Greanpeace - Active Citizenship

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  • Greenpeace
    • Aims
      • 1) Promote biodiversity in all forms
      • Prevent pollution of the earth's land, water and air
      • End all nuclear threats
      • Promote peace and non-violence
    • How?
      • Researches and promotes concrete steps towards a greener planet
      • Marine reserves
      • Energy revolution blueprint
    • Memberships
      • Volunteers
      • Activists
      • Staff
    • Campaigns
      • Ocean
        • MARS AND NESTLÉ COMMIT TO CLEAN UP PET FOOD SUPPLY CHAINS- March 2017
          • Global pressure - pet food companies. Mars and Nestle have said they will ensure their chains are free from human rights abuses and illegally caught seafood.
      • Forests
        • COLOMBIA BANS COAL MINING IN THE PÁRAMOS - February 2016
          • Pressures from local groups and Greenpeace Columbia got an order in place to ban the mining company Hunza Coal from completing parts of it's operation.
          • Columbia's constitutional court revoked 347 coal mining licences
    • KEY ASPECTS
      • International pressure group - gives them access to policy-makers on an international basis.
      • Seeks to ensure a better global environment, requiring co-operation of more than one country.
      • Generally pursues constitutional law abiding tactics - occasions when activists have taken non-violent direct action to protect the environment.
        • E.G. Rainbow Warrior ship which attempted to disrupt nuclear tests in the Pacific ocean in the 1980's.

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