Greenpeace
(ˈgriːnpiːs)
[f. green a. (see sense 11) + peace n.]
The name of an international organization which campaigns actively in support of general conservation and the protection of the environment.
| [1971 Sun (Vancouver, B.C.) 4 Sept. iii. 29/1 Those of us on board the Greenpeace will be deliberately ignoring the warning.] 1972 R. Keziere Greenpeace 3 A bringing-together of the peace and environmental movements{ddd}Greenpeace seemed like a concept that might create such an alliance. 1976 Facts on File 10 Apr. 250/3 The International Fund for Animal Welfare March 17 and the Greenpeace Foundation of Vancouver March 24 ended their respective campaigns to protest and disrupt the annual hunting of baby seals off Newfoundland's Northern coast. 1977 Maclean's Mag. 21 Feb. 64/1 The shambling New Brunswick Liberal..is about to be subjected to the piranha-like peckings of Greenpeace, the scruffy band of ecofreaks who take on nations—and usually win. 1985 Times 26 Sept. 12/1 Greenpeace was christened..as Mr McTaggart set sail one day from Vancouver. ‘It was just some guy on the dock... He..shouted, {oqq}Green! Peace!{cqq} and that was that.’ |