{"id":13813,"date":"2018-01-01T18:36:22","date_gmt":"2018-01-01T17:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/about-2\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T10:49:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T08:49:43","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenpeace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A green and peaceful future is our quest<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Greenpeace exists because this fragile earth deserves a voice.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some people look at a forest, and all they see is lumber. But there are millions more who see a home, a heritage, a future. <\/p>\n<\/div>

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Around the globe, we are standing up for our communities, and we are holding governments and corporations accountable.<\/p>\n\n\n

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We believe optimism is a form of courage. We believe that a billion acts of courage can spark a brighter tomorrow. To that end we model courage, we champion courage, we share stories of courageous acts by our supporters and allies, we invite people out of their comfort zones to take courageous action with us, individually in their daily lives, and in community with others who share our commitment to a better world. A green and peaceful future is our quest. The heroes of our story are all of us who believe that a better world is not only within reach, but being built today.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Outside the Montreal office, Greenpeace Canada stands in solidarity with the message #OurVoicesAreVital to unite against Canadian logging company Resolute’s multiple lawsuits to stifle free speech and the organisation’s work to protect the Great Northern Forest in Canada.
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Our Structure<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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From December 2017 to January 2018, Rainbow Warrior came to Hong Kong for spreading \u201cPlastic Free Now\u201d message and conducting microplastic research in Hong Kong waters. \n<\/figcaption>
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Climate activist and super typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) survivor Joanna Sustento starts an indefinite lone protest in front of the Philippine headquarters of Shell to call for climate justice.\nThe protest highlights the huge role of fossil fuel companies, such as Shell, in fueling the climate crisis and the injustice and suffering experienced by vulnerable communities in the Philippines and around the world. \nGreenpeace is calling on Shell to wake up to the climate emergency, heed the call of communities for justice, and start a rapid and just transition to phase out fossil fuels<\/figcaption>
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Several Greenpeace France activists made an action in front of the Louvre museum to denounce the museum’s complicity with the oil major TotalEnergies. They stood up in front of the Louvre pyramid with banners \u201cLet’s make a law for a world without oil\u201d and \u201cBan fossil fuel propaganda\u201d. \nBy accepting money from a fossil fuel company with climaticide activity, the Louvre is complicit. \nAs a cultural institution with international influence, the Louvre has a strong social responsibility. It must therefore take up the climate issue! Like all cultural institutions, the Louvre must end any partnership with the fossil industry, which is primarily responsible for greenhouse gas emissions. \nThey also erected an 8-meter-high fake derrick that spewed non-toxic black smoke to symbolize the multinational oil and gas firm’s location within the museum. Further on, 10 activists displayed a banner \u201cClimate: Total criminal, the Louvre accomplice\u201d on the Louvre building. \nAn actor played Patrick Pouyanne (TotalEnergies CEO) as a project manager of this skit.<\/figcaption>
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Raising a wind turbine on the beach at dawn in Durban, South Africa. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior III passes in front of the A6-A gas platform.
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Greenpeace started in 1971 when a group of 12 activists set sail to Amchitka island off Alaska to try and stop a US nuclear weapons test. Their old fishing boat was called \u201cThe Greenpeace\u201d, and the money for the mission was raised with a concert. This is where our story begins.\nRead: Amchitka – the founding voyage<\/a><\/figcaption>
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A Greenpeace Zodiac crew blockades a Russian harpoon ship during Greenpeace’s second whale campaign. Mid North Pacific Ocean, between Mexico and Hawaii.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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