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This is a reprint of the summary profile kept on Greenpeace by Green
Watch. An independent organisation that monitors the funding and
activities of "green" organisations. To read more click here.
Summary Profile:
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Uses
civil disobedience and direct action tactics to protest nuclear testing,
whale and seal hunting, and toxic waste dumping.
The largest environmental organization in the world, with a membership of 5
million and offices in 24 countries according to Forbes. As a
"skillfully managed business," it has mastered "the tools of
direct mail and image manipulation — and tactics that would bring instant
condemnation if practiced by a for- profit corporation. |
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Claims
that its Global Ancient Forests Campaign has successfully pressured
companies like 3M, Pacific Gas & Electric, Radio Shack, and Kinko's to
"move away from products derived from clearcutting of majestic ancient
forests." The Campaign makes four "central" demands:
"(1) No logging in any of the remaining pristine valleys; (2) No new
roads in the ancient temperate rainforest; (3) An immediate end to
clearcutting; (4) A timely phase-out of industrial logging in ancient
forests."
Greenpeace fundraising letter - (July 1998) (7/1/98)
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| In mid-1997
Greenpeace International closed 11 offices in the United States and laid off
325 of 390 employees due to declining membership and increasing fiscal
constraints. The organization has narrowed its U.S. focus to forest
preservation and global warming.
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