On the eve of Coca-Cola Amatil’s AGM, Greenpeace has launched a television advertisement skewering the beverage giant’s efforts to sabotage a national ‘Cash for Containers’ scheme: the 'Stop Coca-Cola trashing Australia', YouTube clip plays on Coke's use of happy youths sipping Coca-Cola to the back drop of popular music in its marketing. But suddenly birds start dropping out … [Read more...] about Greenpeace’s new ‘Coca-Cola’ Clip, Dead Birds, and the Bystander Effect
Activism
Holding Clothing Clothing Companies Accountable
Can we do that? Hold companies accountable for their actions? Especially, now that many outsource the manufacturing of their products to places like China, where there are very low standards for the types of chemicals used. I'm no expert on clothing manufacturing—lip balm and soap, yes—or chemical standards either, for that matter, but, like most mums (and dads), and people who … [Read more...] about Holding Clothing Clothing Companies Accountable
Coca Cola, Listen up: We’ve Had a Gut-full of your Rubbish!
As a parent of a teenager, I always feared we'd end up fighting over all the rebellious issues that I struggled with: drugs, going out with questionable characters, getting into fast cars, and an even faster lifestyle. No, we don't have gun-toting bikies, or men that are far too old for that genuinely sugar-sweet innocence hiding behind her artfully cultivated heavy-metal … [Read more...] about Coca Cola, Listen up: We’ve Had a Gut-full of your Rubbish!
Yoko Ono and Artists Against Fracking: Find Out What Fracking Has Done to Pennsylvania
From The Huffington Post: In the new video below, unveiled by Artists Against Fracking and shot by Gasland director Josh Fox, Yoko Ono lays out how she sees the increasingly heated battle. "On one side is the gas companies -- big, big companies -- on the other side there is people," says Ono. "But people are eventually going to win, because people are eventually going to … [Read more...] about Yoko Ono and Artists Against Fracking: Find Out What Fracking Has Done to Pennsylvania
THE GREENPEACE CHRONICLES – 40 Years of Protecting the Planet
The Greenpeace Chronicles, written and edited by Steve Erwood, was published in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on 11 November, 2011. It's printed using vegetable-based ink, and on 50% recycled, 50% FSC mixed-source paper: not only do they passionately care about sustainability and our planet, but they also care about the people on it! (You can download this issue, here, and not … [Read more...] about THE GREENPEACE CHRONICLES – 40 Years of Protecting the Planet