Hinck’s Greenpeace job inspired work in changing public policies – Morning Sentinel

Despite his misgivings about joining what he believed to be a radical group, he began selling ads for its magazine, the Greenpeace Chronicle. He soon began writing articles about some of the group’s environmental causes, such as stopping the dumping of nuclear waste at sea and the use of toxic herbicides to kill Eurasian milfoil in lakes. His creative ideas — including posting official-looking pollution warning signs at local lakes — earned him a full-time job as the campaign director for Greenpeace Seattle. Two years later, after local Greenpeace chapters merged and created Greenpeace USA, Hinck became the group’s national campaign director. He says his involvement with Greenpeace changed his life.

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Hinck’s Greenpeace job inspired work in changing public policies – Morning Sentinel