WORLDWIDE ECOLOGY WORLDWIDE ECOLOGY ORGANIZATIONSORGANIZATIONS

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GREENPEACEGREENPEACE IS A NON- IS A NON-GOVERNMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATION WITH OFFICES IN ORGANIZATION WITH OFFICES IN

OVER FORTY COUNTRIES AND WITH OVER FORTY COUNTRIES AND WITH AN INTERNATIONAL AN INTERNATIONAL

COORDINATING BODY COORDINATING BODY IN AMSTERDAM, IN AMSTERDAM,

THE NETHERLANDS.THE NETHERLANDS.

LOGO OF GREENPEACELOGO OF GREENPEACE

MOTTO OF MOTTO OF GREENPEACEGREENPEACE

ABOUT GREENPEACEABOUT GREENPEACE

• Greenpeace states its goal is to "ensure the ability of the Earth to nurture life in all its diversity” and focuses its campaigning on world wide issues such as global warming, deforestation, overfishing, commercial whaling, genetic engineering, and anti-nuclear issues

SOME FACTS ABOUT GREENPEACESOME FACTS ABOUT GREENPEACE

• This organization was founded in 1971• Greenpeace uses direct action, lobbying

and research to achieve its goals. The global organization does not accept funding from governments, corporations or political parties, relying on 2.9 million individual supporters and foundation grants

• They want to save our nature and are famous for their actions

Executive Director Kumi Naidoo

Chair of the Board Ana Toni

Main organ Board of Directors, elected by the Annual General Meeting

Budget € 236.9 million (2011)

Staff 2,400 (2008)Volunteers 15,000Website www.greenpeace.org

Remarks See article for more details on formation.

Former name Don't Make a Wave Committee

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PROTESTSPROTESTS OF GREENPEACEOF GREENPEACE

Amchitka,1971

In the late 1960s, the U.S. had plans for an underground nuclear weapon test in the tectonically unstable island of Amchitka in Alaska. A 1969 demonstration of 7,000 people blocked a major U.S.-Canadian border crossing in British Columbia, carrying signs reading "Don't Make A Wave. It's Your Fault If Our Fault Goes". The protests did not stop the U.S. from detonating the bomb. In the fall of 1971, the ship called "Greenpeace“ sailed to Amchitka to stop the test, but they didn’t stop it. In the mid-1970s independent groups using the name Greenpeace started springing up world wide. By 1977 there were 15 to 20 Greenpeace groups around the world.

WORLD WILDLIFE WORLD WILDLIFE FUNDFUND

THE THE WORLD WIDE FUND FOR NATURE (WWF) IS AN INTERNATIONAL NON-

GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION FOUNDED ON APRIL 29, 1961, AND IS WORKING ON ISSUES REGARDING THE CONSERVATION,

RESEARCH AND RESTORATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT.

WHAT IS WWF DOESWHAT IS WWF DOESWWF is one of the world's largest conservation organizations.•It was conceived on the 29th April 1961.•Its first office opened in September 1961 in the Swiss town of Morges.•The central secretariat for the network - called WWF international - is now located in gland, Switzerland (organizational structure)•WWF is an independent foundation registered under Swiss law.•The organization has offices in more than 80 countries around the world.•It employs around 6,200 full time staff•...And values the support of more than 5 million people.•Over the 50 years since it was founded, WWF has invested around us$11.5 billion in more than 13,000 projects

WHAT DOES WWFWHAT DOES WWF• WWF'S current strategy for achieving its mission specifically focuses on restoring

populations of 36 species (species or species groups that are important for their ecosystem or to people, including elephants, tunas, whales, dolphins and porpoises), and ecological footprint in 6 areas (carbon emissions, cropland, grazing land, fishing, forestry and water).

• The organization also works on a number of global issues driving biodiversity loss and unsustainable use of natural resources, including finance, business practices, laws, and consumption choices. Local offices also work on national or regional issues.

• WWF works with a large number of different groups to achieve its goals, including other governments, business, investment banks, scientists, and local communities. It urges people to donate funds to protect the environment.

WHAT IS EARTH HOURWHAT IS EARTH HOUR• WHEN IS IT? • EARTH HOUR TAKES PLACE EVERY YEAR ON THE LAST SATURDAY OF MARCH. • WHAT'S THE AIM?• TO RAISE ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AND GET US DOING SMALL THINGS IN OUR DAILY LIVES THAT TOGETHER CAN HAVE HUGE IMPACTS. • WHAT DOES IT INVOLVE?• SIMPLY TURNING OFF YOUR LIGHTS FOR 1 HOUR. EARTH'S HOUR. • HOW USEFUL IS THIS?• EARTH HOUR IS A HIGHLY "VISIBLE" SYMBOLIC ACT.• MILLIONS OF PEOPLE CAN EASILY JOIN IN WITH.