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Grippis (eng. Greenpeace - "green world") is an international public organization of environmentalists.
The year of birth is 1971. The place is Canada, or rather its city of Vancouver, which is located on its western, Pacific coast and, by the way, is still considered one of the most environmentally friendly cities in the world. The impetus for the emergence of Greenpeace was the naive idea of ​​several idealists that "evil triumphs on Earth because evil and vicious people are united, and good decent people, in order to defeat evil, need to do the same" (Leo Tolstoy). By uniting these kind, decent Canadians hoped to stop the nuclear arms race, and after they managed to slow down the testing of some new types of weapons of mass destruction, influence the powers that be on the entire spectrum of the Earth's environmental problems.

Greenpeace was founded by Canadian entrepreneur David Fraser McTaggart.

Promotions and achievements of Greenpeace in the world

• The transformation of the small island of Amchitka off the coast of Alaska from a nuclear test site into a bird sanctuary
• Cessation of atmospheric nuclear tests by France at Mururoa Atoll in the South Pacific
• Actionable international whaling ban initiative
• Evacuation of residents of the Pacific Rongelap atoll, 95% of whom suffered from radiation contamination as a result of atomic bomb tests
• Company Against Destruction
• The company is against the use of genetically modified products

Promotions and achievements of Greenpeace in Russia

• A unique section of the Ussuri taiga in the Far East, the Bikin River Valley, has been preserved
• Russia Stops Dumping Liquid Radioactive Waste into the Sea
• Return to France of a trainload of toxic waste already imported into Russia
• Development and implementation of the first state environmental standard in the history of Russia “Free from chlorine”
• Company for the protection of green spaces in Moscow
• Greenpeace Ice Expedition on Baikal Saved the Lives of Hundreds of Baikal Seal Cubs
• Participants of the Greenpeace international camp collected 50 tons of oil from one of the spills in the Tyumen region
• The natural complex "Central Sikhote-Alin" received the status of an object
• Compiled a "Consumer Guide" containing lists of companies using transgenes and a list of their products
• The Komi government canceled the decision to withdraw 35,000 hectares of land from the Yugyd Va National Park for gold mining
• The Kalevala National Park was created
• The Dutch company URENCO has stopped importing uranium industry waste to Russia

The Greenpeace Russia Forest Forum is an interactive Greenpeace project for the study and protection of Russian forests

Principles of activity of Greenpeace

• Independence: existence only on donations from citizens and private charitable foundations
• Non-violence - all actions are only peaceful
• Protest action
• Testimony - providing the public with objective data on environmental issues

“In the mid-80s, I suddenly discovered that I was the only one of the directors of Greenpeace who had a specialized education and was engaged in science. None of my colleagues had a degree in anything close to it. They were politicians, some public figures, environmental careerists… Greenpeace are informational terrorists, they deliberately exaggerate and play on people's fear. Their campaigns are based on fiction, they fool people" ( the head of Greenpeace in Canada in the early 80s of the last century, Patrick Moore. Wikipedia)

Adherents of Greenpeace in Russia 15000. (Only or already?)

September 15, 1971 - 40 years ago - the day of the first organized action of environmentalists against nuclear tests - is considered the day of the creation (the day of the beginning of activity) of the international environmental organization Greenpeace (Greenpeace, "Green World").

Greenpeace (Greenpeace, eng. Green Peace - "Green World") is an independent international public organization that aims to prevent environmental degradation.

Initially, the organization dealt with the problems of US nuclear testing, but gradually expanded its activities to the whole world and to a wide range of environmental topics.

In the Soviet Union, a branch of Greenpeace appeared in the late 1980s. In March 1989, a double musical album called "Greenpeace Breakthrough" was released in the USSR, in the recording of which U2, Eurythmics, R.E.M., INXS, Sade, Bryan Ferry and other musicians participated. The album was released with a circulation of more than 3 million copies and became not only the most popular record of Western musicians released in the USSR, but also the first album that appeared in the USSR and in different countries of the world at the same time. Within the first hours of the record's release, half a million copies were sold.

By May 15, 1989, the total number of albums sold reached one million. Proceeds from the sale of the album were used to establish Greenpeace branches in Moscow and Kyiv, as well as to support environmental projects in the USSR.

In July 1989, at a press conference aboard the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior, Alexei Yablokov (then chairman of the USSR Committee for Environmental Protection) officially announced the Greenpeace branch in the USSR as "the first independent organization in the Soviet Union."

In 1992, Greenpeace Russia was formed.

In 2001, a branch was opened in St. Petersburg.

In Russia, Greenpeace promotes the preservation of the last corners of untouched nature, fights against nuclear danger, seeks to eliminate the threats caused by chemical and genetic pollution, and campaigns to preserve the pristine purity of Lake Baikal.

The material was prepared on the basis of information from open sources

In 1969, the US government planned to conduct underground nuclear tests in Alaska in the Aleutian Islands. However, some people were afraid that this would cause earthquakes and the subsequent tidal wave.

