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    AboutUs RainbowWarrior 50 years Nuclear

    LIVE: Nuclear free campaigns in NZ and the Pacific, 50 years of Greenpeace and the Rainbow Warrior bombing

    This month is the anniversary of the Rainbow Warrior bombing and this year marks 50 years of Greenpeace in Aotearoa New Zealand.

    Nick Young •
    17 September 2024
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    Climate Change AboutUs 50 years

    Limits to Growth: 50 years later

    Last year marked the 50th anniversary of Greenpeace, and this year the 50th anniversary of a book that set much of the ecological agenda for the five decades since: The Limits…

    Rex Weyler •
    3 May 2022
    9 min read
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    AboutUs 50 years

    Greenpeace celebrates 50 years of hope in action

    Fifty years ago, on September 15th 1971, a ship named the Greenpeace set out to confront and stop US nuclear weapons testing at Amchitka, one of Aleutian Islands in southwest Alaska.

    Michael Szabo •
    15 September 2021
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    AboutUs 50 years

    Photographic memories of Greenpeace’s early years

    From 1974 to 1982, I served as photographer on Greenpeace campaigns. Here are a dozen photographs from those years and some memories that they evoke: 

    Rex Weyler •
    14 September 2021
    8 min read
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    AboutUs 50 years

    50 years of Greenpeace: Looking back and looking forward

    This month, Greenpeace celebrates 50 years of environmental activism, dating from the first campaign to stop a nuclear bomb test in Alaska, launched from Vancouver, Canada, on Sept. 15, 1971. 

    Rex Weyler •
    13 September 2021
    8 min read
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    AboutUs 50 years

    Film review: The story of Greenpeace and the story Greenpeace tells

    Brian Fitzgerald reviews the documentary 'How To Change the World' exploring the origins of Greenpeace.

    Brian Fitzgerald •
    18 August 2021
    7 min read
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    AboutUs 50 years

    Irving and Dorothy Stowe: Mentors to a movement

    Two of the Greenpeace founders, Irving and Dorothy Stowe, grew up during world wars, the dawn of a global peace movement, and a non-violent direct action movement inspired by Mahatma…

    Rex Weyler •
    10 August 2021
    9 min read
  • Story
    AboutUs 50 years

    50 years of Greenpeace: Q&A with Rex Weyler

    With Greenpeace’s 50th anniversary on the horizon, I was asked to host a series of virtual “mailbag” calls connecting activists across generations and regions.

    Rex Weyler •
    2 July 2021
    10 min read
  • Story
    AboutUs 50 years

    The roots of Greenpeace

    This September 2021, Greenpeace will celebrate 50 years of environmental activism, dating from the launch of the first Greenpeace campaign to stop a nuclear bomb test in Alaska

    Rex Weyler •
    16 June 2021
    7 min read
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    50 years

    And the winning design is…

    Greenpeace turns 50 this year and to help us mark the occasion we invited artists and creative folks from around the world to participate in a design contest. 

    Greenpeace International •
    4 June 2021
    3 min read
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