Greenpeace & Greenpeace Fund

Hello there! Today Weekly Charity's piece concerns ... Greenpeace!

Greenpeace

Greenpeace, also known as Greenpeace International, works to protect the environment, taking action in areas where they can make the most impact.

Greenpeace works by investigating and exposing environmental crimes, and bringing people together to stop them. They do this "using peaceful direct action and creative communication" (1).

Their current* campaigns include "Saving the Arctic", "Protecting Forests", "Fighting Global Warming", "Protecting Our Oceans", "Living Toxic-Free", "Promoting Sustainable Agriculture", and "Defending Democracy" (2).

Greenpeace Fund

The Greenpeace Fund raises money for Greenpeace International, the organization featured above. If you want to donate to Greenpeace International, you should probably do it through the Greenpeace Fund.

As Greenpeace USA's website puts it, "while both organizations work on the same mission, they do so through different strategies" (3).

The Greenpeace Fund does not solicit donations from governments or corporations, but only from individuals.

Statistics:

Charity Navigator gives Greenpeace Fund: 3 out of 4 stars
Greenpeace Fund meets the BBB Wise Giving Alliance's 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Weekly Charity is not affiliated with Greenpeace or Greenpeace Fund, but does encourage helping them out.

Here's a link to the Greenpeace website:
http://www.greenpeace.org

Here's Greenpeace Fund's website:

http://www.greenpeacefund.org

Thanks for reading about Greenpeace and Greenpeace Fund!

FOOTNOTE

*As of Thursday, August 11, 2016.

SOURCES

(1) The website, www.greenpeace.org, on the page, "How It Works", retrieved from the url, "http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/how-it-works/", on Thursday, August 11, 2016.

(2) The website, www.greenpeace.org, on the page, "What We're Doing", retrieved from the url, "http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/what-we-do/", on Thursday, August 11, 2016.

(3) The website, www.greenpeace.org, on the page, "Membership FAQ", retrieved from the url, "http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/membership-faq/", on Friday, August 19, 2016.