North Korean students on their way up to the holy mountain Baekdu (2744 m above sea level), the highest mountain in North Korea. Kim Jong-il's official biography states that he was born in a secret military camp on Baekdu Mountain. Dense forest around the mountain provided bases for Korean armed resistance against the Japanese occupation, and later communist guerrillas during the Korean War. The Baekdu Mountain has been worshipped by the surrounding peoples throughout history. Both the Koreans and Manchus consider it the place of their ancestral origin.
Kawamata, Japan, 26 March 2011 Soldier taking a dog for radioactivy screening at Kawamata City, 60 km from Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant.
Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture Japan, 27 March 2011 Greenpeace monitoring radiation levels far above legal limits. The geiger counter showing 7.66 micro Sievert per hour, and within 6 days people would receive a yearly dose of radioactivity. Iitate is located more then 40 km from Fukushima Nuclear Power Station and the village has still not been evacuated.
Yonezawa, Japan, 25 March 2011 Yonesawa gymnasium, working as a shelter for 504 people that either lost their homes by the Tsunami or live near Fukushima nuclear Power Station.
Yonesawa gymnasium, working as a shelter for 504 people that either lost their homes by the Tsunami or live near Fukushima nuclear Power Station.
Man bicycling under a world map mural at Songdowon International Children's Union Camp in Wŏnsan, Kangwŏn Province.
Taos, New Mexico, USA.Earthship house. A New Mexico style of house made out of recycled material; car tires, cans and bottles. Earthships are self-sustainable with water harvesting, solar and wind electric power and Solar/Thermal heating and cooling.
Atlantic Ocean, Senegal, 18 March 2010Young boy on the Senegalese Pirogue fishing boat 'Sophie Fall' 46 nautical miles offshore, out fishing for 10 days.
Atlantic Ocean, Mauritania, 25 March 2010Seabirds following the Factory trawler 'Willem van der Zwan', owned by dutch company W van der Zwan & ZnBV, represented by the Pelagic Freezer-trawler Association, built in 2000 and sailing under dutch flag. Length 142,3 meter, can presumably process 300 ton sper day. IMO# 9187306.
Salamansa, Cape Verde.Armando Louis Fortes, Fishermen from Salamansa, Sao Vicente Fishermen Association, explains the decrease of fish stock in Cape Verde is due to the overfishing by the EU-fleet in West Africa region.
Industrial fishing port of Dakar, Senegal, 30 March 2010Worker posing while Tuna and Yellow fin tuna from the Spanish fishing boat Iribar Zulaika being loaded on a truck.
The Classic road cycle race, 94th Tour of Flanders in the the Flemish Ardennes. A total of 262km and 15 cobbled climbs face the riders on the journey around Flanders, from the start in Bruges to the finish in Ninove.
The Classic road cycle race, 94th Tour of Flanders in the the Flemish Ardennes. A total of 262km and 15 cobbled climbs face the riders on the journey around Flanders, from the start in Bruges to the finish in Ninove.
Copenhagen, Denmark.Adverts with heads of state placed in Copenhagen International Airport by the global coalition, tcktcktck and Greenpeace, calling on world leaders to secure a fair, ambitious and binding deal at the Copenhagen Climate Summit (COP15). The ads feature a doctored image of a current world leader - so that they look about ten years older - apologising from the future for not taking action when they had the opportunity.
30 Nov 2009, Cop-15, Copenhagen, DenmarkAdvertise at Kastrup airport. French President Nicolas Sarkozy
Copenhagen, Denmark - December 16 2009Thousand of demonstrators set off for a planned mass invasion of Bella Center, the conference hall for UN:s climate meeting, Cop-15, in Copenhagen. Reclaim Power march, organized by Climate Justice Action and Climate Justice Now!, was a protest against the outcome of the meeting and the failure to secure a fair, ambitious and binding deal.
Copenhagen, Denmark - December 16 2009A demonstrator jumps up on a police car behind the police blockade, when thousand of protesters marsch in a planned mass invasion of Bella Center, the conference hall for UN:s climate meeting, Cop-15, in Copenhagen. Reclaim Power march, organized by Climate Justice Action and Climate Justice Now!, was a protest against the outcome of the meeting and the failure to secure a fair, ambitious and binding deal.
Copenhagen, Denmark - December 16 2009Riot Police pushing back some of the thousand of demonstrators that set off for a planned mass invasion of Bella Center, the conference hall for UN:s climate meeting, Cop-15, in Copenhagen. Reclaim Power march, organized by Climate Justice Action and Climate Justice Now!, was a protest against the outcome of the meeting and the failure to secure a fair, ambitious and binding deal.
Kalimantan, Borneo, IndonesiaYoung Orangutan found wounded with both legs broken. Many orangutans are being killed and hurt due to the Palm Oil exploration on Borneo.
Kalimantan, Borneo, IndonesiaOrangutans at Borneo Orangutan Survival's rehabilitation centre on Borneo.
Dubai Marina, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.1000 new skyscrapes under construction year 2007. Dubai had by this date around 250 super skyscrapes already and are hoped to increase the tourism by 4 times until 2012.
Nogo Tafsirou, Fouta, SenegalNdeye Khoudia Wade is working as a teacher for the NGO Tostan in Senegal. Tostan is working in the rural area of Senegal with education and to prevent female genital mutilation in the West Africa region.
