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Jim Bohlen (July 4, 1926 – July 5, 2010) was an American engineer and activist who worked as part of the Atlas ICBM missile program and went on to be one of the founders of Greenpeace. [ 1 ] Bibliography
Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning network, founded in Canada in 1971 by a group of environmental activists.Greenpeace states its goal is to "ensure the ability of the Earth to nurture life in all its diversity" [3] and focuses its campaigning on worldwide issues such as climate change, deforestation, overfishing, commercial whaling, genetic engineering, anti-war [4] and anti ...
He considers himself a founding member of Greenpeace and Greenpeace International, a claim Greenpeace disputes despite being pointed out in the documentary, How to Change the World [63] which shows that Watson was indeed one of the original founding members of Greenpeace. [64] [65] Watson has since accused Greenpeace of rewriting their history ...
Robert Lorne Hunter (October 13, 1941 – May 2, 2005) was a Canadian environmentalist, journalist, author and politician. He was a member of the Don't Make a Wave Committee in 1969, and a co-founder of Greenpeace in 1971 and its first president.
Between 1973 and 1982, Weyler served as a director of the original Greenpeace Foundation, campaign photographer and reporter, and as editor of the Greenpeace Chronicles magazine. He was a co-founder of Greenpeace International in 1979. [15] [16] [17] In 1975, Weyler sailed on the first Greenpeace whale campaign, and subsequent whale and seal ...
In 1972, Stowe and the other co-founders changed their group's name to Greenpeace. [3] While not as publicly visible as some other members of Greenpeace, she worked hard as a behind-the-scenes organizer. In 2005, when Irish rock band U2 played a concert in Vancouver, they invited Stowe, and Bono dedicated the song "Original of the Species" to ...
Irving Harold Stowe (né Strasmich; July 25, 1915 – October 28, 1974) was a Yale lawyer, activist, and a founder of Greenpeace. [1] He was named one of the "BAM 100" (Brown University's 100 most influential graduates of the 20th century).
Michael Bailey, described as "one of the foremost eco-warriors of our times" [1] according to Rex Weyler, is a founding member of Greenpeace, [2] along with Paul Watson, Patrick Moore, David McTaggart and others. He supervised the original Greenpeace flagship, Rainbow Warrior. [3]