Greenpeace exists because this fragile earth deserves a voice. It needs solutions. It needs change. It needs action!

March 15th is the International Day of Action against the Canadian seal slaughter.

Join compassionate people like you for this online day of action against the bloody seal slaughter! We'll be posting details in the coming weeks about ways you can help without even leaving your house. From making phone calls to e-mailing petitions to friends, there are many ways to take just a minute to speak up for these animals.

Did you know that during Canada's annual war on seals, sealers routinely hook live seals in the eye, cheek, or mouth to avoid damaging the fur, then they drag the seals across the ice? Many of these gentle creatures may not even have eaten their first solid meal or taken their first swim before they are slaughtered for their skin!

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Seen from space the Earth is covered in a blue mantle. It is a planet on which the continents are dwarfed by the oceans surrounding them and the immensity of the marine realm.

A staggering 80 percent of all the life on Earth is to be found hidden beneath the waves and this vast global ocean pulses around our world driving the natural forces which maintain life on our planet.

The oceans provide vital sources of protein, energy, minerals and other products of use the world over and the rolling of the sea across the planet creates over half our oxygen, drives weather systems and natural flows of energy and nutrients around the world, transports water masses many times greater than all the rivers on land combined and keeps the Earth habitable. 

Without the global ocean there would be no life o ... Read more »

Polar bears have become a symbol of the consequences of climate change, and for good reason: if the world warms by 3°C, they will most likely disappear.

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