Our history, victories and successes
For over fifty years – on all continents and oceans – together we have spoken truth to power, borne witness, stopped, blocked and placed our bodies in the way of environmental destruction.
We have investigated and documented ecological contamination and crime. We have conducted scientific studies, litigated and lobbied. We have tried, failed and tried again. We have also s쳮ded!
Our founders
There’s a joke that in any bar in Vancouver, Canada, you can sit down next to someone who claims to have founded Greenpeace. In fact, there was no single founder: name, idea, spirit and tactics can all be said to have separate lineages.
Yet, some people clearly stand out.
Victories timeline
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From bombs to SLAPPS: We will not be silenced
Being SLAPPed in the face with a liability of more than US$660 million for something we so clearly did not do is not for the faint of heart. But we…
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Battling the giants: How Greenpeace fights back against SLAPP lawsuits
The fight to protect the environment often looks like a battle between David and Goliath. And the Goliaths of our world will stop at nothing to silence those who oppose their destructive projects. One of their favourite weapons? SLAPPs.
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Inside Greenpeace International’s legal fight against Big Oil’s bullying lawsuit
Bad news for bullies: Greenpeace International (GPI) initiated the first test of the European Union’s new anti-SLAPP Directive, a major step toward ending the practice of the courts being abused to silence those who speak out on matters of public interest.
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Hope is created through action: Climate & environmental victories of 2024
Dear changemakers, thank you for all that you’ve done this year.