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Greenpeace Environmental Movement Interest groups are an important aspect of our society. They can raise awareness about various issues, and they have become an instrumental part of social, economic, and political affairs. One interest group that has experienced an increasing level of prominence in our society has been Greenpeace. With this in mind, the purpose of this paper will be to provide a detailed examination of this particular interest group. This will include an analysis of the organization and its activities.
Background and History In 1969, Greenpeace was founded by Jim Bohlen, Paul Cote, and Irving Stowe in Vancouver though it was then known as "The Don 't Make a Wave Committee". The group was formed in order to protest the American government 's decision to test its nuclear arsenal at Amchitka which is at the tip of the Aleutian arc off the coast of Alaska and which happened to be located in an isolated but earthquake-prone region (Brown and May, 1989, pp. 7-14). By 1971, the group had been renamed to Greenpeace. At the current time, "Greenpeace has 46 offices in 26 countries, with about 1,000 full-time staff, connected by an international computer network" (Christrup, 1993, p. 13). In general, "Greenpeace 's main preoccupation up until 1975 was the issue of nuclear testing" (Brown and May, 1989, p. 32). Clearly, this was not only motivated by the original desire to prevent nuclear testing in an earthquake-prone region, but also a willingness to prevent damage to the earth 's delicate ecosystem. By 1975, the group 's activities began to expand on account of a desire to protest whaling efforts that were being undertaken by Japanese and Russian vessels and that were endangering the population of many species of whales. Just 10 years after the group had been renamed as Greenpeace, it is possible to find that the organization had become concerned with a wide variety of environmental issues and geographical areas such as global warming,
Background and History In 1969, Greenpeace was founded by Jim Bohlen, Paul Cote, and Irving Stowe in Vancouver though it was then known as "The Don 't Make a Wave Committee". The group was formed in order to protest the American government 's decision to test its nuclear arsenal at Amchitka which is at the tip of the Aleutian arc off the coast of Alaska and which happened to be located in an isolated but earthquake-prone region (Brown and May, 1989, pp. 7-14). By 1971, the group had been renamed to Greenpeace. At the current time, "Greenpeace has 46 offices in 26 countries, with about 1,000 full-time staff, connected by an international computer network" (Christrup, 1993, p. 13). In general, "Greenpeace 's main preoccupation up until 1975 was the issue of nuclear testing" (Brown and May, 1989, p. 32). Clearly, this was not only motivated by the original desire to prevent nuclear testing in an earthquake-prone region, but also a willingness to prevent damage to the earth 's delicate ecosystem. By 1975, the group 's activities began to expand on account of a desire to protest whaling efforts that were being undertaken by Japanese and Russian vessels and that were endangering the population of many species of whales. Just 10 years after the group had been renamed as Greenpeace, it is possible to find that the organization had become concerned with a wide variety of environmental issues and geographical areas such as global warming,
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