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• www.greenpeace.se

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What is Greenpeace?

• Founded 1971 in Vancouver as a reaction to
  nuclear testing in Alaska
• A politically and financially independent
  non-profit organisation
• Headquarter in Amsterdam
• Offices in 40 countries
• About 2,5 million members worldwide
• Annual budget at about 1,5 billion SEK

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Mission statement

• Greenpeace is an independent campaigning
  organisation which uses non-violent confrontation
  to expose global environmental problems and to
  achieve solutions which are essential to a green
  and peaceful future

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How does Greenpeace work?

• Research and development
• Create an opinion amongst people
• Dialog with political leaders
• Direct action

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Basic values

• Act!
• Greenpeace goes from words to action
• Non-violence
• No violence or damaging
• Openness and responsibility
• Independency
• Does not accept donations from governments,
  corporations, EU or FN

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Campaigns

• Stop climate change
• Save our seas
• Protect ancient forests
• Say no to genetic engineering
• Eliminate toxic chemicals
• End the nuclear threat
• Encourage sustainable trade
• Abolish nuclear weapons

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The UN Millennium Development Goals

• Goal 7 Ensure environmental sustainability
• Integrate the principles of sustainable
  development into country policies and programmes
  reverse loss of environmental resources
• Reduce by half the proportion of people without
  sustainable access to safe drinking water
• Achieve significant improvement in lives of at
  least 100 million slum dwellers, by 2020

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