Presently, when environmental problems require an immediate solution, volunteer work at ecological and environmental organizations is very significant. The higher wellbeing of Russians is, the more cities suffocate because of exhaust gases of vehicles, plants in full operation, and disposal areas getting closer and closer to the borders of megacities. The humankind has been actively developing material production and using plenty of resources, thus breaking the balance between human being and nature.
If we do not act now, it may be too late. Several activists understood that when in 1971 they sailed away on a small fishing boat to prevent nuclear tests in Alaska. This is how the story of the world known environmental organization, Greenpeace, began. Today Greenpeace is a powerful international force supported by more than 2.5 million people, 12,000 of which are in Russia. Branches of Greenpeace function in more than 40 countries of the world. The organization unites people living in different continents, having different skin colors, speaking a variety of languages and having a common hobby and a common mission – to preserve life on Earth in all its diversity.
Greenpeace appeared in our country in 1988. Greenpeace in Russia contributes to preservation of the last primary nature areas, fights nuclear danger, pursues to eliminate threats caused by chemical and genetic contamination, works to save the Baikal lake. Greenpeace in Russia has 12,000 followers who share our outlook and provide financial support to the organization. The most active of them become volunteers and support Greenpeace with their skills and actions. Direct assistance of volunteers is very essential for the organization in its important mission of saving the nature.
It is very easy to become a Greenpeace volunteer!
You need to fill in the volunteer questionnaire and pass an interview with a representative of the Greenpeace volunteer department. This will help to understand what activity will be of most interest to the volunteer, what events he or she would like to take part in. Of course, many people are still sceptical about volunteers not believing that one person can change something. Activity of the environmental organization Greenpeace and its volunteers proves that a person can achieve a lot when united with soul-mates. The proof of these words is in the important decisions made with active participation of volunteers, like: relocation of the oil pipeline from the Baikal lake, effectiveness of the law requiring to mark the transgene containing products, implementation of diversified garbage collection and much, much more. You too become a Greenpeace volunteer; make your own contribution to environmental protection!