{"id":11551,"date":"2018-01-01T19:47:20","date_gmt":"2018-01-01T18:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.p4.greenpeace.org\/international\/?page_id=11551"},"modified":"2026-06-29T15:55:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T13:55:14","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/about\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History & Successes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Our history, victories and successes<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

For over fifty years<\/a> \u2013 on all continents and oceans \u2013 together we have spoken truth to power, borne witness, stopped, blocked and placed our bodies in the way of environmental destruction. <\/p>\n<\/div>

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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 succeeded!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Our founders<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet, some people clearly stand out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Learn more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Victories timeline<\/h2>\n\n\n\n