Vancouver's Greenpeace turns 40
Forty years ago one of the world’s most colourful and prominent environmental groups was born in Vancouver — creating an international movement.
What began as a group of anti-nuclear protests grew into Greenpeace when its first action took place Sept. 15, 1971.
According to a story on the CBC News, a handful of the group’s members acting as the “Don’t Make a Wave Committee” set sail for the nuclear test area in Amchitka, Alaska, in a rented fish packing boat.
The name was changed and other actions were undertaken — ending in arrests and media attention — and Greenpeace was solidified.
- For the complete story, click on http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2011/09/14/bc-greenpeace-40.html?cmp=rss.
