GreenPEACE @ Tuesday, October 12, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVu9eawb1QY
When watching this video, what were your reaction and thought? I was kind of angry and upset watching this. I honestly did not know that some of these actions really occur. Why would people want to ruin our Earth by killing animals, creating population and cutting down our trees? When watching the ending of this video, I was relief that there are people that are trying to change all that. These people are part of a global organization called, Greenpeace.
Greenpeace is an internatinal organization that works to protect the environment. They challenge government and industry to stop harmful practices by finding solutions, conducting scientific research, finding different alternatives, and educating and engaging the public to make sure that we are in green and peaceful future. (Get it green, peace? Greenpeace) Greenpeace remains unique and successful because of there enthusiasm to bear witness to environmental injustices and to take peaceful direct.
Greenpeace works on multiple issues on helping our Earth. They want to stop climate change and they have solutions to help the world, so we won’t damage it. Greenpeace also want to save the forest, since it’s the home to about two- thirds of the world’s land-base species of plants and animals. They also keep the climate stable and maintain the balance of life on Earth. Greenpeace wants to eliminate toxic chemicals because in our environment they threaten our rivers and lakes, our air, land and ocean, and ultimately ourselves and our future. They also work ondefending the oceans, , agriculture, ending the nuclear age and so much more.
Greenpeace was created in 1971, when a group of activists sailed from Vancouver in an old fishing boat. They have sailed to Amchitka Island which is off to Alaska , when they heard that the United States had planned to explode a nuclear test bomb. Canadians opposed the idea for many reasons. One reason is that five megaton bombs would contaminate the island and harm the otters, bald eagles and peregrine falcons. And also the explosion had the potential to create a tidal wave. The group made plans to charter a boat, power it into the site’s forbidden zone and force the United Stated to stall the explosion. They flashed a peace sign and one member suggested that they “make it a green peace” That name stuck. These activists were the founders of Greenpeace. They believed a few individuals could make a difference in the world.
Since 1971, Greenpeace has been making a lot of positive environmental changes. They have set up a Climate Rescue Station to stop an open pit coal and stopped around 50 million tons of CO2. There was a Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement that was made, which Greenpeace and with other organization mad a truce with the logging industry. Till now, Greenpeace has been working hard to get people involve to make the world a better place :)
REFERENCE http://www.dontalmostgive.org/Volunteer/Environment.asp?id=152
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/
http://tcktcktck.org/partners/greenpeace
http://money.howstuffworks.com/greenpeace2.htm
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