Posted by: deborah_bassett
| 07 Sep 10 | Leave a comment
Reposted with permission from Huffington Post.Environmentalists and animal rights activists around the world have been sitting on pins and needles this past week as the annual dolphin hunt that claims more than 20,000 innocent cetacean lives every year kicked off in the coastal village of Taiji, Japan on September 1st. No one is more familiar with the on-going battle to end these senseless slaughters better than Ric O'Barry. The 70-year-old former Flipper trainer turned dolphin activist and star of the recent Academy Award-winning film, The Cove, has been at the forefront of the struggle to put an end to this brutal ...
Writing letters to Ken salazar / Dept. of Interior.
I wrote my letter and the same day there was a Family Member meltdown and i
seem to be the one that always gets called in to get things back to normal. I am glad to report things are back on track for me and my family.
I am also glad that I recieved a message today that Greenpeace has extended the time to get as many people as i can to send letters also, clarifying our Earth's reasons to get off fossil fuels. If you live in Central Florida and followed ... 
Coming out of this summer, I wasn't sure where life was going to take me. I had already been a graduate of the DC Summer '09 Greenpeace Organizing Term, traveled the Southeast with the Rolling Sunlight in June, rocked Bonnaroo-goers with the Student Network, signed up new Greenpeace members in New York City, AND had an incredible time at the 2010 Greenpeace Activist Summit. So what was next?I knew I was feeling incredibly inspired by all of the amazing activists I met at the Activist Summit and I was thrilled with the outcome of the "New Media" training I helped ... 
I can't even tell you how excited I am to start our coal campaign in the NW. Therefor I will hand the pen over to intern Tara... First though; if you like biking and hate coal you should check out our upcoming "roll against coal" coming up on 10/10/10 HERE! My name is Tara, I am an intern with Greenpeace in the NW and I am also a college student and more importantly, a life long Oregonian. I have always loved the greenery that surrounded me and the consciousness Oregonians generally have about the environment. I knew that I was ... 
