Who are they?
Greenpeace —
environmental
organization
Where are they?
Prague, Czech
Republic
What do they
do?
Work to protect
the environment
and the climate,
Arctic campaign,
coal campaign,
oceans campaign,
toxic campaign
Greenpeace is a global environmental group that works to change attitudes and
behavior regarding the environment, protect and conserve the planet and its
resources, and promote peace. To maintain its independence, Greenpeace does
not accept money from companies, governments, or political parties. The group
has been active in the Czech Republic since 1992.
Greenpeace’s global goals include protecting the climate, defending ocean life
and ancient forests, exposing nuclear, chemical and biological threats to the
environment, and promoting human health. In the Czech Republic, Greenpeace
focuses mainly on the protection of the climate and its Arctic, coal, oceans, and
toxic campaigns.
How big are
they?
18 staff
What did they
receive?
16 Office Standard
2010,
3 Office
Professional Plus
2010,
6 Windows 7
Professional
Upgrade 32-Bit
The outcome?
With more usable
computers in the
office, staff and
volunteers can
work more
effectively to
achieve their goals
(Greenpeace demonstrators demand solutions to the climate crisis; Nusel Bridge, Prague, April 2009)
In 2010, Greenpeace received a donation of 16 Microsoft Office Standard 2010
licenses, 2 Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 licenses, and 6 Windows 7
Professional Upgrade 32-Bit licenses from TechSoup Česká Republika,
TechSoup’s global partner in the Czech Republic. In 2012, Greenpeace received
an additional license of Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010.
“Although Greenpeace is maybe most visible through its nonviolent direct
actions, the majority of our work is done in the office. So adequately equipped
computers are a necessary condition to run our campaigns,” said Fundraising
Director Jitka Nesrstová. “Before the donation, our computers had old MS Office
licences which were outdated and didn’t apply to the current state of art and
were incompatible with many applications, which means some of our computers
were not properly usable.”
The Windows 7 upgrade enabled staff to connect more workstations with the
modern OS to the group’s local network. That, in turn, enabled volunteers to
help as campaign assistants directly in the office.
“The MS Office Standard licences enabled us to use latest versions of programs
like Word or Excel also on computers and notebooks, which had open-source
software or a trial version before,” Nesrstová said. “As work with a text or tables
is a daily routine for everybody in Greenpeace, the possibility to use the licences
was a great contribution to our work and increased productivity of our work.
Thanks to MS Office Professional Plus 2010 we can also use MS Access, which
we need for our database administration.”
(Greenpeace Czech republic staff and volunteers)