Briefly
Greenpeace is an enviromental organization founded in the global Vancouver,British Columbia, Canada in 1971.Greenpeace is known to use direct action of nonviolent confrontation peacefully in conducting a campaign to stop nuclear testing in space and underground, as well as campaigns to stop whaling a large scale.
In the next year the focus of the organization leads to other environmental issues, such as the use of trawl fishing, global warming, and genetic engineering.
Greenpeace has national and regional offices in 41 countries around the world, all of which are associated with the center of Greenpeace International in Amsterdam.
This global organization receives funding through direct contributions from individuals are estimated to reach 2.8 million financial supporters, and also by funds from charitable foundations, but does not accept funding from governments or corporations.