Greenpeace is a global non-governmental environmental organization founded in 1971 that uses direct action, lobbying, and research to address environmental issues such as climate change, deforestation, overfishing, commercial whaling, plastic pollution, and toxic waste. It has offices in over 40 countries and campaigns on issues like promoting renewable energy, establishing marine reserves, and phasing out hazardous chemicals and nuclear power. Greenpeace relies on donations from individuals rather than corporate or government funds to maintain its independence.

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Teacher: Renato Pacheco
Students: Andreia Pinheiro
Olga Pinto
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2. What is Greenpeace?What is Greenpeace?
Greenpeace is a global
organization of campaigns
that acts to change
attitudes and behaviores, to
protect and conserve
nature and promote peace.
Greenpeace is an NGO (non
governmental organization)
environment based in
Amsterdam, the
Netherlands, and with
offices spread across 40
countries. Had Foundation
in Vancouver, British
Columbia, Canada (1971).

3. • Catalyze an energy
revolution, to deal with the
number one threat that our
planet faces.
• Defending Oceans,
challenging the dissipative
and destructive fishing and
creating an international
network of marine reserves.
• Protect the ancient
forests of the world and
the animals, plants and
people that depend on them.
Greenpeace is organized into campaigns, with
the following objectives:

4. • Working for disarmament and peace,
taking care of the causes of the conflicts and
demanding the elimination of all nuclear
weapons.
• Create a future free of toxic materials with
safer alternatives to hazardous chemicals used in
products and current industry.
• Promote sustainable agriculture by
rejecting genetically modified organisms,
protecting biodiversity and encouraging socially
responsible agriculture.

5. Greenpeace is present in 41 countries in Europe,
America, Asia and the Pacific.
To maintain its independence, Greenpeace does
not accept donations from governments or
corporations, depending on the contributions of
individual sponsors and foundations.
Greenpeace has conducted campaigns against
environmental degradation since 1971, when a
small boat of volunteers and journalists sailed into
Amchitka, northern region of Alaska, where the US
government was conducting underground nuclear
tests. This tradition of "bear witness" non-violent
manner continues today; our ships are an
important part of all our campaign work.

6. We believe that the struggle to preserve the future
of our planet is not about just us. It also up to you.
Greenpeace speaks for 2.8 million supporters
worldwide, and encourages every day millions more
to act.
We searched the name of our ship-flag, "Rainbow
Warrior" (Rainbow Warrior), a Cree legend of North
American Indians. It describes a time when the
greed of mankind would have become ill Earth. At
that time, appear to defend a tribe of people called
Rainbow Warriors.
As one of the slogans done for us summed things,
"When the last tree is cut, the last river been
poisoned and the last fish dead, we will discover that
we can not eat money.

7. Greenpeace Name OriginGreenpeace Name Origin
 The organization's name came
from the accident. On the occasion
of the organization's debut, to
prevent a US nuclear test in the
Aleutian Islands, the activists had
the idea to make and sell a button
to help raise funds for the trip. It
should contain the words green
(green) and peace (peace), which
appeared in two separate flags,
hoisted on board the vessel of the
organization, previously known as
"Committee not Make a Wave" (Do
not Make a Wave Committee). The
words were designed to express
the idea of pacifism and
environmental protection.

8. Greenpeace in PortugalGreenpeace in Portugal
 Traditionally, Portugal have been dynamic activists in
Greenpeace campaigns and have made remarkable
contributions financially, as volunteers or through the
dissemination of the organization's applications.

9. International Greenpeace CampaignsInternational Greenpeace Campaigns
Greenpeace exists because this fragile planet
deserve to have a voice, needs solutions and
change. Needs action.
Stop climate change
We want you to
participate in an energy
revolution, to move from
a world nuclear-powered
and other fossil fuels to
renewable energy that
works.
Protect ancient forests
Throughout the world, ancient
forests are in crisis. Many of the
plants and animals that live in these
forests face extinction, and many of
the people and cultures that depend
on these forests for their way of life
are also threatened. But not all bad
news. There is a last chance to
protect these forests and the life they
support.

10. International Greenpeace CampaignsInternational Greenpeace Campaigns
Defend our oceans Sustainable Agriculture
 The marine life was too long fully
exposed to exploitation by those
who possess the means to do so.
Rapid technological advances
meant that, at present, the
capacity, reach and power of
vessels and equipment used to
exploit marine life far exceeds
nature's ability to preserve. If this
is not controlled, will have far-
reaching consequences on the
marine environment and the
people who depend on it.
 Greenpeace is campaigning
for an agriculture that
benefits the planet and
people. We want healthy
foods that grow in the
environment and not the
environment. We want
agriculture to help farmers
cope with climate change.

11. InternationalInternational GreenpeaceGreenpeace CampaignsCampaigns
Eliminate toxic chemical
substances
End the nuclear age
 The toxic chemicals in our
environment threaten our rivers
and lakes, our air, land and
oceans, and ultimately
ourselves and our future.
 Greenpeace has always fought
vigorously - and will continue to
fight - against nuclear energy, for
it poses an unacceptable risk to
the environment and to humanity.
The only solution is to stop the
expansion of all nuclear power
and to close existing plants.

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13. CampaingCampaing from Greenpeacefrom Greenpeace
Nestlé, maker of Kit Kat, uses palm oil from
companies that are trashing Indonesian
rainforests, threatening the livelihoods of local
people and pushing orangutans towards
extinction.
We all deserve to have a break - but having one
shouldn't involve taking a bite out of Indonesia's
precious rainforests. We're asking Nestlé to give
rainforests and orangutans a break and stop
buying palm oil from destroyed forests.
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/climate-change/kitkat/

14. Result of this CampaignResult of this Campaign

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https://act.greenpeace.org/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=1844&ea.campaign.id=29989

16. Campaing fromCampaing from
GreenpeaceGreenpeace
 If Shell could, it would drill for oil on every corner of the
globe. So more than 5 million people have joined together
to stop Shell from endangering one of the last pristine
places on Earth: the fragile Arctic. Those who have acted
know what this place represents, and understand that to
save the planet and save the Arctic is to save us all.

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