Been offered to be the coordinator for Greenpeace Aberdeen:D

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As many of you might already know Greenpeace is an international organization based in Holland which campaigns to protect the environment.

I was recently volunteering aboard one of their ships, the Esperanza (hope) was campaigning in the arctic against drilling in arctic waters. It stopped off in my home town of Aberdeen for a few nights before it went off (which it turned out two climbers, a German woman Anias and a man from Switzerland whose name I cannot remember) have climbed onto the ankor of a drill ship to stop it from moving 5 miles off the coast of Aberdeen.

When I was volunteering I was helping with health and safety plus security. I had to do an hourly round of the ship from the bridge at the top of the ship (like the command room. I'm sure some of you geeky sci-fi fans already knew what the bridge is ), down to the engine room and check the outside of the ship as well.

The types of checks I carried out were to look for leakage, check fire signs of smoke and fire around the ship including the electrical cupboards, check the ropes of the ship and make sure all the doors were secure apart from the one door that leads into the lounge which is used for getting in and out.

I really enjoyed helping with this because I got to see an interesting ship and meet the crew.

I emalied back the woman from Greenpeace who told me about the chance to volunteer and asked about Greenpeace groups in Aberdeen and I got this back:

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Congrats and good luck.

Congratulations!

Keep saving the enviornment.

Well Done! Keep up the great work.

Greenpeace does wonderful work as guardians of this Earth and you are honoured to be an integral part of the continued awakening to environmental conservation.

I've been on the Sea Shepherd crew and conducted some of my own environmental campaigns so I can understand what it is like to be on the frontline and also know how rewarding and difficult it can be interacting with activists, supporters, media and curious public from an asperger perspective. Eccentricity is forgivable and often expected from activitists!

There is some angst between the two groups but not amongst all of us. I hold no negative thoughts or feelings toward Greenpeace. I embrace all volunteer groups who are working through integrity for a better future.

All the best and Good Luck!

For The Earth!

Thanks! I am very happy about this everyone.

Tonin? Are you on facebook? I post a lot on information about the environment on there.

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Congrats.

Don't get blown up by the French!

to PATRICKNEVILLE and TONIN......thank you for all you do to help the environment and non-human animals. earth needs more young people who are willing to put their butts on the line for planet and animals. i tried for 15 years with little success and am now too old and broken to do much. take no prisoners.

Awesome! i kind of wish i worked for them...

one is human and one is canine. we're a team. one couldn't exist without the other.

just looked at another forum .....'anti-whaling'......it's really sad to see so many wp'ers are all for whaling. i cannot understand how humans can be so cruel. must be early childhood bully types. can't do much, but i can still pick a fight.

thats great and all but what they are gonna give you if you give them your free time? i personally would not do anything that aint gonna end up with me getting payed and green peace leaders do get payed around 25$/hour

Congratulations! I wish I got hooked up with a group like Greenpeace back when I was young and energetic and child-free!