Green Peace and the Global Justice Movement

GREEN PEACE AND THE GLOBAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT

Ibrahim Diaab

Global Justice Movement

SYP 3454

Spring 2012

Pre- Movement History Sierra Club -1960’s

Anti- Nuclear activists- weapons testing in Amchitka Alaska

Don’t Make a Wave Committee: Dorothy and Irving Stowe, Marie and Jim Bohlen, Ben and Dorothy Metcalfe, and Robert Hunter.

Passive resistance “Bearing Witness”- Quakers

1970 benefit concert –Greenpeace the ship challenged by US. Coast Guard.

Movement emerges

Greenpeace USA Est. 1971

Recognized as an Organization 1975

Greenpeace International Est. 1979

Rainbow Warrior III

Goals “To expose global environmental problems, and to

force the solutions which are essential to a green and peaceful future.”

“Ensure the ability of the Earth to nurture life in all its diversity”

Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning Organization that acts to change attitudes and behaviors to protect and conserve the environment to promote peace.

Mission Statement

Greenpeace is the leading independent campaigning organization that uses peaceful protest and creative communication to expose global environmental problems and to promote solutions that are essential to a green and peaceful future.

Goals :Campaigns

Catalyzing an energy revolution to address the number one threat facing our planet climate change.

Defending our oceans by challenging wasteful and destructive fishing, and creating a global network of marine reserves. 

Protecting the world’s remaining ancient forests which are depended on by many animals, plants and people.

Working for disarmament and peace by reducing dependence on finite resources and calling for the elimination of all nuclear weapons.  

Creating a toxin free future with safer alternatives to hazardous chemicals in today's products and manufacturing.

  Campaigning for sustainable agriculture by encouraging socially and ecologically

responsible farming practices.

Non-Violent Direct Action

Frames Diagnostic

Corporate practices are fostering policies such as trade liberalization that, in turn, not only harm the environment, but undermine poverty alleviation.

Prognostic Change will only be realized by exposing the negative impacts of multinational

corporations.

To expose global environmental problems, and to force the solutions which are essential to a green and peaceful future.

Motivational “Bearing Witness” The practice of observing the unjust action so as to be aware of

what occurred and to take responsibility for that knowledge rather than maintaining ignorance.

Organizational Structure

Formal Organization: International NGO

Greenpeace consists of Greenpeace International and officially operates as “Stichting Greenpeace Council” based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

28 regional offices operating in 45 countries.

Greenpeace has a paid staff of 2,400 and 15,000 volunteers globally.

FUNDING

Greenpeace receives its funding from individual supporters and foundations.

The organization does not accept money from governments, intergovernmental organizations, political parties or corporations in order to avoid their influence.

In 2008, most of the €202.5 million received by the organization was donated by about 2.6 million regular supporters, mainly from Europe.

Collective Identity

“Our core values are reflected in our environmental campaign work: We 'bear witness' to environmental destruction in a peaceful, non-violent manner. We use non-violent confrontation to raise the level

and quality of public debate. In exposing threats to the environment and finding solutions we have no permanent allies or adversaries.

We ensure our financial independence from political or commercial interests. We seek solutions to environmental dilemmas and

promote open, informed debate about society's environmental choices.”

Tactics Direct Action campaigns

Media Campaigns

Lobbying

Litigation

Scientific Analysis

Media

Targets

Corporations are the organization’s primary target.

Greenpeace USA engages in activities that strive to change policies of the US government.

Media Campaign

Outcomes

Video Campaigns

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgvnqv1-_D4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=o8OB68YeMmc

References

Carmin, JoAnn and Bast, Elizabeth(2009) 'Cross-movement activism: a cognitive perspective on the global justice activities of US environmental NGOs', Environmental Politics, 18: 3, 351 — 370

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenpeace