Career
He became one of the founders of Greenpeace. Bohlen, one of the approximately half-dozen founders of Greenpeace, arguably made the most lasting impression with his brilliant backroom dealings. Although a British Columbian himself, Bohlen was a strong supporter of the creation of Greenpeace International and the move of the group"s headquarters from Vancouver to New York, essentially giving birth to Greenpeace as we know it today.
He was also instrumental in developing the group"s hierarchical military-style command structure.
(Between 1982 and 1992, some Green Parties were required by law to have registered leaders but party constitutions prohibited these individuals from speaking for these parties) Within four years of Bohlen"s breakthrough agreement, all Canadian Green parties had moved to adopt conventional political structures in which their leaders functioned as primary spokespeople.
