The Greenpeace weblogThe Greenpeace BlogGreenpeace - Making Waves: From the climate defenders camp to the the funders of coal- June 18, 2008 Sorry but my last entry didnt show up on the website (internet doesn't always work on the ship). So I give you again an overview of the last days. When the sun rose on Monday morning I climbed into one...http://weblog.greenpeace.org/makingwaves/archives/2008/06/from_the_climate_defenders_cam.h... Greenpeace - Making Waves: Google Earth layer shows forest destruction- June 17, 2008 It is an interesting moment when you brainstorm for cool things to do on a campaign, just to notice two days later while doing a Google search that someone else did it. This happened to me yesterday, when I stumbled...http://weblog.greenpeace.org/makingwaves/archives/2008/06/google_earth_layer_shows_fores.h... Greenpeace - Making Waves: Juliette- June 17, 2008 One summer, after traveling to Greece and seeing a lot of ecological damage done in one of the most beautiful countries I had ever visited, I decided I had to do something to save the world. I turned to Greenpeace...http://weblog.greenpeace.org/makingwaves/archives/2008/06/juliette.html Greenpeace - Making Waves: Breathing Earth- June 17, 2008 Martijn, our IT unit head, just passed this on to me. Very cool animation of CO2 emissions. It's based on 2002 emissions - so slightly out of day. Gives a sense of where all that carbon dioxide is coming...http://weblog.greenpeace.org/makingwaves/archives/2008/06/breathing_earth.html Greenpeace - Making Waves: Squeeky clean coal wash- June 16, 2008 You've heard of greenwash right Well, look out for the "clean coal" media machine as they spend obscene amounts of money spent on advertising and PR in the run up to the US presidential election. The self-described "clean coal" industry...http://weblog.greenpeace.org/makingwaves/archives/2008/06/squeeky_clean_coal_wash.html Greenpeace - Making Waves: Whales More money in watching them than eating them- June 16, 2008 Two bits of good news for whales in mail bag today: A report in Asahi Shinbum, Japan's second largest newspaper, prompts the question whether the Japanese Fisheries Agency's drive to revive commercial whaling is a nationalist political agenda or...http://weblog.greenpeace.org/makingwaves/archives/2008/06/whales_more_money_in_watching.ht... Greenpeace - Making Waves: Facing the pro coal villagers- June 15, 2008 Have you ever been surrounded by 20 people shouting at you in a language you dont understand Quite scary. Yesterday in the early hours of the evening the pro coal chief of the village next to our camp had organized...http://weblog.greenpeace.org/makingwaves/archives/2008/06/facing_the_pro_coal_villagers.ht... Greenpeace - Making Waves: Save the Climate - Quit Coal in Iloilo, Philippines- June 14, 2008 Do you remember the movie The day after tomorrow When I watched it a shudder ran through me and I felt helpless with this dooms day atmosphere in relation to Climate Change. Entering the climate defenders camp this morning...http://weblog.greenpeace.org/makingwaves/archives/2008/06/save_the_climate_quit_coal_in.ht... Greenpeace - Making Waves: Coal transport to Drax stopped now- June 13, 2008 Protesters have blocked a coal shipment to the Drax power plant - one of Europes worst for carbon emissions: As a movement, we are serious. Although we conduct ourselves cheerfully, we dont think this is a game. Although we can...http://weblog.greenpeace.org/makingwaves/archives/2008/06/coal_transport_to_drax_stopped.h... Greenpeace - Making Waves: Pyjama protest: Sleepwalking to disaster at Bonn Climate talks- June 11, 2008 Photo © GreenpeaceStachowske Stephanie Tunmore in Bonn writes: You know those nights when you wake up in a cold sweat because you dreamt you were out in public in your pyjamas Well for some Greenpeace volunteers and staff the nightmare...http://weblog.greenpeace.org/makingwaves/archives/2008/06/pyjama_protest_sleepwalking_to.h... |