• Greenpeace is the largest nonprofit environmental organization in the world. It uses nonviolent protest to obstruct environmentally unfriendly practices in numerous industries, including nuclear testing, genetic engineering, and whaling, among others.

• Fast Facts

  1. Official name: Greenpeace Foundation
  2. Year founded: 1971
  3. Founder: Irving Stowe, [[Paul Coté|Paul Cote]], and Jim Bohlen
  4. International Executive Director: Dr. Gerd Leipold
  5. Headquarters: Amsterdam, Netherlands
  6. Phone: +31-20-718-2000
  7. Fax: +31-20-514-8151
  8. Active in 41 countries
  9. Members: 2.5 Million
  10. 27 National and Regional Offices Worlwide
  11. Smaller volunteer groups at local levels
  12. Contributions and donations (2006): $11.4 million
  13. Revenue (2006): $15.7 million

• Early History

  Greenpeace began as an initiative to protest nuclear weapons testing programs in Alaska and the South Pacific. They sailed boats into the regions and disrupted the tests with their presence. Greenpeace would continue to employ this technique, most famously in the 70s in their opposition to the whaling industry.

• Current Priorities

  1. Climate change
  2. Preserving oceans
  3. Forest conservation
  4. Nuclear disarmament
  5. Sustainable agriculture
  6. Eliminating toxic chemicalsEliminating Toxic Chemicals

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