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The First Greenpeace Movement
1971; The First Greenpeace Movement
A large group of volunteers got on a boat and set sail to an island off the coast of Alaska called Amchitka attempting to stop the US from conducting a nuclear weapons test off the coast of Amchitka. The money was raised for the boat and its journey through a concert. The boat was called "The Greenpeace" which stayed as the group name and formed the basis of the Greenpeace Orginisation. -
Amchitka Bombing Stopped
1972; Amchitka bombing Stopped
Throughout 1972, sucessful protesting by the Greenpeace boat and volunteers caused the US to finally abandons the nuclear bomb testing off the coast of Alaska's island of Amchitka as a result of growing dislike from the public. -
Protest Against Atmospheric Bombs
1975; Protest Against Atmospheric Bombs
Greenpeace protested at the atmospheric bomb test siterepeatedly through 1975 in the South Pacific. After the previous protest at the bomb test site at Amchitka, many people showed their support and it was a successful protest. As a result, France ended its atmospheric nuclear testing in the South Pacific regions. -
Stopping the Seal Slaughter
1978; Stopping the Seal Slaughter
Greenpeace stopped the mass seal slaughters in Scotlands waters with the help of the use of Greenpeace's new boat, the "Rainbow Warrior". The activits were at work througout 1978 and the boat as well as the activists were on the water for 2 weeks stright, trailing behind the Norwegian boat stopping them from starting the seal cull, and were eventually victorious. -
Action Against Whalers
1982; Action Against Whalers
After 10 long years of campaigning agaisnt and confronting illegal whalers at sea, Greenpeace was finally successful in changing the public's previously neutral opinion on whaling to negative within the year of 1982. The International Whaling Commission ended commercial whaling due to popular demand. -
Sinking of "Rainbow Warrior"
1985; Sinking of "Raindbow Warrior"
After the boats numerous appearences at protest sights and the occasional news headline appearance, the French Secret Services sunk the Greenpeace boat, the "Rainbow Warrior". As a result of the sinking of this worldwide sensation, nuclear testing in the South Pacific conducted by the French becomes a topic of International Controversy as many were dismayed at the sinking of the boat. -
Ban on Incinerating Organochlorin
1988; Ban on Incinerating Organochlorin
Following the seemingly constant sea action and the recent submissions by Greenpeace, the London Dumping Convention decides to apply a world-wide ban on incinerating organochlorin at sea during 1988. -
Environmental Protocol to the Atlantic Treaty
1989; Environmental Protocol to the Atlantic Treaty
Greenpeace proposed and protested to get rid of radioactive and toxic waste dumped into the ocean throughout 1989. They particularily focused on persuading the Shell oil company to stop dumping all their waste in the ocean. -
Cancellation of French Nuclear Testing
1992; Cancellation of French Nuclear Testing
As a result of the capaining against the French Nuclear Testing in 1985 and the appearance of the "Rainbow Warrior", during 1992 France finally decides to cancel their nuclear testing only if other 'nuclear nations' follow in their footsteps. -
Action Against Ocean Dumping
1993; Action Against Ocean Dumping
Greenpeacae very first started campaigning against the ocean dumping probelems in 1978 and eventually successfully got the London Dumping Convention to permanently put a ban on radioactive and industrial waste dumping world wide in 1993. -
Kyoto Protocall
1997; Kyoto Protocall
Throughout 1997, Greenpeace camapigned and protested continuously to take action agaisnt climate change, and the industrialised nations around the world decided to follow the Kyoto Protocall in response to Greenpeace's action. The Kyoto Protocall ensured that the emission of greenhouse gasses were restricted legally. -
Shell Oil Company
1998; Shell Oil Company
Greenpeace was responsible for numerous campaigns and protests against Shell's ocean oil drilling platform. The platfrom was no longer in use and the entire platform was set to be dumped into the ocean, however Greenpeace stood in and was supported by many others worldwide, and all the support helped to stop the platform from being dumped and so it was brought to shore for recycling in stead. -
Banned PCV
1999; Banned PCV
PVC became banned worldwide for children under three years of age in 1999. Greenpeace also made Japan stop their experimental fishing on Tuna as the once plentyful numbers were getting critically low and needed a chance to replenish before they would have gone extinct. -
Turkey Nuclear Reactor Plans Cancelled
2000; Turkey Nuclear Reactor Plans Cancelled
Turkey had plans to make a nuclear reactor, and this action was cancelled in 2000 as a result of Greenpeace's constant 8 year campaign and constant protesting agaisnt it's completeion. Greenpeace also started testing food products that were being manufactured for genetically engineered ingredients and then exposed those comapines who had a positive reading.
