Send Your Virtual Package to the Climate Summit in Copenhagen

We only have 36 days before the Climate Summit in Copenhagen.

We should all be represented to this very important summit.

You can include your demands by sending your virtual package.


So readers, do your simple acts now for the climate.

Take the Last Stand for Our Rice

In few more weeks the European Union will decide on whether Genetically Engineered (GE) rice can enter Europe. It could set a dangerous precedent.

"It could mean that GE rice will begin to be commercially grown, not just in Europe, but in the US, Asia and all over the world."

Greenpeace International is very close to reaching its goal of 200,000 signatures on the GE rice petition.

Keep GE rice from ending up on your dinner plate - sign the petition.

Every signature helps!

The video below explains why GE is a problem.

Don't Be Stupid

Come to the movies with Greenpeace!

Greenpeace have teamed up with the film makers behind the new docu-drama-animation 'Age of Stupid' to deliver the world's biggest film premiere on September 21 in the USA and September 22 to other 40+ countries.

Everyone is invited to watch the movie.

Age of Stupid stars Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite as a man living alone in the devastated world of 2055, looking back at 'archive' footage from 2007 and asking: "Why didn't we stop climate change when we had the chance?"

The global premiere will feature a Green Carpet in New York, where actress Gillian Anderson will lead notables including Kofi Annan, Mary Robinson and James Hansen in a discussion about how we can stop catastrophic climate change.

Greenpeace will be contributing live feeds from the front lines of climate change, and is backing efforts to get the film seen by as many politicians and diplomats as possible.

Do not be stupid.

Watch the movie and learn why climate change matters so much.

This film will make everyone a climate activist.



Find the screening near you here.

Greenpeace Activists Demands G8 Heads to take leadership on Climate Change

Over 100 Greenpeace activists from around the world have accupied four coal-fired power stations across Italy, demanding the G8 Heads of State to take leadership on Climate Change. G8 Summit of the world's powerful leaders started yesterday.





You can follow all the actions below:

Protect Our Staple, Protect Our Life

The latest video release of Greenpeace International in support of the ongoing GM Rice campaign. The video release is in line with the release of Genetically Modified rice: LL62.

Photo essay of the traditional farming in China

Stand up for our rice! Sign petition here.

Inspiring Action

Today is Earth Day.

Greenpeace International is celebrating the day through the release of the inspiring action video below.

The "release is part of a recruitment drive to get 3 million more people signed up with Greenpeace as climate activists and taking action in an extremely important year for our climate - at the end of which will be the most important conference this century, the UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen, where deals will be struck that will determine our planet's environmental future."



.Already inspired to act for the Planet? Please sign online petition here

Greenpeace Activists Call for Global Climate Bail Out

More than 300 Greenpeace activists, wearing a bright yellow Greenpeace emblazoned
jacket, from 20 different countries are taking an action during the EU Finance Ministers meeting today. "Greenpeace activists are demanding that finance ministers 'Bail out our planet!' and blocking the entrances to the building where ministers are meeting."

One of the activists twittering live from the action said, "EU finance ministers need to bail out the planet before we are willing to let them out of the meeting!"

Thomas Henningsen - climate campaigner for Greenpeace International - said,“Our finance ministers are giving billions of taxpayers’ money to failed banks and their managers. We are here to make sure they put money on the table to tackle climate change. If the planet were a bank they would bail it out.”


Video of the inspiring action today in Brussels. More than 340 activists, from 20 different countries, were arrested and the activists were able to block the exits of the building for more than 2 hours. All of the activists have been released from jail and while some of the activists need to be hospitalized because of police brutality, there we no serious injuries.

The activists have sealed the entrances and are refusing to let the politicians leave until they committed to 'Save the Climate'and 'Bail out the Planet', thus to encourage a good decision from the finance ministers.

The decisions to be made at today's finance meeting will directly influence Europe's position at the UN Climate summit in December 2009.

Police vans carrying police in riot gears have already arrived in the area and arrests are being made.

Vice President Joe Biden, alledgely, is coming in to have lunch with the ministers who are currently trapped inside their own finance meeting by Greenpeace activists.

Please see the first related story here.

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Reference and Photo Credits: Greenpeace International

"Scraplife: E-watse in Pakistan"

In June 2008 Greenpeace tracked a shipment of e-waste from Europe to its final resting place - Pakistan.

Below is the photo story of what happens to that e-waste and the people it affects.

Take action: Tell Philips to simply take back and recycle