Filed under: Arctic Sunrise, Rainbow Warrior, The Greenpeace Fleet, Volunteers | Tags: Activism, Arctic Sunrise, c2c, COP15, Copenhagen, Kumi Naidoo, Rainbow Warrior
Our Executive Director and chair of the tcktcktck campaign, Kumi Naidoo, writes from the Rainbow Warrior II in Copenhagen. Kumi is pictured above (second from the left) with the ship's captain and crew.
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
Sitting in the Rainbow Warrior, which is presently anchored in Copenhagen, I am pleased to mark my first month with Greenpeace. I can think of no better place to do it, on board a ship that is synonymous with hope. I feel pleased, proud and privileged to be spending the night onboard with the crew, and earlier this evening I also met and talked with some 150 dedicated Greenpeace volunteers camped a few metres away from the ‘Warrior’. Tomorrow, I look forward to spending the night with the crew of the Arctic Sunrise, also docked in Copenhagen.
It is a refreshing break from pacing the halls of the Bella Center, an all-too-brief respite and opportunity for reflection.
We are all here to bear witness to the momentous events unfolding at the Copenhagen Climate Summit. The summit has thrown me into the middle of the biggest challenge we face, it has thrown me into a maelstrom: the struggle to avert catastrophic climate change. A baptism of fire, but also an incredible opportunity for me to meet so many more Greenpeace people, all of you doing what you do best.
Filed under: Defending our Oceans, The Esperanza, Volunteers | Tags: Pacific Impacts Tour, The Esperanza, Tuna
From the Greenpeace Australia Pacific blog
The fuel tanker Fong Seong 888 refueling the purse seiner MV American Legacy. Both are owned by the Taiwanese Chen family network of Companies.
Filed under: Defending our Oceans, Life at work, The Esperanza, Volunteers | Tags: Oceans, Pacific Impacts, The Esperanza, Tuna
From the Greenpeace Australia Pacific blog
Just two days ago, the Japanese purse seiner, Fukuichi Maru was pulling in its purse seine net, heavy with freshly caught tuna, when we found them fishing in area 2 of the Pacific high seas. Floating and attached on their left side (or port side as we refer to it in nautical terms), was a FAD made of a very long log with a radio beacon on it. It was the first time that we caught a fishing vessel in the act of purse seining from a FAD.
Seeing this made me shake my head in disbelief. There was a two-month ban on FADs declared by the WCPFC, currently in place. But a major loophole in the ban is being exploited by Japan to continue their high seas plunder of the Pacific.(1)
Filed under: Defending our Oceans, Stop climate change, The Esperanza, Volunteers | Tags: c2c, Copenhage, Greenpeace Australia Pacific, Oceans, Pacific Impacts Tour, Sharks
From the Greenpeace Australia Pacific blog
Date: Tuesday, 31 August 2009
Location: High Seas Area 1, Western Pacific Ocean
Weather conditions: Sunny day, clear skies, light breeze
Objective: To look out for FADs
A few days ago, we arrived in the High Seas of the Pacific. Since yesterday, we have been on constant watch, scanning the horizon by day, the radar by night, diligently on the look-out for FADs and fishing boats.
Up in the bridge, Gabriel (one of our dive team, and resident shark expert) was the first to go on FAD watch at 8 in the morning. And, lo and behold, you guessed it … he spotted the very thing we were looking for *ndash; a FAD!
Filed under: Defending our Oceans, Life at work, Philippines, Stop climate change, The Esperanza, The Greenpeace Fleet | Tags: Australia, Climate Impacts, Pacific Impacts Tour, Philippines, The Esperanza
From the Greenpeace Australia Pacific blog
© Greenpeace/Hilton
After being instrumental in bearing witness, along with Climate activists, at the Hay Point Coal Terminal , as well as giving support for the call of the Pacific Island nations for Australia and New Zealand to cut their emissions by 45% at the recently concluded Pacific Island Forum (which turned out to be a major disappointment for the Island States) , the Esperanza will be embarking on another campaign that is the very lifeline of the Pacific: The Pacific Tuna.
Filed under: Greenpeace, Life at work, The Greenpeace Fleet | Tags: Greenpeace activists, Rainbow Warrior
SV Rainbow Warrior in full sail between Majuro and Ebeye in the Marshall Islands.
From Making Waves
We are excited about the creation of a new Greenpeace ship – the Rainbow Warrior III. Having just signed a contract for the build of this state-of-the-art vessel – three crew members from the Rainbow Warrior I and II take us back in time briefly – as we look forward to seeing this legend continue.
Filed under: Greenpeace, Life at work, Stop climate change, The Greenpeace Fleet | Tags: Arctic Sunrise, Climate Impacts, Copenhagen, Glaciers, Greenland
… or how we traveled back in time to dial-up connections and email without attachments.
Warning: This is an entry that might interest more the geeks among you than the general public.
The Arctic Sunrise is on top of the world right now, at 82 degrees North, and the difficulties encountered are not just weather related. Because so few people live that far North, satellite cover is almost nonexistent, and staying in touch with the ship is a complicated operation.
Greenpeace Southeast Asia 