About 10,000 people took part in the protest demonstration. They blocked the US-Canadian border and were holding signs that said “Don't make a wave. If you don't understand, then it's your fault."
Some of the demonstrators were members of the Canadian branch of the Sierra Club.

At first, they planned to go to the test site by boat, but the management of the Sierra Club forbade this. In response, the "Wave Prevention Committee" was organized. In 1971, they went to Alaska on a boat called "Greenpeace" - a term coined by one of the founders, Bill Darnell.
In May 1972, the organization was officially renamed Greenpeace.

2- The French government blew up their boat

In the summer of 1985, the flagship of an organization called "Rainbow Warrior" moored in the harbor of Auckland (New Zealand), at a time when the French military intelligence (DGSE) was conducting an operation called "Operation Satanic" ("Devil's Operation").

The intelligence service attached a couple of bombs to the ship's hull and sank it. Everything would have gone more or less calmly if the attention of the press had not been riveted to this event. Unfortunately, one of the photographers, Fernando Pereira, stayed on the ship. He died when the second shell exploded. After that, the operation turned into an international scandal.

French intelligence officer Louis-Pierre Dillais was held responsible for the "Devil Operation". He currently works in Virginia for the US division of the Belgian arms manufacturer FN Herstal. Greenpeace considers him a terrorist and demands that the US government deport him in accordance with federal law.

3- Greenpeace has been accused by former members

In the 70s and 80s of the last century, Greenpeace had a number of big victories. After that, priorities began to change. They continued to attract new members to the organization, while at the same time expelling old members.

Former Greenpeace President Patrick Moore left the organization after 15 years in charge. He still criticizes the organization's tactics, which he calls "scare tactics." In 2005, he wrote an article for the Miami Herald newspaper, in which one of the phrases read: “science and logic are forgotten here, since everything is based on emotions and the desire for sensationalism.” Moore currently leads Greenspirit Strategies Ltd., which continues its sustainable development.

One of the founders of the organization, Paul Watson, left the organization in 1977, just as Patrick Moore became its president, because he was in opposition to the new president, opposing direct actions that compromised the original goals of the organization. Watson is currently chair of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.

Don White, who founded the organization's American division, left in 1985 due to "lack of responsibility and strained relations with the supporters of the organization, as well as for the removal from the problems of wildlife."

After White left the US branch of Greenpeace, he accused her of "purchasing ... for passing off other people's achievements as their own for the purpose of making a profit." White is currently the founder and president of the Earthtrust, a wildlife conservation organization.

Bradley Engel was Greenpeace's Southwest Toxic Pollution Coordinator. However, he resigned in 1997 when Greenpeace's international division "betrayed" an agreement with some governments that they were going to fight the US government's plans to build a nuclear waste storage facility on sacred land.

Angel is currently the Executive Director of the health and environmental organization Greenaction.

4- Greenpeace has been accused of deliberate misinformation

Robert Hunter, one of the founders of the organization, and also the man who coined the terms "mind bomb" and "eco-warrior", was heavily influenced by media guru Marshal MasLuhan's theories regarding modern media.

Hunter recognized early on the power of the media (videos of baby seals being bludgeoned, dolphins being massacred, Greenpeace activists bravely escorting whales into the open ocean). Simply put, he turned complex questions into comparisons of good and bad, after which there was no who is who in this or that situation.

In 1995, Greenpeace ran a successful campaign to force the Royal Dutch Shell oil company to dismantle one of their oil platforms, accusing the company of disinformation. Greenpeace announced a worldwide boycott of Shell.

Activists of the organization occupied the platform, took a sample of the contents and reported that the field contains 5,000 tons of oil, which is 110 times more than the amount declared by Shell.
After that, various statements from the press rained down on Shell, despite the fact that their own assessments almost completely corresponded to reality.

In 2006, Greenpeace released its "Beginner's Guide to Electronics" which provides estimates of electronics manufacturers for toxic and recyclable chemicals in their products.

Critics have included exceptions to the report, partly because of the flawed criterion "companies are generally ranked based on information available to the public, and partly because of their friendly ties to Apple."

5- Opponents of "Greenpeace" insisted on auditing the organization

In 2003, Washington-based non-core corporation Public Interest Watch (PIW), whose slogan is "Watch out for self-proclaimed public interest advocates", filed a lawsuit with the Internal Revenue Service (USA) accusing the US division of Greenpeace of money laundering. , misuse of donations, and inaccurate tax filing. This led to a three-month intensive audit of the US branch of Greenpeace.

The PIW website was created in 2003. According to the website, the seed funding was "offered by business organizations," but in 2006 the Wall Street Journal revealed the real story behind the funding: virtually all of the money came from a single source, a multinational corporation that Greenpeace called "No. 1 in the list of the most criminal in relation to the environment "- Exxon Mobil Corporation.

And although the audit found small underpayments, the Internal Revenue Service found no reason to cancel the status of the property exempted from taxation.

What now?

