20 May 2006
Dave - action co-ordinator
From: the UK
Dave joined Greenpeace in 1983 after having done a variety of jobs: sailor, builder, farming (conventional then organic), forestry to name a few. After a couple of frustrating years with local peace groups - six months to organise a simple die in - with his marriage failed and building business bankrupt he decided to put his merchant navy qualifications to good use for a change.
After sailing as first mate on the Cedarlea and Sirius he was involved with the first failed attempt to block the Sellafield pipeline (where he and three others were contaminated by a big accidental radioactive leak). After criticizing the campaigner's idea for blocking the pipe he was told "well if you think you can do better, you do it." And so he was now an action co-ordinator (the first in the UK office).
After a couple of years of mixing being mate and being an action co-ordinator Dave decided to move to warmer climes. For ten years he was the action co-ordinator for the Med Campaign from its infancy. This was combined with being the ship manager for the Sirius.
During this period he was a member of the team that went to the Persian Gulf during the first Gulf War. Here he all too vividly remembers finding himself in a mine field surrounded by fifty dead camels and being told "it's Friday the 13th!" And later on led the team that went to former Yugoslavia during the Croatian Serbian war.
Since then he was a consultant for several years and helped with the logistics planning and build up for the Amazon campaign and sailed on the first campaign. More recently he came back as staff working mostly with ship related campaigns. He has worked on most Greenpeace campaigns (even the Kangaroo campaign!) and in all regions of the world except for Antarctica - too bloody cold!
When Dave is not pissing off campaigners he lives in the SW of France renovating a farm completely ecologically.
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Ah hello to you Dave, clearly a man with a long past and a short future..up and at 'em my friend!
Posted by: paulo at May 31, 2006 5:27 PM
Hey it's LOlo Dave! We Miss you Dave! welcome aboard again :)
Posted by: Mary ANn at June 1, 2006 4:12 AM
Oh, no!! Dave's back o/b!!
Last time I saw you was in Italy? Ancona? GE action?
First time was in the MYES, by then MVES, Easter holidays 2004. My first tiem on board! And now,... I'm a deckhand! (Or almost)
M
Posted by: M at June 8, 2006 5:38 PM
Hey Dave, Stay away from that chopper buddy! Same goes for Francois! Have an awesome time and good luck with the campaign.
Ness.
Posted by: Vanessa Atkinson at June 14, 2006 11:31 PM
Tee hee hee... crew profile? quelle surprise eh papa ;) 'too bloody cold' and 'pissing off campaigners' though? doesn't sound like you!! there must be some mix-up...
Look after yourself and don't cause too much trouble (onboard)!
Much love,
the second sprout of the roberts six,
PS had great birthday ;) ;)
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