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Greenpeace history is a narration of various activities carried on by the Greenpeace, even before it came openly as a savior of the environment. Greenpeace history had its involvement during 1960s when the Vietnam War rocketed. This war created a history as Irving and Dorothy Stowe from Rhode Island, Will and Ann Jones of California, and Jim and Marie Bohlen from Pennsylvania played a significant role in establishing Greenpeace in history. Other ecology campaigners such as Bill Darnell and Rod Marining and prominent journalists Bob hunter and Ben and Dorothy Metcalfe were instrumental in rallying to stop the nuclear trials on Amchitka Islands. They finally succeeded in creating Greenpeace history by stopping the trial activities.
In 1968, December, a group called SPEC was established in Vancouver by Derrick Mallard, Gwen, Bob Hunter, Irving Stowe and Terry Simmons. They staged environmental agitations in 1969 in a creative way. In August 1969, the U.S. declared a nuclear test at Amchitka Island. Bob Hunter, the journalist, wrote on September 24, 1969 that the nuclear tests may instigate earthquakes as well as tidal waves that would seize the Pacific from one end to the other. Bob made protest cards ‘Don’t make a wave’ to protest against the nuclear tests. This protest involved active participation from Ben Metcalfe, Paul and Linda Spong, Paul Watson, Bob Cummings, Irving Stowe, Zoe Hunter, and many others who, in due course of time, formed the nucleus of Greenpeace. In October 1969, at the U.S.-Canadian border the SPEC and other groups went with their banner ‘Don’t make a wave’. The very same a night blast was blown 4000 feet below the Amchitka Island. This blast brought in a 6.9 Richter shockwave. Later on, in November 1969, news came that a 5 megaton nuclear test was scheduled in 1971. Irving Stowe, Jim and Marie Bohlen, Terry Simmons, Bill Darnell and many active participants protested the test by writings, slogans and banners. In 1970, the Vancouver Sun intended to introduce a boat called ‘Greenpeace’ and published pamphlets that started gaining momentum. However, the boat was held by the U.S. coast guards and charged for violation of customs. Though, the boat never reached the Island on time, the commotion brought a halt to the successive nuclear test done underground. The month of December, 1969, gained Greenpeace’s attention to protect whales in the ocean. Greenpeace secured a boat and started agitating for the conservation of whales.
Greenpeace leads to several stories and though other groups from Hawaii and London continue working in relevant fields with identical ideologies, Greenpeace Canada is the only chapter recognized as the main instrument in creating all of this history.
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