine life.

    Taehyun Park 4 min read
  • Why fixing your phone is one of the most empowering things you can do

    Like most people, I don’t go anywhere without my phone. In the morning, its shrill alarm rouses me from sleep. During the day it bobs between my ear, my hand, and my pocket. At night, I hunt for Pokémon before putting it away on the nightstand. My phone is my MP3 player, my camera, and…

    Kyle Wiens 4 min read