Members of the "Don't Make a Wave Committee" founded Greenpeace in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1971. The "Don't Make a Wave Committee" was a small group opposed to nuclear weapons testing by the United States military in Alaska. Later, the committee changed its name to Greenpeace to echo its greater goal of creating a green and peaceful world. Greenpeace has more than forty offices in 30 countries with its headquarters in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is a growing organization that has dedicated a lot of time and manpower to making this world a better and safer place for its inhabitants. Through peacefully lobbying and demonstration, Greenpeace has affected change for the better and, hopefully, will continue to do so

Greenpeace claims that instead of spending money on new oil exploration, corporations should instead spend money on converting to renewable energy sources such as wind and solar energy. Oil companies like Exxon, Shell, Mobil and BP continuously expand their search for oil, exploring remote areas previously too expensive or too harsh to consider. Greenpeace, in an effort to stop this, campaigns against new oil exploration. They lobby governments to stop encouraging oil companies to extend their reach. They also challenge oil industries to stop exploring for more oil and switch to investment in renewable energy. Greenpeace is concentrating its efforts on halting oil expansion on two fronts: the Arctic in Northern Alaska and the Atlantic Frontier in the wild ocean to the north and west of Ireland, Scotland and Norway. Greenpeace has strong convictions and believes firmly that it is possible to change to renewable energy.

"Climate." Greenpeace International Online: 13 Nov 2000.http://www.greenpeace.org/~climate/.

The achievements of Greenpeace reflect its great impact on the world. Greenpeace's main principle is to prevent harm to the environment using the concept of non-violent direct action. As Greenpeace has grown and developed it has backed up this direct action with political lobbying and scientific enquiry and the results speak for themselves. In 1999 alone, nine countries banned the use of harmful phthalates in soft PVC toys for children under three; the European Union introduced an "emergency" ban on soft PVC teething toys; a major worldwide medical supplier, Baxter International, announced plans to replace PVC in its products; furniture store IKEA announced it will phase out all wood from ancient forests unless it is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC); and, following lobbying by Greenpeace, the Environmental Crimes Law in Brazil is now being applied: fines against companies using illegal timber from the Amazon increased dramatically. Other successes include safely storing an abandoned dioxin stockpile at Homebush Bay, Australia.

"Environmental Wins," Greenpeace International Online: 13 Nov 2000. http://www.greenpeace,org,au/abouts/wins.htm.

"The Greenpeace Affair." Public Opinion 8 (Oct/Nov 1985): 53.

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