The Green Guardian Community
Leaving a gift in your will to Greenpeace is the best way for you to continue protecting the planet after you have left.
Already left a Gift to Greenpeace in your Will?
Thinking about leaving a legacy with Greenpeace?
Read on to hear from our Green Guardian Ambassadors about what makes us a unique charity and why they decided to remember Greenpeace, and why you should too!
Stories from our Green Guardians
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Trish Torenbeek
My connection to the environment began when I was just 12 years old. I remember our local council cutting down a large gum tree that stood proudly across the road from our house. Watching it happen brought me to tears. That moment sparked my environmental awareness, which only grew stronger over the years. About 15 years later, I decided to join Greenpeace, driven by the sight of our environment suffering in so many ways.
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Violette Snow
“I decided to get involved with Greenpeace after I started meeting people who were working there and they talked about how much they loved it and the brilliant campaigns they were working on – like REenergise which got over 20 of Australia’s biggest companies to switch to 100% renewable electricity by 2025.”
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John Collingridge
“During the gift that is this life, I have been awed at the majesty and beauty of landscapes, trees, oceans and sea shores; marvelled at the variety and wonder of all the companion creatures who I have had the privilege to observe; and, over time, become aware, that our fellow creatures, especially mammals, share very much of the feelings and the needs that we, as humans, do.”
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Caroline McDaid
“I have vivid memories of completing a school project at age 10 on environmental threats and using Greenpeace as a source of information and inspiration. Some of these battles have been won which gives me great courage about the fight to address climate change that we have on our hands right now.”
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Denise Aldous
“My decision to include Greenpeace in my will is a very personal one. My late mother was a pretty strident opponent of so-called “scientific whaling” and my recently passed brother donated regularly to Greenpeace to support their work in protecting the Great Barrier Reef. It is in their names that I took over my brother’s monthly donations and then made provision for Greenpeace in my will.”
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Harry Johnson
“From my early twenties I saw Greenpeace to be a unique environmental organisation as Greenpeace only accepts donations from individuals. Greenpeace accepts no donations from powerful business interests or from governments. Few people, other than Greenpeace supporters, appear to realise how this unique feature differentiates Greenpeace from other worthy environmental groups.”
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Did you know…
Even 1%
of your estate can go to Greenpeace, so those closest to you inherit 99%
$4.7 M
amount received through Gifts in Wills in 2023
2100
members of our Green Guardians community
1 in 5
of our campaigns are funded through Gifts in Wills
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We understand that making your Will is a very personal matter and we will respect your confidentiality at all times. However, if you have already included Greenpeace in your Will, or are considering doing so, please let me know so I can thank you properly and welcome you into our Green Guardians community.
