Tag: Greenpeace

Photoplay’s Dropbear and Greenpeace Unite to Protect Oceans from Long Line Fishing

Stuart Mitchell

Photoplay director and animator Dropbear (aka Jonathan Chong) has joined forces with Greenpeace Australia on a powerful new animated campaign aimed at raising awareness about the devastating effects of long line fishing on the ocean’s ecosystem – particularly the alarming threat it poses to blue sharks, which are the most common victims of bycatch. The campaign’s striking film uses a bold mixed-media animation style to educate and move viewers about the unseen brutality of industrial fishing practices occurring just off Australia’s coastline. The campaign will be launched across Greenpeace’s website,…

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Greenpeace UK commits to match London’s diversity

Stuart Mitchell

Greenpeace UK’s office is in London, one of the most diverse, multicultural cities in the world, and we draw tremendous benefits from that as a global campaigning organisation. But the organisation itself is significantly less diverse than the city we work in, and so we are leaving some of those benefits and insights on the table. But not for much longer. Today Greenpeace UK is announcing our 2030 Race & Ethnicity Representation Goals, and committing to match the diversity of our host city at every level of our organisation. This…

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Greenpeace’s successful Oceans: Life Under Water podcast meets the creatures of the deep and season 2 dives into deep sea mining

Stuart Mitchell

Greenpeace’s podcast Oceans: Life Under Water is back for a second season after an incredibly successful first season which won a Bronze Climate award at the 2024 British Podcast Awards, and was nominated in the Listener’s Choice category. It begins with three episodes on the beauty of the deep sea and the threat of deep sea mining as nations prepare to attend the all important International Seabed Authority meeting. From 17th March international delegations will have an opportunity to speak in favour of a precautionary pause on deep sea mining, and…

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‘Pesticides buzz off’: More than 1.6 million people call for a ban on bee-killing pesticides

Stuart Mitchell

A petition signed by more than 1.6 million people urging the government to enforce a total ban on bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides has been handed in to the Department of Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs (Defra) by environmental campaigners. The petition, which was coordinated by Greenpeace UK, has amassed a staggering 1,645,000 signatures from the British public and was delivered directly to Defra for the environment minister, Emma Hardy. It was delivered in the form of a bee hotel by campaigners dressed in ‘worker’ bee outfits carrying placards reading, ‘Pesticides Buzz…

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Arctic deep sea mining plans stopped in Norway

Stuart Mitchell

After more than a year of massive pressure from activists, scientists and the international community, the Norwegian government has agreed to stop the first licensing round for deep sea mining in Arctic waters. “This is a huge win! After hard work from activists, environmentalists, scientists and fishermen, we have secured a historic win for ocean protection, as the opening process for deep sea mining in Norway has been stopped. The wave of protests against deep sea mining is growing. We will not let this industry destroy the unique life in…

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