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Founding

Founding

Page | December 20, 2006 at 4:21

In 1971, motivated by their vision of a green and peaceful world, a small crew set sail from Vancouver, Canada, in an old fishing boat. These activists, the founders of Greenpeace, believed a few individuals could make a difference.

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  • Rainbow Warrior sets sail..
Rainbow Warrior sets sail with a hold full of stories

Rainbow Warrior sets sail with a hold full of stories

Blog entry by Brian Fitzgerald | October 20, 2011

We've set sail. The world's first crowd-funded, hyper-efficient, purpose-built environmental activist sailing ship has left harbour in Bremen and we're on our way to Hamburg. To all of you who made this voyage possible, you have the...

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  • It's our birthday and we'll..
It's our birthday and we'll go beyond oil if we want to!

It's our birthday and we'll go beyond oil if we want to!

Blog entry by Lisa | September 16, 2010

Lisa writes from the Esperanza ... Today is the 39th birthday of Greenpeace and we have just arrived in Aberdeen on the Esperanza. Back in 1971 on September 15th - the first Greenpeace ship set sail to protest against a US...

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  • Chris Robinson, 1951 - 2008

Chris Robinson, 1951 - 2008

Blog entry by Nick | September 17, 2008

Chris Robinson, Lloyd Anderson, David McTaggart, Tony Marriner and Brice Lalonde on Greenpeace vessel “Vega” before heading to Moruroa to stop a nuclear weapons test. (Originally posted by Brian Fitzgerald from Greenpeace...

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  • Lyle Thurston, 1937 - 2008

Lyle Thurston, 1937 - 2008

Blog entry by Nick | April 4, 2008

Lyle Thurston This week came the sad news of the passing of another warrior; Lyle Thurston - one of 12 crewmembers on the original Greenpeace campaign - has died of pneumonia at the age of 70 in Victoria, BC, Canada. The Independent ...

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  • The way we were

The way we were

Blog entry by Nick | March 23, 2008

I spotted an interesting ' the way we were ' piece of historical trivia in the paper here in Lyttelton this morning. In 1982 the Lyttelton Borough Council was second only to Christchurch in what would be a series of NZ towns, cities...

Deep Green

Blog entry by Nick | January 30, 2008

Ecology? Look it up! Your involved. - Rex Weyler Deep Green is a new monthly column by Greenpeace's unofficial historian, Rex Weyler. Rex was a director of the original Greenpeace Foundation, the editor of the organisation’s first...

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  • 40 years of Inspiring Action
40 years of Inspiring Action

40 years of Inspiring Action

Blog entry by Kumi Naidoo | September 16, 2011

Believe it or not, Greenpeace celebrates its 40 birthday today! To mark the occasion, Kumi Naidoo, our International Executive Director, calls on us all to take inspiration from that first Greenpeace voyage, and to demand a better...

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  • Fair Winds and Following Seas
Fair Winds and Following Seas

Fair Winds and Following Seas

Blog entry by nyoung | January 26, 2011

We were saddened to hear of the passing of Dave Birmingham, at his home in Keremeos, British Columbia, on 17 January. Dave was the engineer on board the Phyllis Cormack , the boat chartered by the Don’t Make a Wave Committee in...

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  • Jim Bohlen 1926 - 2010
Jim Bohlen 1926 - 2010

Jim Bohlen 1926 - 2010

Blog entry by nick | July 8, 2010

There's an old joke that you can walk into any bar in Vancouver and find somebody claiming to be a Greenpeace founder. If that somebody had been Jim Bohlen, however, then this claim would have been absolutely true. It is with very deep...

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