Introduction

Greenpeace is a non-governmental environmental organization with offices in over forty countries and with an international coordinating body in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Greenpeace states its goal is to "ensure the ability of the Earth to nurture life in all its diversity"and focuses its campaigning on worldwide issues such as global warming, deforestation, overfishing, commercial whaling, genetic engineering, and anti-nuclear issues.

History

The environmental movement was born in 1971 when a group of Canadian antinuclear activists, some Quakers and conscientious objectors Americans who had fled to Canada to avoid participating in the Vietnam War, formed a small organization called “Do not make a wave Committee.”

Protesting against U.S. nuclear tests carried out in the archipelago of Amchitka (Alaska), northern Canada.

The nuclear test was conducted, but the action complaint led to demonstrations occurs for day’s dozens of people on the border between Canada and the United States.

Campaigns:Greenpeace is currently campaigning in the following areas: climate change, toxic, ocean, forests, GMOs and nuclear.The last ancient forests of the worldFriendly Schools forestsMarine environmentSustaining global target species.Toxic pollution and its effects on the environment and healthFashion without Toxic.Catastrophe Factory pesticide Union Carbide in Bhopal, India.PacifismPeace and disarmament. 20th Anniversary of GreenpeaceKyoto ProtocolGreenpeace campaigns carried out in SpainIn defense of rivers: Hydrological Plan of the Ebro Delta and ItoizPonte Road, renewable 2006StructureGreenpeace is a global environmental organization. Greenpeace International and the Board are in Ámsterdam. These regional and national offices are largely autonomous, and there is some coordination to perform the overall collectively while being autonomous Agreed strategies for each campaign Within the Local context in Which They operates and to seek financial support through partners Their Own.