What is Greenpeace?
Greenpeace was created in 1971 to protest against proliferation of nuclear testing. Since then, it has become the main force in the fight to maintain natural resources and protection of animals. The organization is now an international group with regional offices in 48 countries.
At the beginning of the 1970s. This group included Paul Weston, Robert Hunter, Dr. Patrick Moore, Dorothy Stowe and Bill Darnell. Many founders were members of the Society of Friends, religious sects also called Quakers. The group was in favor of non -violent but direct protests for nuclear tests performed under the island of Amchitka on Alaska. While the tests were not prevented, the protests caught attention all over the world and Greenpeace became a key player in the fight against nuclear proliferation.
In 1974, Greenpeace began the first of his many campaigns anti -commercial defeat of wild animals. Group, inspiredThe meetings of Robert Hunter, one of the founders, with the killer whale began a campaign against the California coast. At this time, a commercial whaler has so far exhausted the supplies of whales, many scientists believed that they would never recover. Greenpeace's efforts are often attributed with pressure on nations to create laws on the protection of wild animals and the International Committee of Whale (IWC) so that the moratorium on commercial whaling can be possible.
In 1979 there were dozens of branches of the organization around the world, but there were no connective authorities under the auspices. The original foundation, still based in Canada, finally convinced branches to create Greenpeace International, to which local branches would contribute to parts of the contributions. The International Foundation has set and favored Goals of local offices, creating a cohesive global structure for the group.
Group criticism tends to run in two directionh. Some founders of the organization have since become detectives who claimed that they have become too commercial, corporate and separated from their activist roots. Paul Watson, the original founder and later the creator of Sea Shepherd, is especially loud in his claims that Greenpeace does not do the work he has set.
other critics say that the organization is too alarm or radical and hardly criticizes its protests as against business and inconvenience for workers. Recent criticism has been balanced against the protest of organizations on genetically treated crops. The organization detectors also claim that Greenpeace modifies the facts to suit their purposes, even in their estimates damage caused by nuclear testing.
In the 21st century, the main problems of the organization still revolve around protection and global professionalism. Since May 2008 it includes a list of problems with priority on the website of global warming, damage to oceans and forests, nuclear energy, toxic substances and GeneTical engineering. If you are worried about any of these problems, Greenpeace offers a lot of designs of what you can do to help you use biodegradable products to volunteering with the organization.