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25 February 2006

Luke Strandquist, GFRS volunteer, USA

Luke
Luke
My name’s Luke Strandquist. I'm 23 years-old and hail from New York City. I have been an actor since I was very young and I find it propels me into activism. I've always been super passionate about everything in my life. Working as a performer in New York has given me the confidence and people skills to really jump in to any project or goal I set for myself. That coupled with an endlessly unfulfilled need for adventure and desire to see positive changes in the world around me inevitably led me to Greenpeace.

Over the past few years I have had the pleasure of taking on several roles, ranging from shutting down Exxon Mobil’s global headquarters (as a dancing tiger) to raising awareness of mercury contamination (as a barber cutting hair samples). I participated in several climb training sessions in the hope of being used for a forests action, as trees are my true love.

I jumped at the chance to come to the Paradise Forests of Papua New Guinea to work with the tribes to reclaim their rightful land, and to manage it sustainably. What could be more rewarding than that? I truly believe this is an urgent issue that is not being addressed in the USA and many other countries that purchase this timber, so I had no choice but to come out here, witness for myself the work being done , and bring back this message to everybody.


Let’s start asking questions about where the timber in our lives is from and how it is managed. It’s my hope that the work being done at the Global Forest Rescue Station continues to grow and that the people of Papua New Guinea can not only save some of the most beautiful land in the world from destruction, but also maintain economic independence.

   

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