Meulaboh, Aceh, Indonesia. 8 January 2005. The areas are severely damaged by the tsunami disaster the 26th of December 2004. The risk of infections from injuries and epidemics are huge. The survivors need medical care, food, clean water and shelter. MSF is working in the towns hospital and have mobile clinics. Long term actions are needed to rebuild peoples lives, here and on so many other places along the west coast of Sumatra Island. Photo: Christian Aslund
Meulaboh, Aceh, Indonesia. 7 January 2005. The local boys Alpamas 8years and Iquel 9years, two out of many people, who lost their homes and now are living in refugee camp.More then 60 percent of the population of Meulaboh has died from the earthquake and the tsunami the 26th of December 2004. The risk of infections from injuries and epidemics are huge. The survivors need medical care, food, clean water and shelter. MSF is currently working in the towns hospital and have mobile clinics. Long term actions are needed to rebuild peoples lives, here and on so many other places along the west coast of Sumatra Island.
Krueng Raya, Aceh, Indonesia. 16 JAN 2005.Locals from the village receiving clothes from huminatarian organisation. It´s first now, 2-3 weeks after the Tsunami, that the women and children are starting to come down from the mountains.
Meulaboh, Aceh, Indonesia. 24 January 2005. A month after the earthquake and still 1000´s of bodies are being recovered everyday in Aceh.Meulaboh is the closest big town to the Earthquake´s epicenter and more then half of the population are reported missing or dead. The emergency phase is now over and the reconstruction have started.
Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, USA.Graffitti text "Fuck You Katrina" written on the wall of a obliterated mobile home.
Empire, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, USA.Black Hawk helicopter lands on the bridge for surveillance. Shrimp, Oyster and Menhaden boats thrown around in the harbour of Empire after a 33-foot storm surge accompanying Hurricane Katrina. The entire fishing fleet is wiped out.
17 September 2005Lydia Kirby of lower Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, like many of her 12,000 neighbors, has lived in one place all her life. When returning to her home for the first time after Katrina she finds her house destroyed and submerged under contaminated water. The only belonging she finds is an old tambourine hat. Now she and her family have lost everthing and face an uncertain future.
Empire, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, USA. Statue of Jesus covered with mud in the devastated Saint Ann Catholic church of Empire after the 33-foot storm surge accompanying Hurricane Katrina. The church has been lifted of it´s foundations and moved.
27 Sept 2005Chalmette, St Bernards Parish, Louisiana, USA.St Bernards Parish is a low-income urban area adjacent to New Orleans. It was severely damaged by the hurricane Katrina and many of their residents have still not been allowed to return back because of the contamination from the oil industries that are integrated in the community.
Location: Boutte, community near Orleans, Lousiana, US.A National Guard soldier patrols outside a Wal-Mart store as residents wait to purchase emergency supplies. Police and soldiers with assault rifles have been guarding the store around the clock.
Mural with the text “Down with the U.S.A.” located at Karim Khand and Qarani Streets in Tehran. This large-scale mural represents the U.S. flag, in which the red stripes become bombs and the stars turn to skulls. Along with the English text, the Persian inscriptions read: “Death to America” and “Not for a second will we side with America.”
Skagen, DenmarkGreenpeace activists trying to prevent the ship Atlantic Osprey from leaving Sweden with nuclear waste by putting 3 climbers onboard the ship. The Atlantic Ospreys mission is to transport 4,8 tons of radio active waste, including 1,2 kg extremely toxic “super weapons grade plutonium”, to Sellafield, UK. Since all of the materials are not going to be returned to Sweden after reprocessing the transport is in clear violation of Swedish law. Sweden is essentially dumping nuclear waste in England.
Greenpeace documentation showing that glacier "Blomstrandbreen" has retreated nearly 2 km since 1928, with an accelerated rate of 35 metres lost per year since 1960 and even higher in the past decade. B/W image copyright: Norwegian Polar Institute, Color image: Christian Aslund/Greenpeace
Greenpeace documentation showing that glacier "Blomstrandbreen" has retreated nearly 2 km since 1928, with an accelerated rate of 35 metres lost per year since 1960 and even higher in the past decade. B/W image copyright: Norwegian Polar Institute, Color image: Christian Aslund/Greenpeace
Aabenraa, DenmarkGreenpeace projects their campaign message on the coal power plant at Ensteadverket.
Copenhagen, Denmark. Greenpeace activists climbed to the top of a 150 meter high chimney at the power plant section Avedøre2 south of Copenhagen. 16 activists participated in the action placing a banner 4x35 meter big banner saying “coal free”. The activists are protesting against the owner of the plant, energy company DONG Energy A/S, and the Danish government who are planning to start using coal at the coal free section of the plant Avedøre2.28 April 2008, Danmark, Købanhavn – I dag er Greenpeace-aktivister kravlet op I en 150 meter høje skorsten, der tilhører Avedøreværkets kulfrie blok Avedøre2. Tre aktivister kravlede ud og satte et 4x35 meter stort banner op på skorstenen med teksten ”kulfrit”. Formålet med aktionen er at protestere over , at virksomheden bag værket, DONG Energy A/S, og den danske regering har planer om at begynde at fyre med kul på værkets ellers kulfrie blok, Avedøre2.Greenpeace/Christian Aslund
Copenhagen, Denmark - December 12 2009. Up to 100,000 people walked in the climate demonstration on the Global Day of Action in Copenhagen. Over 250 people from Greenpeace went along to demand a fair, ambitious and legally binding climate agreement.