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Forest industry and environmentalists create change on the ground

British Columbia, Canada —
In February of 2006, British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell and First Nations announced the Great Bear Rainforest agreements – a historic conservation plan for the Great Bear Rainforest, to take full effect in March of 2009.
Today, the Coastal Forest Conservation Initiative (CFCI) – [...]

Say no to genetic engineering

A Bangladeshi farmer using organic methods plants young rice into soil that has been recently flooded.
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While scientific progress on molecular biology has a great potential to increase our understanding of nature and provide new medical tools, it should not be used as justification to turn the environment into a giant [...]

protect ancient forests

Nomadic Penan leader and son, Sarawak rainforest in Malaysia.
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Throughout the world, ancient forests are in crisis. Many of the plants and animals that live in these forests face extinction. And many of the people and cultures who depend on these forests for their way of life are also under threat. But the [...]

Mengenalkan dan membiasakan anak-anak merasakan bau tanah, agar mereka tetap berpijak di bumi. Menyadarkan kalau tanah humus nan subur dibentuk oleh material sisa organik akan memberi perilaku sampah memang harus diolah menjadi tanah bagi kehidupan agar bisa berpijak di bumi.
 
 

 
Asal mula Greenpeace dimulai dengan pembentukan formasi Don’t Make A Wave Committee oleh sekelompok aktivis Kanada dan Amerika di Vancouver pada 1970. Nama komite ini diambil dari sebuah slogan yang digunakan selama protes terhadap uji coba nuklir Amerika Serikat pada akhir 1969, komite datang bersama-sama dengan sasaran menghentikan ujicoba pemboman nuklir bawah tanah tahap ke-dua [...]

Asia Tenggara sangat berarti bagi masa depan kelestarian planet bumi. Warisan kekayaan alami yang ada di wilayah ini patut diperjuangkan kelestariannya. Walau demikian, seiring bertumbuhnya sektor ekonomi dan industri secara pesat dalam 30 tahun terakhir ini juga mengakibatkan kerusakan lingkungan yang cukup besar. Dampak lingkungan di wilayah ini juga meluas ke luar batas-batas negara Asia [...]

In 1971, motivated by their vision of a green and peaceful world, a small team of activists set sail from Vancouver, Canada, in an old fishing boat. These activists, the founders of Greenpeace, believed a few individuals could make a difference.
Their mission was to “bear witness” to US underground nuclear testing at Amchitka, a tiny [...]

“Greenpeace” is a global environmental organisation, consisting of Greenpeace International (Stichting Greenpeace Council) in Amsterdam, and 27 national and regional offices around the world, providing a presence in 41 countries. These national/regional offices are largely autonomous in carrying out jointly agreed global campaign strategies within the local context they operate within, and in seeking [...]

Hujan tlah tiba, banjir kembali melanda. tengok saja sebagian wilayah Indonesia yang terkena banjir. Mulai dari Aceh, Medan, Riau, Pekanbaru, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, dan banyak lagi yang lainnya.penyebab banjir adalah tidak adanya lagi tanah resapan untuk digunakan air sebagai tempat baginya beristirahat dikala hujan turun. tidak ada lagi lahan hijau sebagai tempat resapan air tanah. akibatnya, [...]