The fisrt time I saw footage of this film, was at the meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), in Chile, 2008. I also had the chance of meeting some of the people involved in the making, Louie Psihoyos and Joe Chisholm, from Ocean Preservation Society (OPS). I was astonished, dismayed, and angry, by all the footage, and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Greenpeace’
A importância dos “oceanários” na conservação dos oceanos
Por várias vezes aconteceu estar a fazer pesquisas sobre conservação de tartarugas em África, quais os stocks saudáveis de peixe para consumo em Portugal, áreas marinhas protegidas, práticas de sustentabilidade entre outros e o Oceanário de Lisboa é uma constante nos resultados dessas buscas. A semana passada, uma pessoa do Oceanário de Lisboa perguntou-me se [...]
END OF THE LINE – 2048!
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. [...]
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 [...]
200 Ballenas Piloto varadas en Tasmania
Ayer estaba hablando con Milko (Greenpeace Argentina) sobre el varamiento de ballenas piloto (o calderones) en Tasmania. El me perguntaba “que crees que este pasando en el mundo? según parece cada vez hay mas varamientos, mayoría en Tasmania y Australia. Es algo que cada día me intriga mas, a veces se sabe que es por [...]
PEW meeting + IWC scandal
Last Friday I met with Alex Garcia, an associate of the Varda Group that is organizing the PEW meeting in Lisbon, and I’ve passed from an invited observer to a local coordinator. Nice! The PEW meeting comes in a time where much discussion is abide related to the IWC and I belive it will be [...]
Sao Tome and Principe (interlude)
Second endeavor in Africa, this time to the island of Sao Tome and Principe (STP); again sponsored by Global Ocean. STP is suffering pressure from Japan to join the International Whaling Commission (IWC); and I was commissioned to do the first probing visit to the country backed up by Greenpeace and IFAW (International Fund for [...]
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 [...]