Valerie Brown’s experiences with Greenpeace, which she headed when the Rainbow Warrior was bombed, read like a spy novel. But it’s just one way she changed the world.
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Legal experts see a current lawsuit against the environmental group Greenpeace as a classic example of using litigation to stifle public criticism.
Activists aren’t necessarily more aggressive than in the past, but they are using creative and sometime shocking new tactics that quickly go viral.
The commission could have made more of the evidence and been more categorical about when it thought criminality had taken place.
Sealing is a more complicated issue than successful protests against it would suggest.
Golden Rice – a controversial genetically modified product designed to combat malnutrition – has been approved as safe in the Philippines. But key questions remain unanswered.
These technologies could turn into a powerful tool for fighting global warming, and they have the potential to address historical climate injustices.
Social media is a great tool for activists campaigning for social justice. But if it is not used with caution it can end up working against them.
To understand what happened to our love of giant radioactive kettles, take a look at cultural theory.
Oxfam is not the first charity to be drawn into a high profile scandal. If it is to survive it needs draw on its core ideals.
King led one of the most successful resistance movements in American history. A scholar explains King’s strategies in resistance.
Charities are limited in how much they can spend on campaigning. Is this justified?
When the GM crop debate is confined to the human risks, it limits who can participate in the decision making and privileges scientists.
Political campaigns today are presented as products of bottom-up participation, not top-down direction. But even if a campaign appears grassroots-driven, it’s likely to be run from the centre.
Monsanto an other biotech companies got caught short in the 1990s. But since then, the GM argument has been moving in their direction.
With the public’s confidence in the news media wavering, it’s a tough line to toe.
NGO journalists can cover issues that go underreported by cash-strapped newsrooms. But are they more likely to violate journalistic principles?
The international executive director of Greenpeace, Kumi Naidoo, explains why he believes the big global challenges cannot be tackled in isolation.
October 9 2014 was a big day in eco-activism: Lego announced that it would not renew a product-placement deal with Shell, following concerted pressure from Greenpeace as part of a campaign to ban Arctic…
Last week there was a bit of a hullabaloo when it was discovered that the international programme director for Greenpeace, Pascal Husting, was flying to work from Luxembourg to Amsterdam a few times a…
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