Glastonbury Festival Of Contemporary Performing Arts - Charities - Greenpeace

Environmental issues are fast moving into mainstream politics (as the world catches up with Glastonbury). Whilst our oceans and forests are being destroyed at a rate that threatens our survival as well as theirs, it’s the climate that everyone’s talking about and that’s the focus of most of Greenpeace’s work this year and in the uncertain future.

The gathering of world leaders at December’s Copenhagen UN Summit on Climate Change may prove to be the most important meeting in history, but targets and agreements are meaningless without real change on the ground. So this past year, Greenpeace has been focussing on the biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions and the fastest growing sources – coal and aviation.

Per capita, the UK has burnt more coal, and flies more, than any other nation on Earth. This is an unacceptable statistic and it’s our responsibility to set an example on how to move forward towards a clean, low-carbon future. To get our emissions on a downward trend, and give us some credibility in the international negotiations, the government’s plans to build new runways and new coal-fired power stations must be STOPPED.

Greenpeace is working to make this happen. We’ve had some success but more needs to happen and quickly - and for this we urgently need your help. To find out how click here, or better still, come and visit us at the Greenpeace field –adjacent the Jazz World Stage and at the entrance to the Greenfields.

Greenpeace is a global organisation which works to expose and confront the threats to our planet from governments and corporations. We take non-violent direct action to stop environmental abuse and create a green and peaceful future. Greenpeace does not accept funding from any government or corporation so we rely on YOU to make it happen.

Thank you for supporting Greenpeace

Greenpeace at Glastonbury 2008

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