Arthur Jones Candari Dionio, a pioneering communications leader who helped shape Greenpeace Southeast Asia in its early years, passed away last week.

Filipino by birth and Southeast Asian by heart, Arthur belonged to the region in the fullest sense—not just by geography, but by commitment. At a time when Greenpeace Southeast Asia was still finding its footing as a young organisation (established in 2000), Arthur served as a regional communications lead and helped build the storytelling, media, and public-facing work that allowed campaigns to travel across borders and speak to diverse publics.

Arthur understood that communications is about dignity. He brought people and places to the center of environmental narratives, making complex issues legible without flattening them. Colleagues remember him for his steady professionalism, his calm under pressure, and his instinct for the human truth inside any public issue. He helped teams communicate with clarity, courage, and care—always aware that words can mobilise, but they can also heal.

Arthur leaves behind a legacy that lives in the people he supported, the voices he amplified, and the regional spirit he helped nurture at a formative time. His absence will be deeply felt across Greenpeace networks and far beyond them but his impact remains present in every act of communications that chooses honesty over noise, people over spectacle, and courage over convenience.

May Arthur Jones Candari Dionio rest in power, and may we honor him by continuing the work with the same heart, discipline, and humanity he brought to it.

With love and solidarity