23 November 2006
Karli - Campaigner
From: New Zealand
I'm an oceans campaigner at Greenpeace International in Amsterdam. But I'm from New Zealand, which I guess is why I work for Greenpeace - when the Rainbow Warrior got blown up in Auckland and New Zealand became nuclear free I first started to feel strongly about political and environmental issues. I also grew up in a little house about five meters from the sea, which explains the "oceans" part of why I do what I do.
This is my third trip as ocean campaigner on a Greenpeace ship. The other two have been on the Rainbow Warrior to stop a military airbase being built over the habitat of the last dugong population in Okinawa, Japan; and then in the Mediterranean where we were proposing a network of marine reserves, and highlighting threats to the sea such as illegal and over-fishing for bluefin tuna, and pirate driftnets.
Campaigning on a Greenpeace ship is definitely the best part of the job; when meetings, emails, phone calls, budgets and spreadsheets turn into a team of more than thirty people working together to make a difference. Plus, being on or under the water is the best part of life in general and you never sleep as well as you do on a ship.
Comments
Hi Karli! *waves*
Hope you have fun on the Espy!!
Abri
Posted by: Abri_Beluga at November 23, 2006 11:04 PM
Hi Karli..
I am Atilla from Turkey.. We were in RW at same time..
Say hi all crew.
Peace
Atilla
Posted by: Atilla Aydemir at November 24, 2006 8:26 PM
Olá Karli;
Good luck in its new trip, that good winds blow in favor of all "obliged"( vocês.....e. I do not know the English, but I am trying in a translating site....eheheheh
Abraços
Juliana Maykot
PS:I adored
Posted by: Juliana Brasileira at November 25, 2006 12:54 PM
Hi Karli
Good on you girl. We are very proud of you.
Ally from Onekaka
Posted by: Alison Menary at January 31, 2007 11:42 PM
Hi Carli, I needed to ask,
how did you become an active memberof the crew on the esperanza ?
What have I to do in dreaming to live same experience?
Posted by: marco at February 4, 2007 1:51 PM
Hi Karli
I remember you from Collingwood. We were at school together in the early days. Naomi Passed on this site. Good luck and best wishes for the expedition. You will be busy, but if you get a chance drop me an email.
Jeff Hughes
Posted by: Jeff Hughes at February 11, 2007 10:31 AM
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