• Skip to Navigation
  • Skip to Content
  • Skip to Footer
Greenpeace
  • Issues we work on
    • Climate and Energy
    • Biodiversity
    • Social and Economic Systems
  • Get involved
    • Polluters Pay Pact
    • End the age of plastic
    • Stop Deep Sea Mining
    • Respect the Amazon
  • News & Stories
    • Stories
    • Press centre
    • Publications
    • Podcasts
  • About us
    • Work with us
    • Find a Local Organisation
    • Our History & Successes
    • Dutch Anti-SLAPP Lawsuit
    • Donate today
    • Leave a legacy
    • Fundraising principles
  • Issues we work on
  • Get involved
  • News & Stories
  • About us
Greenpeace
  • Home
  • Issues we work on
    • Climate and Energy
    • Biodiversity
    • Social and Economic Systems
  • Get involved
    • Polluters Pay Pact
    • End the age of plastic
    • Stop Deep Sea Mining
    • Respect the Amazon
  • News & Stories
    • Stories
    • Press centre
    • Publications
    • Podcasts
  • About us
    • Work with us
    • Find a Local Organisation
    • Our History & Successes
    • Dutch Anti-SLAPP Lawsuit
  • Donate
    • Donate today
    • Leave a legacy
    • Fundraising principles

News & Stories

  • Greenpeace 50th logo © Leire Dominguez / Greenpeace
    Press Releases
    AboutUs 50Years

    Greenpeace 50th anniversary: statement and media resources

    Fifty years ago, 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.

    Greenpeace International
    13 Sep 2021
    2 min read
  • Soviet Whaling Action in North Pacific. © Greenpeace / Rex Weyler
    Stories
    AboutUs 50Years Photography

    Photographic Memories

    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
    10 Sep 2021
    9 min read
  • Diederick van den Ende walking with Pride. © Marten van Dijl / Greenpeace
    Stories
    AboutUs Climate

    Pride is a protest!

    The climate crisis and the position of sexual and gender minorities are not unrelated. LGBTI communities are often disproportionately affected by the climate crisis. We believe that a diverse and inclusive movement is a stronger movement.

    Diederick van den Ende
    20 Aug 2021
    3 min read
  • Dorothy and Irving Stowe standing together wearing Greenpeace T-shirts in 1971.
    Stories
    AboutUs 50Years

    Irving and Dorothy Stowe: Mentors to a movement

    Two 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 Gandhi.

    Rex Weyler
    7 Aug 2021
    11 min read
  • Rex Weyler at Kinder Morgan Tank Farm in British Columbia. ©  Rogue Collective / Greenpeace
    Stories
    AboutUs 50Years

    50 years of Greenpeace: Q&A with Rex Weyler

    I was asked to host a series of virtual "mailbag" calls connecting activists across generations and regions. The outpouring of interest — and questions — from those at Greenpeace today was moving.

    Rex Weyler
    27 Jun 2021
    10 min read
  • Annual Report 2020 cover art
    Publications
    AboutUs

    Annual Report 2020

    Keeping our people safe while still forging a pathway to a better, fairer, safer and greener planet was challenging for us all, personally and organisationally. We have learned a lot.

    Greenpeace International
    24 Jun 2021
    1 min read
  • Nuclear Action Amchitka, Canada 1971. © Greenpeace / Robert Keziere
    Stories
    AboutUs Peace 50Years

    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
    13 Jun 2021
    8 min read
  • Heaps Better: A Greenpeace Podcast. © Ash Berdebes
    Stories
    AboutUs Oil Climate

    The resistance to extractivism in Latin America

    This past May, Greenpeace International hosted a live conversation with a panel of dynamic speakers about extractivism in Latin America and the communities that are resisting it.

    Rosario Coll & Sophie Schroder
    10 Jun 2021
    2 min read
  • Activists Paint Deep Sea Mining Industry Vessel in the Pacific Ocean. © Marten van Dijl / Greenpeace
    Stories
    RainbowWarrior AboutUs Oceans

    LIVE from Pacific #4: Our mission to stop deep sea mining before it begins!

    In March 2021, the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior set sail to a place called the Clarion Clipperton Zone in the Pacific Ocean to stop deep sea mining.

    Kelly Huang
    14 May 2021
    5 min read
  • 50th campaign design
    Stories
    AboutUs

    And the winning design is…

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

    Greenpeace International
    7 May 2021
    3 min read
Prev
1 … 5 6 7 8 9 … 15
Next
  • Greenpeace International
  • A
    • Africa
      • English •
      • Français
    • Aotearoa
    • Argentina
    • Australia
    • Austria
  • B
    • Belgium
      • Français •
      • Nederlands
    • Brazil
    • Bulgaria
  • C
    • Canada
      • English •
      • Français
    • Chile
    • Colombia
    • Croatia
    • Czech Republic
  • D
    • Denmark
  • E
    • East Asia
      • 中文简体 •
      • 繁體 •
      • 正體 •
      • 한국어 •
      • English
    • European Union
  • F
    • Finland
    • France
  • G
    • Germany
    • Greece
  • H
    • Hungary
  • I
    • India
      • English •
      • Hindi
    • Indonesia
    • Israel
    • Italy
  • J
    • Japan
  • L
    • Luxembourg
      • Deutsch •
      • Français
  • M
    • Malaysia
    • Mexico
    • Middle East and North Africa
      • العربية •
      • English •
      • Français
  • N
    • Netherlands
    • Norway
  • P
    • Peru
    • Philippines
    • Poland
    • Portugal
  • R
    • Romania
  • S
    • Slovakia
    • Slovenia
    • South Asia
    • Southeast Asia
    • Spain
      • Español •
      • Català •
      • Euskara •
      • Galego
    • Sweden
    • Switzerland
      • Deutsch •
      • Français
  • T
    • Thailand
    • Turkey
  • U
    • UK
    • Ukraine
    • USA
Follow us
  • Instagram
  • Threads
  • Facebook
  • TikTok
  • Bluesky
  • Mastodon
  • Linkedin
  • Youtube
  • RSS
  • Github
  • About us
  • Contact us
  • Work with us
  • Our values
  • Press centre
  • Community Policy
  • Copyright
  • Privacy and cookies
  • Search the archive
  • Terms
Greenpeace International 2025 Unless otherwise stated, the copy of the website is licensed under a CC-BY International License

Manage your cookies preferences

Please select which cookies you are willing to store.

Necessary Cookies (required) Always enabled

These cookies are required for technical reasons so that you can visit our website and use the functions we offer. These cookies are used to recognise you between successive visits and thus provide you with a better experience, storing your consent preferences and the last Greenpeace.org website visited.

We use tracking and analysis tools to ensure continuous optimisation and demand-oriented design of our website. These cookies will allow us to collect statistical and anonymised data, such as how visitors use our website or which pages are accessed most frequently, to ultimately improve Greenpeace.org and provide you with a better experience of our website.

In addition to the Performance cookies mentioned above, we may also place in your browser cookies from third-party services (e.g. Facebook or Google) to track the effectiveness of our online marketing strategies and to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. These cookies may also be used to serve advertising to you after you have left our site (retargeting cookies).

We use cookies to enhance your experience. By clicking "Accept all cookies" you agree to our Privacy & Cookies Policy. You can change your cookies settings anytime.