The ship went to the small island of Amchitka, Alaska, near which the U.S. government was going to conduct underground nuclear tests. The organizers picked a concise but expressive title for his team - Green + Peace = Greenpeace. On board there was no room, so the name written together.
The protests of environmentalists forced the U.S. government to stop testing at Amchitka near the end of 1971. The island became a bird sanctuary.
Greenpeace activists were inspired by his victory, and decided to fight against nuclear weapons testing worldwide. The next rally was held in 1975 near the Mururoa atoll in the South Pacific, where France conducted atmospheric nuclear tests. The action was conducted by David Maktegart, which in 1979 became head of Greenpeace International. Thanks to the actions of Greenpeace France has also stopped its tests.
In the 1970s, Greenpeace spent a lot of campaigning against commercial whaling. The first expedition set out from Greenpeace Canadian city of Vancouver to hold a protest rally outside the Soviet whaling ships. Greenpeace activists maneuvered in small inflatable boats between the ships and animals, which were sent to harpoons, covering the Giants with their bodies. For the first time in the history of the whaling industry, whalers faced opposition against their cruel fishing. Greenpeace protest went on a similar tactic to Icelandic, Spanish and Japanese whale hunters. In 1982, Greenpeace has made consideration of the International Whaling Commission moratorium on commercial whaling, which in 1986 entered into force. In 1994, the area of the Antarctic seas was declared a whale sanctuary.
In 1985, the Greenpeace ship "Rainbow Warrior» («Rainbow Warrior») conducted the evacuation of Rongelap atoll residents Pacific. More than 95% of the population of the atoll suffered from radioactive contamination after the atomic bomb on American ground.The crew of "Rainbow Warrior" was planning soon to make a protest against the trial, which was going to hold France at Mururoa Atoll. Agents of the French secret service blew up the ship before the action. Greenpeace photographer Fernando died Pereira.
In the 1990s, Greenpeace drew attention to the problem of air pollution and ozone depletion. The scientific evidence that ozone is destroyed hydrocarbon groups of CFC's and HFC's, ignored by politicians and big industrial magnates. Greenpeace held shares in the factories known firms in that emit hydrocarbons. In 1992 at the initiative of Greenpeace, German scientists have developed technology Greenfreeze, which can be used in the production of environmental friendly cooling machines. In 2000, Coca-Cola used a similar installation at the Sydney Olympics.
In 1996, Greenpeace launched a campaign against genetically modified foods.Commenced action against imports of genetically modified soybeans to Europe from the United States, against the cultivation of genetically modified maize in many countries around the world. In 1999 the Government of the European Union has established a moratorium on the import and cultivation of genetically modified crops.
Today, Greenpeace - is a major international environmental organization that has over 2, 5 million supporters worldwide. Greenpeace representation exist in over 40 countries worldwide.
In the Soviet Union, Greenpeace appeared in the '80s. In March 1989 in the USSR, a double album under the name "Greenpeace. Breakthrough »(Greenpeace Breakthrough), which participated in the recording of U2, Eurythmics, REM, INXS, SHADE, Bryan Ferry, and other musicians. The album was sold more than 3 million copies, and became not only the lottery record of Western musicians, published in the USSR, but also the first album, which appeared in the Soviet Union and around the world simultaneously. According to David Maktegarta, one of the founders of Greenpeace, this album is presented not only the best rock musicians of the world, but the idea that, in spite of the border, people are banding together to fight for a clean and peaceful Earth.
During the first hours after the plate has been sold half a million copies. By May 15, 1989 the total number of albums sold has reached one million.
Three-minute promotional video was filmed Greenpeace album with Annie Lennox of the Eurythmics. In Moscow, about the music album release press conference, together with western musicians. Proceeds from album sales were aimed at the establishment of Greenpeace offices in Moscow and Kiev, as well as to support projects for environmental protection in the USSR.
In July 1989, at a press conference on board the Greenpeace ship "Rainbow Warrior" Alexey Yablokov (then chairman of the Committee on Environmental Protection of the USSR), officially announced the separation of Greenpeace in the USSR, "the first independent organization in the Soviet Union."
In 1992 he formed Greenpeace Russia.
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