A Greenpeace Semester participant reaches the end of her rope during the climb training, which is part of Actions Week.
Greenpeace’s long history of direct action – indeed, a pillar of our philosophy – sometimes involves climbing in order to get to a place in plain view from which we can send a message or stop an environmentally destructive activity from continuing. During Actions Week in the Greenpeace Semester, participants first gain an understanding of non-violent direct action as a core of our philosophy, then spend a day learning some basics of technical climbing as it applies to activism.
The Greenpeace Semester is currently accepting applications for the summer and fall term. Apply online here.
