Greenpeace was conceived in 1971 when members of the Don't Make A Wave Committee in Vancouver, Canada, renamed their organisation the better to proclaim their purpose: to create a green and peaceful world. In 1979 Greenpeace offices in Australia Canada, France, Holland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States joined to form Stichting Greenpeace Council, the international organisation. The present international office settled in Amsterdam in May 1989.