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Greenpeace Copywriting: The Power of Choice: Helping Earth on Your Terms

It may seem miraculous, but there is a way you can help the planet long after your time on it - a way to support future generations from the future, on your own terms. You can choose how to encourage a forthcoming world where clean oceans are awash with marine life, and wildlife is abundant and protected communities prosper. This is possible if you leave a gift in your Will to Greenpeace.

You have the power to choose where your gift will go. It can support Greenpeace Environmental Trust, the charity that undertakes scientific research and supports environment campaigns. Or it can aid Greenpeace Limited, the campaigning body that exposes and tackles environmental injustices, which is not a charity due to its political nature. You also have full reign over what type of gift you want to leave: a cash gift, a specific gift, a share of your estate or a gift in trust (this is a gift for someone to use over a specified period of time).

With 1 in 6 Greenpeace campaigns paid for by the generosity of legacies, they are a huge part of Greenpeace’s success. Over the last 50 years, such gifts to the planet have contributed to the end of commercial whaling, the outlawing of destructive driftnet fishing and the declaration of the Antarctic as a global sanctuary. They have also led to a global ban on nuclear testing and a moratorium on destroying the Brazilian rainforest for soya. And this is just the tip of the iceberg – what lies underneath is plenty more successes, years of practice of meaningful lobbying, passionate campaigning and vigorous scientific and journalistic research.

Whichever way you choose to leave a gift in your will, your legacy will help the earth on its winding road to recovery way down the line.

To find out more, request your free Greenpeace gifts in Wills guide today.