The Great Wall is one of many global landmarks being scaled at dawn as part of a phased Arctic Rising that will follow the sunrise across the planet. We are demanding immediate global action to protect the Arctic from destructive oil drilling.

The Tibetan villagers in this area of Danba, Sichuan don't use chemical pesticides, and use only natural fertilizers like cow manure. In the backdrop the fog rolls in over the mountains making for a majestic setting.

Chuxiong, Yunnan, November 2008. Villagers search for relatives after mudslides buried homes. More than 40 people died.

Press conference in Greenpeace's Beijing office exposing the GE Rice contamination in Hubei.

Coal animation showing coal's deadly side.

A Uighur woman tries to protect herself from a sandstorm that has descended on a town in western Xinjiang, 2009.

Dry and cracked earth in the Minqin Oasis in central Gansu province. 2009

Wuhan, Hubei, February 2008. A man collecting cardboard for recycling pedals through freezing rain and snow..

Ulan Buh Desert, Alxa League, Inner Mongolia, April 2005. The desert is encroaching on the grassland. Ten years ago the desert was 100m away, now homes are buried in sand. Photographer: Lu Guang