Quick Facts
- There are about 2.8 million financial supporters now
- It acts as a global campaigning organization to ensure environmental wellbeing
- There are 28 national and regional offices
- It has a presence in 42 countries
- Its presence is very minimal in Africa
Expert summary
The Greenpeace Foundation, now widely known as Greenpeace, was founded in Vancouver, Canada, on September 15, 1971. The first motivation was to oppose the US testing nuclear devices in Amchika, Alaska. At first most of the adherents were environmentalists who reminded the world of the counterculture and hippie youth of 1960s. In no time the movement was run by active environmentalists who had a clear idea of what they were fighting for. Quite naturally, the focus of the movement has turned to all vital environmental issues, such as global warming, bottom trawling, whaling, and, of course, nuclear power. It has national and regional offices in many countries and they are affiliated to the Amsterdam-based Greenpeace International.Recommended content
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Harpooned: Greenpeace exposes scandal
Stake outs, testimony from informers, hidden cameras and tailing trucks full of stolen goods - it reads like a Hollywood movie, but it was an every day experience for Greenpeace activists in Japan, who have spent four months cracking open a major conspiracy of corruption at the heart of Japan's government-backed, sham scientific whaling operation. -
Greenpeace video
his is a shocking video attempting to make people to wake up and realize the crimes they commit against their own future, their children's future. One of the best I've ever seen. The purpose was to awake and to shock and i believe it did it pretty good. -
Greenpeace chases Japanese whaling fleet 13 jan 2008
Greenpeace has foiled a controversial Japanese whaling mission in the Antarctic. The European based environmental campaigner has tracked down a Japanese fleet on the high sea and is prepared to stop them from whaling. Al Jazeera's Richard Bestic reports.
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Activists on a boat
Greenpeace activists defend the proposed Dogger Bank Marine Reserve from destructive fishing methods. -
Books (10)
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Greenpeace: How a group of Ecologists,Journalists and Visionaries changed the world
Thhis book is a dazzling feat of impassioned storytelling. Weyler conjures the feel of an entire era -- sketching the disparate ideas, the hair-raising events, and the motley crew of inspired eccentrics who precipitated a wild metamorphosis in the collective mindscape. -
Greenpeace: Standing up for the Earth Calendar 2008
I get this calendar every year and have never been disappointed. It is always beautiful. -
Greenpeace
Greenpeace is one of the most important environmental groups and this book illustrates why. It's a history of the triumphs and conflicts that plagued the organization since its inception. Initially I was shocked at how uncoordinated Greenpeace seemed to be, but I respect the author for openly revealing these deficiencies. The organization was forced to evolve in the tactics they used, as they constantly expanded to fight new nuclear and environmental threats.
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