Greenpeace

Greenpeace is an independent international environmental organization known for campaigning, research, and nonviolent direct action. It operates through national and regional offices coordinated by Greenpeace International.

Nonviolent direct action: A form of protest that uses peaceful intervention to challenge practices or policies. Greenpeace uses peaceful interventions to make environmental disputes visible and exert pressure.
Don't Make a Wave Committee: A Vancouver-based anti-nuclear group formed in 1970 that organized a protest voyage to Amchitka. This group organized the 1971 voyage that became Greenpeace's founding action.
Climate change mitigation: Actions that reduce greenhouse-gas emissions or increase their removal from the atmosphere. Greenpeace campaigns for emissions cuts and a transition away from fossil fuels.
World Wide Fund for Nature: An international conservation organization founded in 1961 that works to protect nature and reduce environmental threats. WWF is a major environmental organization with a more partnership-oriented public profile.
Mururoa Atoll: A coral atoll in French Polynesia where France conducted atmospheric and underground nuclear tests. Greenpeace protests against French tests there drew international attention before the Rainbow Warrior bombing.
Environmental impact assessment: A process for predicting and evaluating the environmental effects of a proposed project or policy. Scientific assessments help substantiate Greenpeace campaigns against damaging projects.
Amchitka Island: An island in Alaska's Aleutian chain where the United States conducted underground nuclear tests. Greenpeace's first protest voyage sought to stop a planned U.S. nuclear test there.
Marine conservation: The protection and sustainable management of marine species, habitats, and ecosystems. Ocean protection, including opposition to destructive fishing, is a longstanding campaign area.
Friends of the Earth: An international network of environmental organizations founded in 1969. Its decentralized federation provides a useful comparison with Greenpeace's international structure.
Rainbow Warrior bombing: The 1985 bombing of a Greenpeace vessel in Auckland by French intelligence agents, killing photographer Fernando Pereira. The attack caused a diplomatic crisis and became a defining event in Greenpeace's history.

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