For exercise two I will be comparing and contracting Green Peace verses Population connection. Both the Organizations have several differences, but they have some similarities as well. There are two main differences between the two organizations such as, Mission statement, and the environmental issues they focus on. The first contract between Green Peace and Population connection is their mission statement and what type of organization they are. What is a mission statement, a mission statement is a summery of the goals and values of an organization. According to Greenpeace.org, their mission statement is “Greenpeace is the leading independent campaigning organization that uses peaceful protest and creative communication to expose global environmental
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Their first mission was to let the world aware of the dangers of the Nuclear Testing in Alaska. They leased a ship and they sail from Vancouver for Amchitka Island in Alaska. Amchitka Island in Alaska was U.S was doing Nuclear Testing, and the U.S. Coast Guard stopped them. Yet, they brought attention of the dangers of Nuclear testing to the world. From that small group of people whom sail to Alaska to protest against the U.S. for nuclear testing, now they have offices in more than 30 different countries. They have become a large international nonprofit organization. Green Peace has “250,000 members in the United States and 2.8 million members worldwide provide virtually all of our funding through individual contributions.” (greenpeace.org). On the Other hand, Population connection was founded in 1968. They have over 500,000 members associating with Population Connection. They have over 45,000 likes on Facebook; there daily post encourages people to have debates about the posts. In 2014, 250,000 made up their email network, and they send “300,000 Helms Amendment petitions to the White House”
Their first mission was to let the world aware of the dangers of the Nuclear Testing in Alaska. They leased a ship and they sail from Vancouver for Amchitka Island in Alaska. Amchitka Island in Alaska was U.S was doing Nuclear Testing, and the U.S. Coast Guard stopped them. Yet, they brought attention of the dangers of Nuclear testing to the world. From that small group of people whom sail to Alaska to protest against the U.S. for nuclear testing, now they have offices in more than 30 different countries. They have become a large international nonprofit organization. Green Peace has “250,000 members in the United States and 2.8 million members worldwide provide virtually all of our funding through individual contributions.” (greenpeace.org). On the Other hand, Population connection was founded in 1968. They have over 500,000 members associating with Population Connection. They have over 45,000 likes on Facebook; there daily post encourages people to have debates about the posts. In 2014, 250,000 made up their email network, and they send “300,000 Helms Amendment petitions to the White House”