Greenpeace

1. Greenpeace Daniel Manry, Andrew Kim, Tristan Toyohara, Sam Spicer, Nathan Ngo

2. What is Greenpeace • It is an international, non-governmental environmental organization with offices in over 40 countries; its goal and mission is to ensure the safety of earth, fighting issues such as global warming, deforestation, over fishing, and anti- nuclear issues. • Phil Radford is the executive director of Greenpeace

3. Greenpeace History • Founded in December 1969 by a group of Canadian environmentalists • Its first campaign was an effort to halt underground nuclear testing by the American government on Amchitak Island, Alaska.

4. Successes • Greenpeace convinced the International Whaling Commission not to repeal the ban on comercial whaling • After 5 years of campaining, in1993, the London Dumping Convention banned dumping radioactive and industrial waste worldwide • Brazilian Oil Company Patrobas abandoned plans for deep sea oil drilling off New Zeland

5. Some Ways Greenpeace was not Successful • Greenpeace was accused of over-paying its own organization’s salaries. • Also, there are claims that Greenpeace was paid to leave certain companies alone. • Supposedly, “Greenpeace is motivated more by politics than science” – Patrick Moore, an earlier Greenpeace member.

6. Greenpeace's impact • It has been a positive impact because Greenpeace has been slowing the emission of CO2 but not stopping it.

7. Sources • P 386 world book • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenpeace • http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/about/history/