The Bohemian Dream

Born of an anti-war group and a restless period, Greenpeace has succeeded as an environment movement icon, but with some critical notes.

March 9, 2004

THE monochrome picture is blurred. Taken in 1971, it may have been poorly reproduced or its negative too old: the photo of founders of Greenpeace on the deck of Phyllis Cormack. The decrepit boat owned by these longhaired people has historic value. They were planning a voyage to Amchitka and Aleutian, the coral island group near Alaska, where America tested nuclear bombs.

Shown in the picture are Patrick Moore and Bill Darnel, members of the

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