GREENPEACE
Greenpeace is an environmental organization with 2.5 million supporters. It was founded in 1971. You may ask, "Exactly what is greenpeace?" Greenpeace is committed to protecting the global environment and it works in more than 30 countries. They are independent yet they do believe in working with industry, government, and organizations to find environmental solutions. They spend most of their time lobbying decision-makers, conducting scientific studies and researching international best practice to use in the local areas. They have been known to act directly whether it is in demonstrations or protests. They have disrupted oil development projects when they found it necessary or blocked pirate fishing vessels. They believe, as Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., that non-violence creates debates in the public eye and puts pressure on the authorities and industries because if they fight back they know the public will see the hurt of the unarmed man and of the man who sits while he is being beaten. Greenpeace is involved with more than one thing at a time. What I mean is that they are not only involved with the ocean and ocean spills but with the
For example green peace and the forest are no strangers. In May of '94 green peace toured the Amazon taking photos. They have even stated their position on ancient forests. In the appendix to the Green peace Principles and Guidelines for Ecologically Responsible Forest Use, 1994 Green peace calls for all the earth's remaining ancient forests to be protected from destruction. Did you know that only 1/5 of the world's original forest still remains as large areas of intact ancient forest, and that nearly half of what is left is now under threat-mostly form logging but still from mining, flooding, agricultural, and fires. Green peace even made a visit to the Brazilian Rainforests in October of '94. Green peace and the ocean have had many contacts recently. The reason for some of them is the ocean dumping. In April '95 -May'96 they protested in the North Sea about an ocean dumping site. Not only did they protest dumping but whaling also. On various dates they campaign against industrial fisheries in the North Sea and have made a platform tour there. In early February '95- mid March '95 they made many whaling campaign updates. forests and genetic e
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