29 April 2006
Wolf - ROV Operator
From: Hamburg, Germany
How come you're working on Defending our Oceans?
I have been working for Greenpeace since 1987 mainly with issues related to the protection of marine ecosystems. This included campaigning as well as participating in actions, research work, diving, documentation and - since two years - ROV-operating. Being a geologist by profession, I have a deep interest in the welfare of the ocean ecosystem as a whole unit and I am still very much interested in learning more about the different aspects of the marine world. Especially the Azores-section of the Defending Our Oceans Campaign may encourage cooperation between environmentalists and established science, and lead to a better and more cooperative protection of the marine ecosystems.
What are you looking forward to most in this campaign?
Personally, I hope to see and help to bring up good images from the remote ecosystems of the deep sea which we are going to inspect on this trip ...
How/why did you get involved with Greenpeace?
I came to Geenpeace in 1986, driving a truck on an action against a nuclear waste storage facility in Germany. I later participated in a Greenpeace Sea Turtle protection project in French Guyana which I then followed up as a backup co-ordinator in the German Greenpeace office. Since then, I somehow "caughtt the bug" ...
What personal connection do you have to the ocean (if any?)
What can I say - I was always very much intersted in the sea. In my early days I joined my father, who was a captain, on some of his trips. I learned to dive when I was thirteen, being depply impressed by all the books of diving pioneers like Hans Hass, Jacques Cousteau and others. I finally chose a profession which should give me the opportunity to learn more about - and later - to stay in close contact with the marine environment and its diverse aspects.
What made you follow your chosen profession?
There was always a very strong interest for me in nature and natural science. Geology seemed the best base for me to combine the different fields of earth- and bio-sciences - to get the most encompassing approach.
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