Greenpeace was founded on 1971, in Vancouver, Canada. Its main focus at that time was to protest against nuclear testing in America. Soon, its main focus moved on to other global issues such as global warming and whaling. This group is famous for its campaigning and has been quite established since then.

This is its official mission statement:

"Greenpeace is an independent, campaigning organization which uses peaceful direct action and creative communication to expose global environmental problems, and to force solutions for a green and peaceful future. Greenpeace's goal is to ensure the ability of the earth to nurture life in all its diversity."

--- Quoted from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenpeace#Mission_statement> 

What are they doing?

1. Combat climate change through energy revolution. (change way of producing energy)
2. Protect the Earth’s Oceans.
3. Protect the World’s Forests.
4. To have world peace and to stop all nuclear testing.
5. To stop the use of toxic chemicals.
6. To provide a continuous stream of food supply by stopping plant genetic experiments.

--- Quoted from < http://www.greenpeace.org/international/about> 

In order to have their influence “expanded”, Greenpeace has set up regional offices all around the world, 27 offices around the world, influencing a total of 41 countries.

1. Greenpeace Argentina
2. Greenpeace Australia-Pacific
3. Greenpeace Central and Eastern Europe
4. Greenpeace Belgium
5. Greenpeace Brazil
6. Greenpeace Canada
7. Greenpeace Chile
8. Greenpeace China
9. Greenpeace Czech Republic
10. Greenpeace France
11. Greenpeace Germany
12. Greenpeace Greece
13. Greenpeace India
14. Greenpeace Italy
15. Greenpeace Japan
16. Greenpeace Luxembourg
17. Greenpeace Mediterranean
18. Greenpeace Mexico
19. Greenpeace Netherlands
20. Greenpeace New Zealand
21. Greenpeace Nordic
22. Greenpeace Russia
23. Greenpeace Southeast Asia
24. Greenpeace Spain
25. Greenpeace Switzerland
26. Greenpeace United Kingdom
27. Greenpeace USA
    

Friends of the Earth, having a few million members around the world, is one of the largest international environmental organization. Founded in 1971 by four organizations from 4 different countries, they now campaign against global issues such as whaling and nuclear testing, etc. Actually, it was founded in 1969 by David Brower after he split up with the Sierra Club, though it became only international on 1971. Their main focus is to find environmental friendly solutions to solve the growing problems of today’s world.

Mission and Vision:

" Their vision:
Our vision is of a peaceful and sustainable world based on societies living in harmony with nature. We envision a society of interdependent people living in dignity, wholeness and fulfillment in which equity and human and peoples' rights are realized.
This will be a society built upon peoples' sovereignty and participation. It will be founded on social, economic, gender and environmental justice and free from all forms of domination and exploitation, such as neoliberalism, corporate globalization, neo-colonialism and militarism.
We believe that our children's future will be better because of what we do.

Their mission:

1. To collectively ensure environmental and social justice, human dignity, and respect for human rights and peoples' rights so as to secure sustainable societies.
2. To halt and reverse environmental degradation and depletion of natural resources, nurture the earth's ecological and cultural diversity, and secure sustainable livelihoods.
3. To secure the empowerment of indigenous peoples, local communities, women, groups and individuals, and to ensure public participation in decision making.
4. To bring about transformation towards sustainability and equity between and within societies with creative approaches and solutions.
5. To engage in vibrant campaigns, raise awareness, mobilize people and build alliances with diverse movements, linking grassroots, national and global struggles.
6. To inspire one another and to harness, strengthen and complement each other's capacities, living the change we wish to see and working together in solidarity. "

--- Quoted from < http://www.foei.org/en/who-we-are/about/mission_statement.html>

Campaigning Against:

1. To stop climate changees around the world
2. Stop genetic engineering
3. Saving Forests
4. Trades that will have a negative impact on the environment.
5. Saying no to nuclear testing
   

The World Conservation Union, or more commonly known as the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Nature Resources, is another huge non-governmental organization aiming to help countries throughout the world to conserve and protect nature and its resources, so much so that there will not be an imminent depletion of a particular resource or a species. This organization was formed in October 1948 after an environmental conference. Its original name is actually the International Union for the Protection of Nature (IUPN), but later changed it to the current name on 1956.

Mission:

"The Union’s mission is to influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable."

--- IUCN’s mission statement quoted from < http://cms.iucn.org/about/index.cfm>

The IUCN has six commissions to guide them on their conservation “campaigns”.

"The six of them are:

1. Species Survival Commission (SSC)
2. World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
3. Commission on Environmental Law (CEL)
4. Commission on Education and Communication (CEC)
5. Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP)
6. Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM)"

--- Quoted from < http://cms.iucn.org/about/union/commissions/index.cfm> 

These six commissions are concerned with global issues today such as the extinction of species, etc.

