Who founded Greenpeace?
There’s an old joke around the organisation that in any bar in Vancouver, Canada, you can find at least one person who claims to have founded Greenpeace. In truth, many talented folks contributed to the creation of Greenpeace. Bill Darnell coined the name when someone flashed him a peace sign and he said “let’s make that a green peace!” Bob Hunter created the concept of the “Media Mind Bomb” – reaching the public consciousness through dramatic, camera-ready opposition to environmental crimes. Jim Bohlen, Paul Cote, and Irving Stowe were the founders of the “Don’t Make a Wave Committee,” which organised the first Greenpeace action: a voyage to Amchitka Island in the Aleutians to try to stop a nuclear weapons test. David McTaggart convinced a half dozen loosely connected early groups to put aside their differences and join in a single worldwide organisation, creating Greenpeace International in 1979. Our main website contains lots more information about the founders of Greenpeace and our
There’s an old joke around the organisation that in any bar in Vancouver, Canada, you can find at least one person who claims to have founded Greenpeace. In truth, many talented folks contributed to the creation of Greenpeace. Bill Darnell coined the name when someone flashed him a peace sign and he said “let’s make that a green peace!” Bob Hunter created the concept of the “Media Mind Bomb” -reaching the public consciousness through dramatic, camera-ready opposition to environmental crimes. Jim Bohlen, Paul Cote, and Irving Stowe were the founders of the “Don’t Make a Wave Committee,” which organised the first Greenpeace action: a voyage to Amchitka Island in the Aleutians to try to stop a nuclear weapons test. David Mc. Taggart convinced a half dozen loosely connected early groups to put aside their differences and join in a single worldwide organisation, creating Greenpeace International in 1979. Our main website contains lots more information about the founders of Greenpeace and ou
There’s an old joke around the organisation that in any bar inVancouver, Canada, you can find at least one person who claims to havefounded Greenpeace. In truth, many talented folkscontributed to the creation of Greenpeace. Bill Darnell coined the namewhen someone flashed him a peace sign and he said “let’s make that agreen peace!” Bob Hunter created the concept of the “Media Mind Bomb” -reaching the public consciousness through dramatic, camera-readyopposition to environmental crimes. Jim Bohlen, Paul Cote, and Irving Stowe were the founders of the “Don’t Make a WaveCommittee,” which organised the first Greenpeace action: a voyage to Amchitka Island in the Aleutians to try to stopa nuclear weapons test. David McTaggart convinced ahalf dozen loosely connected early groups to put aside theirdifferences and join in a single worldwide organisation, creatingGreenpeace International in 1979. Our main website contains lots more information about the founders of Greenpeace and our history and
