Product Description

Greenpeace - the uniting of the 'green' and the 'peace' movements - is a pressure group that has changed the world and changed our perceptions of protest. From small beginnings, through anti-whaling voyages, action on seal hunting, pesticide spraying, supertankers, nuclear weapons and much more, Greenpeace has become a cultural icon, an organisation with 2.8 million members worldwide and offices in 30 countries. Greenpeace founder and Pulitzer-Prize-nominee, Rex Weyler, who lived through these turbulent times himself, reveals what went on behind these epic events. Anyone who cares about the environment and social issues, anyone fascinated by personal sories behind public events, anyone who seeks out compelling narrative non-fiction will enjoy the fabulous high-seas adventure story Rex Weyler has to tell.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #312813 in Books
• Published on: 2004-10-15
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 480 pages

About the Author
Rex Weyler, a director of the original Greenpeace Foundation and a co-founder of Greenpeace International, is a significant voice in the modern environmental movement; he is also a Pulitzer-Prize-nominated author and journalist.

Customer Reviews

Brilliant
This is a great telling of the founding and development of Greenpeace. You are left in awe at the actions and protests these guys carried out and have your heart wrenched when you read about the whale and seal hunts. It describes the politics of the groups founding and how it grew, as well as some more organic stories of the members spiritual ideas and beliefs. This is extremely well written and a great read. Over 500 pages fly by in the blink of an eye. Fantastic!

superb
This book is a dazzling feat of impassioned storytelling. Weyler conjures the feel of an entire era -- sketching the disparate ideas, the hair-raising events, and the motley crew of inspired eccentrics who precipitated a wild metamorphosis in the collective mindscape. Indeed, his evocation of the visionary fire of these activists -- recounting their personal confusions along with their crazy courage on behalf of a more-than-human world -- may serve as a wake-up jolt to an environmental movement that has today become painfully complacent. And it's a damn good yarn, to boot.