22 Sep 2010, 11:55 pm
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:
If you would like to consider this role, I suggest you come along to the Scottish Skillshare in Perth – a day event with some camping updates, workshops and discussions and the chance to meet with experienced active supporters involved in the networks in Glasgow., Edinburgh, Dundee, Perth and St Andrews. It’s Saturday November 6th at the Perth Centre, 10.30 am start, ending by 5 pm and chance to have a drink and/or evening meal as well. It’s two minutes walk from Perth station.
Do let me know if you would like to come and I’ll add you to the list and send you the programme next month. Even if you don’t nat to coordinate, it would be a way of connecting to Greenpeace in Scotland!
I definitely want to get more involved. I might have aspergers which can make face to face communication difficult at times but I think with the right contacts and getting to know people in my local area online first I could quite well at this.
I wont get paid anything. It will just be something I do in my spare time but I believe it is for a good cause..
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23 Sep 2010, 3:48 am
Congrats and good luck.
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23 Sep 2010, 5:59 am
Congratulations! 
Keep saving the enviornment. 
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23 Sep 2010, 10:31 am
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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23 Sep 2010, 12:36 pm
Congrats.
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23 Sep 2010, 1:51 pm
Don't get blown up by the French!
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23 Sep 2010, 5:58 pm
Danandlouie, (two of you's is there or just a random name?) you are never too old to help as long as you can use the internet.
Are you on facebook or is anybody else on here on facebook who wants to help raise awareness?
I've ended up connecting with people from around europe, america and south africa and i am sharing information on peoples pages and vice versa. It's simplest, most cost effective way of campaigning.
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26 Sep 2010, 4:15 pm
The difference is those people are doing that full time and need that money to survive. I will just be doing this in my spare time.
I will probably be doing things online like research and emailing etc every day for a coupe hours and maybe meeting people locally a few times a month.
So far with the help of a friend we have come up with the idea for getting a tree planting group organized, hopefully with funding from our local city council and maybe a fundraising night with some local DJs playing (big dance scene in my city).
As far as fundraising goes what does everybodyhere think is a good idea?
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27 Sep 2010, 8:05 am
