Green Peace Research

Who is Green Peace?

Green Peace is a global organization that uses peaceful protest and creative communication to expose global environmental problems which was founded in 1971 Vancouver, Canada. Greenpeace also uses non-violent creative action to pave the way towards a greener, more peaceful world, and to confront the systems that threaten our environment. They do this because they defend the natural world and promote peace by investigating, exposing, and confronting environmental abuse, championing environmentally responsible solutions, and advocating for the rights and well-being of all people.   (https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/about/). 

What have they done to make a positive change?

1972: After the first Greenpeace action in 1971, the U.S. abandons nuclear testing grounds at Amchitka Island, Alaska. 

1982: After at sea actions against industrial whalers, a whaling moratorium is adopted by the International Whaling Commission 

1991: After lobbying by Greenpeace and other organizations, the 39 Antarctic Treaty signatories agree to a 50-year ban of mineral exploitation on the continent. 

2011: After the release of Greenpeace’s Dirty Laundry report, major clothing brands commit to eliminate discharges of hazardous chemicals from across their entire supply chains and products within 10 years. 

2016: After decades of campaign work, 85% of the forested area of the Great Bear Rainforest in B.C. is protected from industrial logging. 

2016: After three years of tireless legal action, Clyde River Inuit  with the support of Greenpeace Canada  stopped seismic blasting  a dangerous oil exploration project that threatens the Canadian Arctic. 

2017: After more than five years of campaigning by Greenpeace, community groups, allies and environmental organizations, TransCanada cancels the Energy East tar sands pipeline.

(https://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/about-us/history-successes/)

What are they doing now to protect our oceans?

They made a petition to Jacinda Ardern about taking action on the ocean.

"Dear PM Jacinda Ardern, I call on you to support the creation of ocean sanctuaries across the planet, and for NZ to back the strongest Global Ocean Treaty at the UN to enable this."

The way they do anything out of the way to try and convince people while also being peaceful and non harming shows us that they are committed and the amount of human errors the have occured to this organization. 

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