Oil Spill Collection
Our research suggests that images like this are likely to be emotionally powerful because they provide a connection between an industrial scale fossil fuel side-effect and the lives of recognisable individuals.
Greenpeace
Rights Managed
WHAT IT SHOWS: Local people collect furnace oil from the waters of the Sela river, in the mangrove forest of Sundarbans, Bangladesh, a UNESCO World Heritage site. The oil-tanker Southern Star VII, carrying 350,000 litres of furnace oil, was sunk in the river after it had been hit by a cargo vessel. The event threatens the region's flora and fauna.
Photo by
Syed Zakir Hossain / Greenpeace
Principles:
Show local (but serious) climate impacts