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1 December 2026.

After years of writing, rewriting, remembering and wondering if I’d ever actually get here…

We Won’t Back Down is finally coming.

1995. Greenpeace. Brent Spar. The North Sea.

A true story of courage, friendship, laughter, love — and twelve people who refused to back down.

This is my story.
And this is how it began.

1 December 2026.

#environmentalactivism #nonfiction #photojournalism #truestory #greenpeace

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2 BABIES FROM A RECENT PROJECT 🖤 made for the show during @parallelvienna
from ‚WHERE THE CINDERS SETTLE‘ Accra, Ghana 2026
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‚Sophie Mercedes Köchert is an Austrian photographer whose work moves between documentary observation and poetic condensation. Her new series where the cinders settle was created during a multi-week artist-in-residence stay in Ghana.
On the beaches of Accra, Köchert encountered a coastal landscape in which the beauty of nature and the effects of global consumption flows overlap directly. Plastic waste, remnants of clothing, and other refuse have become part of the everyday image. Tons of secondhand clothing from the Global North reach Ghana every week. The Or Foundation¹ speaks of around 15 million garments per week, of which on average about 40 percent cannot be reused and end up as non-biodegradable textile waste in landfills and, via waterways, on the beaches.
Köchert does not meet this reality with a documentary indictment. Her photographs remain observational while also being atmospherically dense. Washed-up fabric remnants could equally be associated with the skeleton of an animal.‘ (Words by Maria Venzl, curator at the Francisco Carolinum, Linz)

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Climate Forward? More like Climate Backward!

Seabed mining is NOT a climate solution, and giving them a platform to repeat this false narrative would be greenwashing!

@nytimes wtf! We’re calling for Gerard Baron to be removed from the line up. Even with tough questions, you’re legitimizing a business that has no business being associated with sustainability or climate solutions.

Comment below and I’ll dm you a link through @chilli.app so you can take action!

#defendthedeep #seabedmining #nyclimateweek #nytimes #greenwashing

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Our Pacific leaders have the ultimate mana, authority, and duty to act solely in the best interests for Pacific Peoples to live freely, safely and peacefully.

As the 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Meeting convenes in Palau, our collective ocean - along with our identity, heritage and livelihoods it holds - faces an existential choice: true regional sovereignty or another wave of militarisation, exploitation and colonialism.

Research says over 70% of these minerals are destined for defense systems, AI, and military expansion. DSM would turn the Pacific into a US minerals outpost.

Palau’s very own President Whipps has already set the standard by standing firm on a moratorium. Perhaps this is the perfect time and place, for all of our leaders to step into their power, protect Te Moana Nui a Kiwa, and draw the line against deep sea mining.

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Algae, by MARTIN JARRIE, were among the first one-celled creatures to become the fertile building stones of early existence. Seems like all life emerged from the sea. But now the average ocean temperatures have reached again a record, very unusual in August of 2 degrees above average. JARRIE (Paris) imagined the virility of life on earth in one of his precious paintings. The little creatures seems to get more and more overheated.

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ALGAE / Algues
acrylic on cardboard maroufflé
23x31cm
€ 1950,–

More work in stock so ask for it by d.m. Or visit gallery Adoráble at The Hague
#oceansheatingup #algae #algues #alguesmarines
#sharingarthusiasm

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It’s time to stop deep sea mining. Last month the ISA met, that’s the body that will make the rules for deep sea mining.

Juressa Lee, Greenpeace campaigner was there. The most substantive decision made in that meeting? Not more protection - but that would-be mining companies can now speak at the ISA and push their agenda.

Pacific Peoples are on the frontline of the fight against deep sea mining - and must be heard.

No one wins with deep sea mining. Not Pacific Peoples, not the ocean, and not ocean life.

Join the call to stop deep sea mining - action link in our bio.

#stopdeepseamining #protecttheoceans

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An environmental catastrophe is unfolding in real-time off the coast of Oman.

Location: Off Hallaniyat Islands, Oman.

A grounded shadow-fleet tanker carrying roughly 1 million barrels of crude oil has created an oil slick spanning over 2,000 square kilometers across the protected waters of the Hallaniyat Islands.

This isn’t just an isolated spill—it’s an ecological and human crisis:

Marine Devastation: The slick threatens fragile coral reefs, endangered sea turtles, and critical marine breeding grounds in a dedicated nature reserve.

Human Impact: Toxic contamination puts coastal fishing communities out of work, poisons seafood supply chains, and risks municipal seawater desalination intakes.

Shadow Fleet Threat: Aging, poorly maintained tankers operating under flags of convenience without proper insurance or safety oversight are ticking time bombs navigating our oceans.

When corporate greed and geopolitical workarounds bypass maritime regulations, the planet and frontline communities pay the price.

Footage / Source: @aljazeeraenglish

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Two more countries join the growing tide of nations courageously and responsibly saying we must not proceed with exploitation of the deep sea because we don’t know enough to prevent harm.

But we do have a long history of extraction being harmful for the environment and the people on the frontline, such as Indigenous Peoples and fenceline communities. We know enough to say, “no deep sea mining”.

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The ISA must act in the best interests of all humankind, including those generations yet to come. The assembly must reject corporate capture by those who wish to exploit our ocean, privatise the profits and socialise the destruction.

Rights holders such as Indigenous Peoples, frontline communities, scientists and knowledge holders have observer status because there exists a wealth of expertise. Member States mustn’t let corporate interests undermine a well-informed decision.

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Je ne peux plus détourner les yeux.
Chaque image d’un animal qui souffre, d’une forêt détruite, d’un océan pollué me rappelle à quel point nous avons oublié que cette planète ne nous appartient pas.
Je ressens souvent une immense impuissance. Et parfois, oui, j’ai honte de ce que nous faisons subir au vivant. J’ai mal au cœur parce que j’aimerais faire tellement plus que quelques mots, quelques gestes, quelques combats.
Malgré tout ,je continuerai à défendre la nature, les océans et les animaux, aussi modestement que je le peux. Parce que le silence ne protège personne, et que chaque voix compte.
J’espère qu’un jour, le respect du vivant sera plus fort que notre désir de tout posséder.

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SAFE THE OCEANS my ❤️ project which I started after the devastating BP oil spill at the Golf of Mexico will continue 🩵💙 #malubart #oceanconservation #stopghostfishing #protecttheocean

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