The mountains of Aotearoa's (New Zealand's) Southern Alps look down over forests of incredible diversity and beauty. It was here that my desire to help protect the wild places on our planet began. I was one small part of an amazing group of people trying to save the forests of the West Coast from the destruction that was fictitiously named 'sustainable logging'.

Last year, I found myself surrounded by mountains of a more liquid nature when I travelled to the Tasman Sea on the Rainbow Warrior. The Tasman's mountainous seas look down on ancient forests equally as diverse and beautiful as those of Rimu and Beech. The amazing undersea world out there is not as accessible to the public as those forests back home, but are threatened in a similar way. Industry likes to place dollar values on stuff that they don't even own - the destruction that goes on out here for the profit of a few, is destruction of life held in common for all of us. Just like back when my activist life started, I am honoured to be a small part of this amazing group of people.

- Chris

Chris left the high powered world of waiting on restaurant tables four years ago for the crazy world of Greenpeace. He hasn't looked back but can still mix a killer martini.