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Greenpeace
exists because this fragile earth deserves a voice. It needs
solutions. It needs change. It needs action.
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| Greenpeace oil campaigner Paul
Horsman at site of oilspill, near Usinsk, Russia.
| Greenpeace
is a non-profit organisation, with a presence in 40 countries across
Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific.
To maintain its
independence, Greenpeace does not accept donations from governments
or corporations but relies on contributions from individual
supporters and foundation grants.
As a global organisation,
Greenpeace focuses on the the most crucial worldwide threats to our
planet's biodiversity and environment.
We campaign to:
--Stop
climate change
--Protect
ancient forests
--Save
the oceans
--Stop
whaling
--Say
no to genetic engineering
--Stop
the nuclear threat
--Eliminate
toxic chemicals
--Encourage
sustainable trade
Greenpeace has been campaigning
against environmental degradation since 1971 when a small boat of
volunteers and journalists sailed into Amchitka, an area north of
Alaska where the US Government was conducting underground nuclear
tests. This tradition of 'bearing witness' in a non-violent manner
continues today, and our ships
are an important part of all our campaign work.
We exist to
expose environmental criminals, and to challenge government and
corporations when they fail to live up to their mandate to safeguard
our environment and our future.
In pursuing our mission, we
have no permanent allies or enemies. We promote open, informed
debate about society's environmental choices. We use research,
lobbying, and quiet diplomacy to pursue our goals, as well as
high-profile, non-violent conflict to raise the level and quality of
public debate.
And we believe that the struggle to preserve
the future of our planet is not about us. It's about you. Greenpeace
speaks for 2.8 million supporters worldwide, and encourages many
millions more than that to take action every day.
We take
the name of our flagship, the Rainbow Warrior, from a North American
Cree Indian legend. It described a time when humanity's greed has
made the Earth sick. At that time, a tribe of people known as the
Warriors of the Rainbow would rise up to defend her.
As one
of the longest banners we've ever made summed things up, "When the
last tree is cut, the last river poisoned, and the last fish dead,
we will discover that we can't eat money."
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