Save your planet!

Hey guys (:

I'm sure that everyone of you knows this organisation and their aim to save our environment. But what comes to mind if you hear the word GREENPEACE? For some of you it sure is the situation when you're walking through the city and someone bothers you and want to persuade you to listen to them and then even spend your money that you've earned on your own. As all students you probably don't have an abundance of money and you sure can imagine better ways to spend it than to donate it to an random organisation especially since there are a lot of these. I totally unterstand this attitude but nevertheless I strongly believe that  Greenpeace is an organisation worth supporting. The organisation was founded in 1971 by peace activists in Vancouver and evolved from the peace movement and anti-nuclear protests. Since then Greenpeace has prevented a lot of things that without doubt would have harmed our environment. Apart from their campaign against nuclear weapons they also fought against the pollution of the ocean and were jointly responsible for a ban on burning poisonous waste. If you want to look deeper and know more facts there are some links that could interest you:

http://www.greenpeace.de/
http://gruppen.greenpeace.de/wuppertal/ueber_uns_files/greenpeace_chronik_und_erfolge_info.pdf
http://www.greenpeace.de/ueber_uns/jahresrueckblick/

What might be interesting for those of you who like fast food - thanks to Greenpeace McDonald's signed in 2001 to not use any genetically modified animal feed.