Greenpeace

(proper noun)

A direct-action environmental organization with the stated goal of "ensur[ing] the ability of the Earth to nurture life in all its diversity," and which focuses its campaigning on worldwide issues such as global warming, deforestation, overfishing, commercial whaling, and anti-nuclear power.

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Examples of Greenpeace in the following topics:

  • Environmental Protests

    • Greenpeace is a non-governmental environmental organization whose goal is to "ensure the ability of the Earth to nurture life in all its diversity."
    • Using direct action, lobbying, and research to achieve its goals, Greenpeace has been described as the most visible environmental organization in the world.
    • Greenpeace has also been a source of controversy; its motives and methods have received criticism and the organization's direct actions have sparked legal actions against Greenpeace activists.
    • In the mid-1970s, independent groups using the name Greenpeace started springing up worldwide.
    • By 1977, there were 15 to 20 Greenpeace groups around the world, and on October 14, 1979, Greenpeace International came into existence.