IUCN has offices around the world too. If you want to get more information on them, please go to this website, http://www.iucn.org/.

The World Wide Fund for Nature, or more commonly known as WWF, is another big non-governmental organization that is working to preserve and restore nature. With its presence being felt in more than 100 countries, it is dedicated to:

" WWF’s Mission:

To stop the degradation of the planet's natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature, by:

• conserving the world's biological diversity
• ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable
• promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption

Guiding Principles:

To guide WWF in its task of achieving the mission goals, the following principles have been adopted. WWF will:

• be global, independent, multicultural and non party political
• use the best available scientific information to address issues and critically evaluate all its endeavours
• seek dialogue and avoid unnecessary confrontation
• build concrete conservation solutions through a combination of field based projects, policy initiatives, capacity building and education work
• involve local communities and indigenous peoples in the planning and execution of its field programmes, respecting their cultural as well as economic needs
• strive to build partnerships with other organizations, governments, business and local communities to enhance WWF’s effectiveness
• run its operations in a cost effective manner and apply donors’ funds according to the highest standards of accountability. "

--- WWF’s mission statement and guiding principles quoted from

< http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/who_we_are/index.cfm> 

Officially formed on 11 September 1961, it raises funds to either conduct conservation projects, or to cooperate with other non-governmental or governmental environmental organizations for other conservation projects. Soon, after its main focus of protecting wild life was fulfilled, it expanded its projects to other global problems such as pollution.

Interested in these issues:

1. Climate Change ----- To find solutions to Climate Change
2. Forest ----- To save trees
3. Freshwater ----- To conserve Freshwater        
4. Marine ----- To save marine life and their ecosystem, and also to preserve the animals’ habitat.
5. Endangered Species ----- Saving animal species that are endangers and their habitat so as to prevent their extinction.
6. Sustainability ----- The sustainability of resources such as trees, freshwater, energy, etc so that they will never run out.

Having an impact worldwide, with its influence over 100 countries, it is working towards a harmonious future with humans and nature working together in harmony.

More information can be found at http://www.panda.org.

FERN, or The Forest and European Union Resource Network, is a non-governmental environmental organization. It is quite new compared to other environmental organizations. FERN was founded by the World Rainforest Movement to coordinate environmental campaigns and activities together with other environmental organizations to save the forests. Though its main focus is to save the forests, it is now also concerned about other activities that harm the forests such as climate change. Starting with only 2 people, FERN has now 7 full-time and 1 part-time staffs working in it.

Their Aims:

“FERN aims to achieve environmental and social justice, focusing on forests and forest peoples’ rights in the policies and practices of the European Union.”

--- Quoted from FERN offical website

Campaigns:

1. Climate Change ----- Carbon dioxide in the world is increasing, cutting use of fossil fuel is the only way.
2. Forests and Biodiversity ----- Protecting forests and all species of life and being in the world, preventing them from extinction.
3. Trade and Investment ----- To give proper environmental, human rights, etc guidelines to EU-based ECAs.
4. Development Aid ----- To improve the quality of the EC aid program, so that forests and the forest peoples’ rights will be preserved.
5. Forest Peoples’ Rights ----- To protect the rights of the forest people and let them know of the practices and policies of the EU.

More information at http://www.fern.org.

ECO-Singapore stands for Environmental Challenge Organisation Singapore. It is a non-governmental organisation (NGO), as well as a non-profit organisation based in Singapore. It aims to create a voluntary environmental organisation. Basically, it’s reaches out to youths to encourage them to take the initiative and to choose to live environmental friendly, sustainable lifestyles. ECO Singapore was registered under the Registrar of Societies, Singapore in 2002, but it was not until 2005 when it started to operate. It has now become one of the most prominent NGO environmental organisations in Singapore. It also cooperates with other environmental organisations in Singapore to host events. It also holds talks for schools and participates in environmental events, campaigns and projects such as the NYEF (National Youth Environmental Forum) and the “Things You Can Do” campaign and the ECO House project.

Vision and Mission:

"Vision:

1. To be the leading environmental body advocating sustainable lifestyle for youth.

Mission:

1. To challenge youth of age 17-35 to adopt a sustainable lifestyle and embrace environmental issues holistically*.

2. To drive local and global environmental initiatives.

3. To support environmental activities/initiatives as a resource platform involving other environmental stakeholders."

--- Quoted from < http://www.eco-singapore.org/about-us/vision-and-mission> 

ECO-Singapore’s Partners: 

1. SingTel 

2. DHL 

3. NEA 

4. Mitsubishi 

5. Shell 

6. Etc.