(www.neomundo.com.ar) the current developed and global NGO Greenpeace seeds were sown four decades ago, on the occasion of an anti-nuclear protest. In September 1971 a small group of people decided to organize to protest sailing from Vancouver to the Aleutian Islands – Alaska – where nuclear tests were American.
While this legendary first voyage failed their destination tests were performed, their direct action and nonviolent captured the public imagination, managed the cancellation of future nuclear tests and was the first spark of a movement which grew up and became the largest environmental organization independent of the world.
Tomorrow, precisely, will be a ceremony in Vancouver, to honor the 40th anniversary of the birth of the Organization environmentalist.
The Director Executive of Greenpeace International Kumi Naidoo will recall the initiative of the founders and called the inhabitants of the world to demand justice for the climate in the next climate conference of United Nations that will take place in Durban.
In Latin AMERICA
The Office of Argentina was the first to be opened in a developing country’s development, in April 1987 when a group of volunteers began to work towards the prohibition of the production, importation, sale and use of 12 compounds chemical toxic.
“Argentina Greenpeace was growing and progressing on various environmental issues: overfishing, pollution of waters, the destination of the waste, climate change, clearing native forests, still today, the country’s largest environmental organization”, said Martin Prieto, Director Ejecutivo de Greenpeace Argentina.
“After four decades of installing environmental themes in the center of the scene, and achieve significant victories for the defense of the planet, today we are facing a perfect storm of economic, ecological and democratic crisis.” “There is no larger than the climate change challenge,” said Naidoo.
And added: “Not we can expect that politicians continue discussing and wasting opportunities to reach an agreement on how to prevent the worst ravages of climate change.” We need leaders with vision to take bold decisions to halt climate change and protect the most vulnerable to its effects. “We need active citizens requiring this to their corporate and political leaders”.
Today the NGO has offices in 40 countries and sum 11.6 million people that support with more than 2.8 million donors.
Also operates a fleet of ships that allow you to work to protect the most vulnerable regions of the world as the most important seas, the Amazon rainforest and the Arctic.
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