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Kumi Naidoo

Kumi Naidoo was Greenpeace International Executive Director from November 2009 to December 2015. Born in South Africa, Kumi Naidoo became involved in South Africa's liberation struggle at the age of 15. Police harassement eventually forced him to go underground before fleeing to the UK in 1987. After Nelson Mandela’s release in 1990, Kumi returned to South Africa and was founding executive director of the South African National NGO Coalition (SANGOCO).  From 1998 to 2008, Kumi was the Secretary General and Chief Executive Officer of Johannesburg-based Civicus. 

  • Le faux dilemme de l’Afrique

    Blogpost by Kumi Naidoo - October 31, 2012 at 12:47

    Respect de l’environnement et bien-être économique sont les deux faces d’une même pièce, et c’est un faux dilemme de les opposer l’un l’autre. Malheureusement, les grandes entreprises font souvent croire qu’un choix entre les deux s’impose pour s’asse... Read more >

  • Living for a cause

    Blogpost by Kumi Naidoo - August 8, 2012 at 14:59

    This November marks three years since I was appointed Executive Director of Greenpeace International. Coming to Greenpeace represented an opportunity for me to actually be part of an organisation that has taken, and continues to take a leadersh... Read more >

  • Apple: Think Different about your dirty energy

    Blogpost by Kumi Naidoo - May 5, 2012 at 11:30

    iCloud Action at Apple Store in New YorkThe Internet and social media are extraordinary engines of change helping to drive revolutions and positive social change. They’ve become central tools for how we bring pressure on polluters and governments. But if we are not careful, the Inte... Read more >

  • Fukushima, One Year After...

    Blogpost by Kumi Naidoo - March 12, 2012 at 10:11

    Today our thoughts are once more with the people of Japan; our condolences are with those who lost their loved ones and our admiration is with those who are valiantly rebuilding their lives and communities one year after the earthquake and tsun... Read more >

  • We're sorry, you're not allowed to read this

    Blogpost by Kumi Naidoo - January 18, 2012 at 11:17

    As South Africa grapples with the very controversial Secrecy Bill, censorship is also a hot topic further abroad. And just like the Secrecy Bill, the US Stop Online Piracy Act could be disasterous for the work Greenpeace does. Below is a blog from Gre... Read more >

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