The first time I saw the groundbreaking movie, End of the Line was at the 61st International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting in Madeira, Portugal, last June. It was brought as a last minute feature; in fact it was shown after the meeting had closed, by Melanie Salmon, CEO of the UK based charity Global Ocean. [...]
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The End of Whaling in the Southern Ocean (?!?!)
I recall the message from the pro surfer and environmentalist warrior Dave Rastovich, just days before the 61st International Whaling Commission meeting started in Madeira, Portugal. He ended it by saying that “Honour and respect are nowhere to be found within the modern whaling crime”. This sentence to me marked that meeting and period, when [...]
Japan Give Portugal a Chance!
Yesterday (9th May) we were at the Japanese Embassy demanding the withdrawal of the proposal it has to host the 2009 IWC meeting. Things looked a bit grim to start with; I locked myself out of my car, so I had to highjack my own vehicle, got lost in Lisbon, got stuck in the traffic [...]
A graveyard for Nicaragua
Just arrived from Lisbon and the Nicaraguan Consulate in Cascais. It was a cloudy, yet quite warm day, the morning was spent finishing the last bits of the tails left and around 1100 I departed to Lisbon. The Consulate was quite hard to find, but finally we manage to get hold of it around 1500. [...]
Big Blue March
Carcavelos + Baleal + Azores (Portugal) BLUE! Light blue, dark blue, baby blue, clean blue, smiley blue, what mattered was to wear something in blue, wasn’t it the day of the BIG BLUE MARCH. An event taking place around the world with a single purpose to send a message to the 72 governments gathered at [...]
Taking presents to Denmark
The 6th day of March besides being a rainy day was also the date appointed to get a present to the Danish Embassies around the world. Here in Portugal we chose to get there around 1500 to gather in front of the embassy and deliver our gifts. I was running late due to traffic and [...]
Valentine’s day at the Japanese Embassy
Around 3pm we started gathering at the entrance of the Japanese Embassy in Lisbon, after passing it a couple of times without noticing it was it. 14 of February is the day the world celebrates as the day of love, we had flowers and a message to the Japanese Ambassador in Lisbon, but this action [...]
IWC Meeting Caribbean + Smack Down
As the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting in St Kitts concluded its proceedings today, a peaceful protest carried out by Greenpeace was abruptly broken up by the authorities, who arrested ten activists and ship crew from the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise. The protestors were attempting to highlight the number of whales killed during the last [...]