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Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning network, founded in Canada in 1971 by a group of environmental activists.Greenpeace states its goal is to "ensure the ability of the Earth to nurture life in all its diversity" [3] and focuses its campaigning on worldwide issues such as climate change, deforestation, overfishing, commercial whaling, genetic engineering, anti-war [4] and anti ...
Bailey joined Greenpeace in 1975 and volunteered to pilot a Zodiac inflatable boat in front of a Russian harpoon ship, resulting in iconic images of the whalers firing 90 mm harpoon cannons at activists that were to establish Greenpeace in the public consciousness. [5] These actions earned him the nickname "Zodiac Mike" or "Generalissimo". [6] [7]
Jan Beránek (born 11 January 1970) is a Czech ecological activist, energy expert, politician, employee of Greenpeace and former member and chairman of Czech Green Party. He studied physics at the Univerzity of Jan Evangelista Purkyně in Brno from 1988 to 1990.
Greenpeace USA is a nonprofit 501(c) (4) lobby group that seeks “to change current environmental policies and practices” through “grassroots lobbying for various legislative initiatives.” The Greenpeace Fund is a 501 (c) (3) tax deductible charitable organization that promotes Greenpeace USA's mission to protect the environment. [12]
She previously worked for Health Care Without Harm, Essential Information, and Greenpeace International, and was coordinator of the Funders Workgroup for Sustainable Production and Consumption. [ 1 ] Leonard was named the executive director for Greenpeace USA in May 2014.
In 1972, Stowe and the other co-founders changed their group's name to Greenpeace. [3] While not as publicly visible as some other members of Greenpeace, she worked hard as a behind-the-scenes organizer. In 2005, when Irish rock band U2 played a concert in Vancouver, they invited Stowe, and Bono dedicated the song "Original of the Species" to ...
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Bennett Metcalfe (October 31, 1919 – October 14, 2003) was a Canadian journalist and first chairman of Greenpeace, which was founded in 1971. Ben Metcalfe was born in Winnipeg . Later he moved to the United Kingdom and at the age of 16 joined the Royal Air Force .