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The Rainbow Warrior blockades the world's largest coal port for five hours in a non-violent direct action.

The Rainbow Warrior blockades the world's largest coal port for five hours in a non-violent direct action.

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Our mission


Greenpeace is an independent campaigning organisation that uses non-violent direct action to expose global environmental problems and to force solutions which are essential to a green and peaceful future.

Greenpeace's goal is to ensure the ability of the earth to nurture life in all its diversity.

Greenpeace believes that violence in any form is morally wrong and accomplishes nothing. No one gets hurt during a Greenpeace non violent direct action because activists are fully trained prior to any direct action involvement.



Greenpeace's core values are:


  • Independence: we do not accept money from governments, corporations or political parties because it would compromise our core values.
  • Bearing witness: we follow the Quaker tradition of bearing witness. Philosophically and tactically. Our peaceful protests work to raise awareness and bring public opinion to bear on decision-makers.
  • Non-violent direct action: we strongly believe that violence in any form is morally wrong and accomplishes nothing. Greenpeace takes non-violent direct action at the point of an environmental crime to expose an environmental problem.

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