Every year, Earth Day is celebrated all over the planet on April 22nd. To mark the occasion we would like to share some positive photos with you. Our images from around the world illustrate people's efforts to live sustainably, take part in rallies, promote renewable energy and give a glimpse of the biodiversity we need to protect.
This year Earth Day focuses on climate change, aiming to mobilise people to encourage world leaders to pass a binding climate change treaty. If these photos inspire you to protect our planet, join the movement.
A worker harvests palm fruits at the Netapti palm oil farm, in Eyang village. The farm - which covers nine hectares of land - is well maintained and very productive, selling to local markets and larger buyers. They completely sustain themselves and recycle most of the materials used during the production process.
© Jan-Joseph Stok / Greenpeace, Cameroon 2013
A member of Tavolo village makes a basket from palm leaves on the island of New Britain, Papua New Guinea. The forest provides food, medicine, craft and building materials for the Tavolo community.
© John Novis/Greenpeace, Papua New Guinea 2012
Tree kangaroos at the Fakfak Mountain Nature Reserve in the Fakfak Regency, West Papua Province.
© Riza Marlon
Oil palm workers build a dam at the Dosan palm plantation. This innovative independent small-holder approach to palm oil production has delivered social and economic benefits, as well as helping to protect the remaining forest.
© John Novis / Greenpeace Indonesia 2012
A school of fusiliers in the Great Barrier Reef. Already under stress from the impacts of climate change, such as ocean acidification and temperature rise, the Reef is now under further threat from Australia's coal boom.
© Darren Jew / Greenpeace Australia 2011
A young girl joins the Fish for Life march in Golden Bay in Tha Sala, Nakhon Si Thammarat. The community declares their area as a food protection zone, standing up to protect the land along their 30km stretch of coastline from dirty energy development projects such as a planned coal fired power plant.
© Christopher Allbritton / Greenpeace Thailand 2012
Portrait of Paul Joy, small-scale fisher from Hastings, East Sussex, UK. All over the globe, fish stocks are in an alarming state due to overfishing by large and destructive fishing fleets. A change from destructive to low impact fishing methods (like those used by Paul) is the only real solution to the challenge of overfishing.
© Ciaran McCrickard / Greenpeace 2014
The Philippines’ rich and diverse agricultural heritage is celebrated by this food art installation. It was made out of 1,700 kilograms of ecologically produced fruits and vegetables at the Quezon City Memorial Circle.
© Jimmy Domingo / Greenpeace Philippines 2014
A worker spreads fertiliser produced using vermiculture at Humayan Ministry Organic Farm in Negros.
© Andri Tambunan / Greenpeace 2013
Over a thousand people, from communities whose livelihoods and environment could be impacted by proposed dirty energy plans (including coal, nuclear and oil), block the strategic highway of Phetkasem road linking Thailand's southern provinces to Bangkok.
© Jonas Gratzer / Greenpeace Thailand 2011
Solar thermal water heater components are seen in production at a factory owned by the Himin Group, the world’s largest manufacturer of solar thermal water heaters. The city of Dezhou is leading the way in adopting solar energy and has become known as the Solar Valley of China.
© Alex Hofford / Greenpeace China 2009
An outdoor market lit by street lamps powered by solar photo-voltaic (PV) cells. The city of Dezhou (the ‘Solar Valley of China’) is leading the way in adopting solar energy.
© Alex Hofford /Greenpeace China 2009
Wind turbines at the Nan wind farm in Nan'ao. Guangdong Province has one of the best wind resources in China and is already home to several industrial scale wind farms. Massive investment in wind power will help China overcome its reliance on climate destroying fossil fuel power and solve its energy supply problem.
© Xuan Canxiong / Greenpace China 2005
Activists from Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior ship occupy the Prezioso offshore oil rig operated by the Italian oil company ENI in the Sicilian Channel.
© Francesco Alesi / Greenpeace Italy 2014
A Greenpeace polar bear stands outside the National Party's AGM at the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington, warning that climate change affects us all.
© Marty Melville / Greenpeace New Zealand 2014
