How did you end up working for Greenpeace?
In the eighties, I got my bachelors degree in Human Resources. I started my work at a consultancy firm. I have seen dozens of organisations from the inside, especially from the HR point of view. Profit and Non-Profit.
I moved over to an offshore company. There I became the HR board member but the activities of the company had an impact on the environment. That's how I realised that their is more in life than just doing a job and making money. I reached a point where I no longer wanted to take responsibility for their way of producing and their impacts on the environment.
I took time to think my life over. I decided that my next job should give me an opportunity to make a contribution towards a better world. So when I saw a Greenpeace ad for a crew manager, I applied. To cut things short, here I am on board the Esperanza, opposing high seas bottom trawling.
What do you like best about your job?
Being part of a team, making changes that have a positive impact on our world really makes me go for it. If I can somehow make a change for the positive, it's all worth the effort.
Comments
Frits! I would like to meet up with you in Halifax if possible! Are you guys still around?! Call me collect from within Nova Scotia if you can (902) 765 - 6432 I would like to give you an updated file for myself, I worked with Greenpeace in the past on the MV Arctic Sunrise and would like to join the force once again! ( now that I can be away for months at a time again!) Cheers!
Monica Beaton
Posted by: Monica Beaton at August 10, 2005 03:47 PM
