How to Get Involved with Greenpeace

Greenpeace has been working toward environmental and political change since 1971 and has expanded to become an international charity, offering opportunity for employment, volunteers, donors, and other supporters from around the world. To get involved, decide what kind of commitment you want to make to the organization, then get involved with the campaigns that matter the most to you.

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Choosing How to Get Involved

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Volunteer with Greenpeace if you want to make an impact. Like many nonprofit organizations, Greenpeace relies heavily on volunteers who are passionate about a campaign and are not looking for any financial benefit in their involvement. Greenpeace has 15,000 volunteers around the world helping with everything from painting signs to organising local marches.^{[1]XResearch source} Greenpeace offers many volunteer positions, some of which include traveling and participating directly in clean-ups and other types of activism, or working on local campaigns.
- To volunteer, find you local Greenpeace office information by following this link: http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/about/worldwide/
- Once you have found your local Greenpeace office, follow the volunteer instructions to get started.
- Do you want to become an activist? If you live in certain parts of the world, Greenpeace will train you to be an activist as a volunteer.^{[2]XResearch source}
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Work for Greenpeace if you would like to be paid for your participation. Greenpeace offers paid positions for people to fill many different roles throughout the organization. Before applying to the position of your dreams, first check your local Greenpeace website and apply to a position that you know is open. Like any international organization, the list of possible roles is very long, and ranges everywhere from a global campaign leader to a canvasser who asks the public for donations and spreads knowledge of Greenpeace through word of mouth.^{[3]XResearch source}
- In the USA, you can find open positions by following this link: http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/about/jobs/.
- For Greenpeace International, you can find open positions by following this link: http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/about/jobs/.
- For other countries, check your individual Greenpeace website.
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Donate to Greenpeace if you do not have time to spare. If you are not looking to commit your personal time to Greenpeace, a great way to get involved is to donate to the organization, or even to a specific campaign. Donations allow Greenpeace to remain independent and able to act against any corporation or government without fear of losing their funding or ability to change the world.^{[4]XResearch source}
- Donations are accepted online via credit card or PayPal. You can also donate with a credit card over the phone, or mail a check to Greenpeace's street address.^{[5]XResearch source}
- If you are paying by credit card, you can elect to make a monthly contribution of a specific amount. You will automatically be charged on the same day each month.
- The Greenpeace website offers further information about giving through estates and trusts, as well as gifting non-cash assets.
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Become active on social media to spread the word. If you do not have the time or financial resources to make donations to this organization, another great way to get involved is to support them on social media. By liking their Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter accounts, you will be able to spread the word and bring more eyes to Greenpeace and their causes.^{[6]XResearch source} Social media is a powerful tool, and sharing Greenpeace with your social network is a helpful way of getting involved.
- Along with spreading awareness of Greenpeace and their causes, sharing Greenpeace content via social media will help recruit others to get involved in the organization.
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Start your own campaign. If there is a local environmental problem that you feel passionate about, creating your own campaign with Greenpeace is a great way to gain support, both financially and through exposure.^{[7]XResearch source} Greenpeace will provide you with the necessary technology, financial support, and word of mouth that is necessary to create a successful, impactful environmental campaign. You can start the campaign yourself, or organize a group that will participate and support the building of the campaign along with you.
- Visit https://www.greenpeacex.in/ to start your own campaign.
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Deciding What Cause to Get Involved in

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Review Greenpeace’s list of causes. Visit Greenpeace’s website and review their many different campaign focuses. While reading through each cause, consider what you are most passionate about, and what cause you would like to get involved with most. By understanding which causes Greenpeace is most passionate about, you will be able to focus your involvement and get involved sooner.^{[8]XResearch source}
- You can find Greenpeace’s list of causes by clicking this link: http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/
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Focus on fighting climate change with Greenpeace. One of Greenpeace’s largest campaigns is focused on accelerating the world into a future that is powered entirely by renewable energies. Greenpeace educates people on the dangers and impacts of coal, oil, and nuclear power, striving to support the world through solar and wind as soon as possible.^{[9]XResearch source}
- If you are passionate about climate change, consider focusing on this campaign while you look toward getting involved with Greenpeace.
Another cause that is very important to Greenpeace is protecting the world’s forests, a vast majority of which have already been destroyed and degraded.^{[10]XResearch source} Greenpeace is passionate about getting people involved in this cause, aiming to make a decisive contribution to the Paris Climate agreement goal to keep global temperature change below a 1.5C (2.7℉) change, complementing efforts to phase-out fossil fuel emissions by 2050.^{[11]XResearch source}
If you are passionate about the ocean, consider helping Greenpeace create ocean sanctuaries. Greenpeace strives to create sanctuaries in 40% of the world’s oceans. Currently, less than 1% of international waters are protected, so the project would benefit from more involvement.^{[12]XResearch source}
Greenpeace has identified eleven hazardous chemicals that they would like to remove from the earth’s air and water.^{[13]XResearch source} Through what they call The Detox Campaign, Greenpeace challenges top brands to eliminate all eleven of these hazardous chemicals across their supply chain and life-cycle of their products.^{[14]XResearch source} By getting involved with this campaign, you would be helping Greenpeace fight these dangerous chemicals.
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How much do Greenpeace workers earn annually?
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It depends on the type of job you would be taking up at Greenpeace. If you were to be an engineer or designer for the organization you would be paid more than most Greenpeace workers, who are unpaid volunteers.
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