Greenpeace

English Etymology From en green peace. Proper noun An international, direct-action environmental organization. en 1975 Film news One particularly exciting sequence shows how members of Greenpeace, a Canadian conservation group, defend whales fleeing from a huge Soviet whaler. en 1983 Vegetarian Times Since its founding in 1970, Greenpeace has borne witness against environmental injustice through numerous non-violent direct actions. en 1989 Tom Rose Freeing the Whales: How the Media Created the World's Greatest Non-Event 82 Before the doors were opened the security guards were warned to look out for "Greenpeace types," not smartly dressed business women. en 1990 Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Greenpeace had reason to suspect that recent tests had opened a crack in the atoll, causing a serious radiation leak. en 1991 Xavier Pastor The Mediterranean 128 A typical Greenpeace action in 1989 saw the organization in alliance with Spanish longline fishermen, angry that the continued use of driftnets was threatening their own livelihoods. en 1995 Joseph John Phillips Operation Elbow Room 30 But hardcore Greenpeace types never listen to reason. en 1998 Robert I. Eaton Thrust in Your Sickle But Watch Your Fingers 60 Behind it was a typically bearded, casually dressed Greenpeace type. en 2002 Jim Nollman The Beluga Café: My Strange Adventure With Art, Music, and Whales I mean it's certainly less polemical than having some Greenpeace types confront these hunters with Zodiacs and boycotts and insults in the media. en 2004 Matt Ruff Sewer, Gas and Electric: The Public Works Trilogy 222 You remember: the Greenpeace dropout who played chicken with the Soviet Navy. en 2012 Stephen M. Ringler Fled to Mexico: If No One Knows They Were There Then It Didn't Happen 191 He's an eco-activist maverick, with a Greenpeace mentality when it comes to protecting his little feathered friends. en CNN Staff Russia amnesty could free Pussy Riot, benefit Greenpeace members w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2013/12/18/world/europe/russia-amnesty 2013-12-18 Russian lawmakers backed a sweeping amnesty law Wednesday that could see jailed members of the Pussy Riot punk protest band released early and arrested Greenpeace activists avoiding prison, the state-run RIA Novosti news agency reported. https://web.archive.org/web/20250924013708/https://www.cnn.com/2013/12/18/world/europe/russia-amnesty 24 September 2025 Derived terms en Greenpeacer Translations environmental organization Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 綠色和平 Lǜsèhépíng Finnish: fi Greenpeace Japanese: ja グリーンピース Gurīnpīsu Russian: ru Гринпи́с m Further reading en Organizations