Greenpeace is currently protesting against the construction of a coal-fired power plant in England.

And they just recently completed the grueling pursuit of the Japanese fleet, which is engaged in annual whale catching in the Southern Ocean (the sea surrounding Antarctica, capturing parts of the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans - approx. Transl.), and are also going to mark the anniversary of the signing of the "Kyoto Protocol" by picketing the parliament buildings Canada to protest government inaction on global warming.

However, the organization is busy with more than just protests. Greenpeace Switzerland recently launched an online dating service for people who care about the environment.

By typing the word "Greenpeace" into Google, we found a series of articles from five different countries concerning seven full-fledged unique Greenpeace companies. This demonstrates not only the vast international scope of the organization, but also signifies almost four decades of struggle.

Global environmental problems can be solved only by uniting all together. Greenpeace works together with people: our volunteers, initiative groups, various non-profit organizations and associations. Through our environmental campaigns, we showcase solutions to environmental problems that will ensure sustainable development and social justice on the planet.

In 1971, a small group of activists, inspired by the dream of a clean world without war and violence, set sail on a small fishing boat from the Canadian city of Vancouver. The anti-war activists, the future founders of Greenpeace, believed that even a few people could do a lot for their planet.

As Greenpeace, we are inspired by nature and we know that diversity is the basis of life on the planet, and therefore the basis of the success of our organization. We welcome the diversity of people, their cultural experience, we learn from each other.

Greenpeace has offices in East Asia, Latin America, Europe, North America, Africa, Australia and Oceania, so we can solve the world's problems on a global level.

We are open-minded and independent of commercial companies and governments, we do not have permanent friends and enemies among them.

We find, record and publish expert information about the abuse of the planet's resources. The Greenpeace Science Center was created on the basis of the University of Exeter (UK) and provides research support to Greenpeace projects around the world.

We work with governments of different countries and international intergovernmental organizations (UN, EU, EAEU). The director of the Russian branch of Greenpeace is a member of the Human Rights Council under the President of the Russian Federation.

Greenpeace offices around the world

National Greenpeace offices open in 43 countries of the world as independent units working to achieve the goals of their national projects. Each such branch, headed by an executive director, is administered by a national board. The general policy and strategy of international projects is determined at the annual meetings of the executive directors and campaign directors of all Greenpeace offices.

At different times, Greenpeace has focused on a variety of issues and brought them to public attention. The campaign against nuclear testing lasted 25 years, from 1971 to 1996, and ended with the signing of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty. To save Antarctica from industrial development, Greenpeace set up camp in an icy wilderness. The camp operated for 5 years and was closed in 1991, when 39 countries supported a fifty-year ban on mineral exploration on this continent. Antarctica has remained a territory that does not belong to anyone and at the same time is the property of all mankind.

Monitoring of an accident on a BP oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, 2010.

Over 25 years of work, with our active participation in Russia, 2 reserves and 4 national parks have been created, 8 territories have acquired the status of UNESCO World Natural Heritage Sites. Together with other non-profit organizations, we closed the pulp and paper mill that poisoned Lake Baikal and moved the construction of Olympic facilities to Sochi, which threatened to destroy the unique nature of the Caucasian Reserve. We make sure that environmental legislation remains at a high level of protection of protected areas, and have already repulsed 10 attempts to introduce amendments and bills that weaken their protection.

We stop working on the project when we achieve the desired result or understand that the problem is already understood by the majority of society and there are many people who are already uniting to solve it.

Greenpeace's work is now focused on two of the planet's most important challenges: climate change and biodiversity conservation.

"The future of the planet is in your hands" - a message from Greenpeace activists at a rally in Rio de Janeiro, 2006.

Our principles

Throughout the years of existence in all Greenpeace offices, we adhere to the same principles, and this is what allows us to successfully continue our activities.

Independence. Greenpeace exists only on donations from citizens and private charitable foundations, it does not accept money from government agencies, commercial companies and political parties. We are responsible for the efficient use of the funds allocated to us and spend them only on environmental projects.

Nonviolence. Greenpeace does not accept any form of violence as a means to achieve its goals. All our work, from posts on social networks to the most high-profile actions, is an expression of peaceful protest. We never respond to aggression in kind, even when faced with intimidation or threats.

Equal rights and diversity. We appreciate the contribution of everyone to the preservation of nature and peace on earth and believe that all people are equal regardless of gender, age, origin, sexual orientation, health status, beliefs and views. We are convinced that all peoples have the right to a favorable environment, a peaceful life and the protection of their rights.

Join us!

OMNNO "Greenpeace Council" was established on March 13, 1992, operates on the basis of the Charter of the branch of the international non-governmental non-profit organization "Greenpeace Council" - GRNPESE, approved by the constituent assembly on 13.03.1992. (as amended on 05/05/1994, 01/16/1999, 10/17/2008, 04/11/2014, 01/28/2016) and registered with the Ministry of Justice of Russia on 07/09/1992 (certificate No. 1087). OGRN 1037739393713.