Filed under: Protect ancient forests, Stop climate change | Tags: Bonn, Climate Change, Energy [R]evolution, United Nations, United States of America
From Making Waves
Quite a few of our climate folks have been on the UN Climate meeting circuit since before the Kyoto protocol was born. Not a few of them have been fairly jaded about the role the United States has played at these meetings in the past. Continue reading
Filed under: Stop climate change | Tags: Baguio, Earth Hour, Global Warming, World Wildlife Fund
I was reminded of an event that Greenpeace once did in Iloilo as I stood motionless at a solemn covenant signing ceremony in Baguio People’s Park.
There we stood quiet in the dark. We lit candles and sang John Lennon’s Imagine.
We were with a collective of eco-warriors, participating in the yearly Earth Hour. An annual event that aims on calling people to VOTE EARTH by simply switching off your lights for one hour.
Filed under: 1, End the nuclear age, Greenpeace | Tags: Activism, BNPP, Morong Bataan, No To BNPP, PBA090rp8so4, Prayer, Protests
Greenpeace staff, volunteers and supporters marched in solidarity with the people of Bataan to oppose the revival of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant during the church-led rally in Morong
The word ‘solidarity‘ rarely strikes a chord in this day and age.
Gone were the days when the word solidarity was so taken seriously that one would risk their life, limb and liberty in solidarity with the plight of a people, a race, a cause and the earth.
Filed under: Greenpeace, Greenpeace Core Values, Life at work, Stop climate change | Tags: Activism, Online activism, Quit Coal, Volunteers
From Making Waves
There’s nothing like finding hidden gems. The amount of videos, photos, stories, blog entries and whatnot we deal with on a yearly basis is amazing. It’s easy for simple things like the portrait of a Greenpeace Activist to be buried under piles of campaigns to push, cyberactions to take etc. Yet, yesterday, while uploading high quality videos on YouTube, Tulio in the video department found this one.
Filed under: End the nuclear age, Stop climate change | Tags: 70s Bistro, John Hall, No To BNPP, Noel Cabangon, Power, Renewable Energy
Last March 20, Noel Cabangon along with The Jerks performed anti-nuke songs at the 70s Bistro. This video is Noel’s take on the classic song Power which was originally performed by John Hall in the September 1979 Madison Square Garden concerts by the Musicians United for Safe Energy.
I hope you’ll not only enjoy this performance – that it will also empower you to take action and say no to a nuclear future.
Chuck Baclagon
Filed under: End the nuclear age | Tags: Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, BNPP, No To BNPP, Nukes, Op-ed, Philippine Daily Inquirer
In light of the recent moves in Congress to operationalize the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant – there seems to be an abundance of so-called nukes experts here in the Philippines.
A certain Rey Vincent P.E., wrote a letter-to-the-editor to the Philippine Daily Inquirer (dated March 25, 2009) with a title that reads: Now is the the best time for nuclear power.
Here’s my 10 cents worth on his letter…
Filed under: Greenpeace, Protect ancient forests | Tags: Forests, Indonesia, online campaigns, orangutan, tigers, Websites, Yahoo!
Upon clicking through, you are led to a takeover page that looks exactly like Yahoo’s search site. However, the photos disappear as fast as Indonesia’s forests.
They say a picture speaks a thousand words. Yet what if there were no more forests to photograph? No more amazing images of animals to be found. No tigers. No orangutans. No trees.
Greenpeace, Yahoo!, Bates 141, PhotoLibrary and Free Range Creative launched an interactive guerrilla campaign to gather global support for the vanishing forests and endangered animals in Indonesia. And it’s unlike anything you have ever seen. In an innovative use of Yahoo’s photo search, banners and keys words promise to show you amazing photos of Indonesia’s natural beauty: its incredible scenery and magnificent wildlife. Upon clicking through, you are led to a takeover page that looks exactly like Yahoo’s search site. However, the photos disappear as fast as Indonesia’s forests. You are then given a choice. Help Greenpeace stop deforestation. Or do nothing and resume the search. Hopefully most people choose the first option. Continue reading
Filed under: Eliminate toxic chemicals, Project Clean Water | Tags: Bird watching, Birds, Majayjay, Taytay Falls, Water Patrol
After several years, I was very excited to again visit Taytay Falls and behold its unique ecosystem and residents.
Five birders took part in Greenpeace’s World Water Day. Arriving at the parking lot of the site at around 7:30am we were greeted by a White-Collared Kingfisher perched on a palm frond of a coconut tree. I and Anne got excited when we spotted a pair of endemic Striped-headed Rhabdornis. It was the first time for us to see the said bird species.
Filed under: Eliminate toxic chemicals, Project Clean Water | Tags: Laguna Lake, Majayjay, Mt. Banahaw, Water Patrol, World Water Day
Reflection of the vegetation on irrigation water from Mount Banahaw.
The world celebrates World Water Day every March 22.
This year, some 50 members of the Greenpeace Water Patrol went to Majayjay to document the beauty of Mt. Banahaw and the waters that spring from it as part of Project Clean Water’s activities.
The Taytay Falls in Majayjay is the 7th of a series of Falls that form the Dalitiwan River which eventually joins the Pagsanjan and Sta. Cruz Rivers, the two largest tributaries of the Laguna Lake. We were there to highlight the need to urgently protect the remaining clean waters from contamination. The Majayjay waters are especially significant since it is one of the few remaining clean waters within the Laguna Lake Water Basin.
We grouped ourselves into 2 teams. The first team went deeper into the forest, an area not normally open to the general public but was accessed with a guide and special permission from the Barangay and the local DENR. A second team stayed around the Falls and the surrounding community to conduct interviews with campers and members of the community. Continue reading
Filed under: Defending our Oceans | Tags: human rights, japan, tokyo 2, whales, Whaling
For all the Tokyo Two fans – this is a recent picture of Junichi of the Tokyo Two holding up a censored whaling document released by the Japanese government. As you can see, he’s looking well, and is in this photograph showing off the extent of the censorship by by Japan’s government in its desperation to cover up the whale meat scandal. The document is apparently a sales report of minke whale from the Japanese government’s whaling programme in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. You’d wonder what they’ve got to hide, eh? Continue reading
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