Greenpeace Co-Founder Dies

"Bob Hunter, 63, a Canadian newspaper columnist turned social activist who helped spur a global ecological movement as one of the founders and inaugural president of Greenpeace, died of prostate cancer May 2 at a hospital in Toronto...

With his background in journalism and sometimes brusque demeanor, he helped to pioneer hard-driving media campaigns to attract maximum television coverage as Greenpeace sought to protect seals, end whale hunting and ocean dumping of nuclear wastes, and reform logging practices in Canada...

Since its founding, Greenpeace has grown to include offices in 40 countries, with more than 2.5 million members worldwide."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan