India, Greenpeace, Congo, Sahara Welcome to Writesimon.com I spent most of my life seeking adventure; from hitch-hiking alone to India when I was 16, to working with Pygmy peoples in Cameroon and the Congo. I managed Greenpeace’s direct actions from their founding office in Vancouver, climbed in the Himalayas, and Mexico, travelled in China andContinue reading “Welcome”
Tag Archives: Greenpeace
The Lions Gate Bridge Caper
Greenpeace Daze part 6 15 minutes In the spring of 1987, Greenpeace launched an important new international campaign called Nuclear Free Seas. Most of the nuclear weapons in the world are carried by the world’s nuclear navies, especially the US and the USSR, but also by China the UK and France. With the majority ofContinue reading “The Lions Gate Bridge Caper”
Refuse the Cruise
Protesting Cruise Missile Testing in the Canadian North 20 minutes In the winter of 1984 Jim Bohlen, one of the founders of Greenpeace and then Greenpeace Canada anti-nuclear campaigner; Kevin McKeown, Greenpeace Canada action coordinator; and two others chained themselves to the only entrance to the Cold Lake air force base 150 miles NE ofContinue reading “Refuse the Cruise”
Boris and Bill
In 1993, when Clinton and Yeltsin met in Vancouver, Greenpeace Canada had no action team in the west, and I was hired on contract when an action coordinator was needed. So Steve called me into the Greenpeace office and told me he wanted to do an action to get ending nuclear testing back on the table when the presidents met.
Norway, Let the Last Whales Live!
As I swung dangerously out across the water, I hoped I had properly proteced my rope from wearing on the bridge above. We were protesting Norwegian whale hunting with Greenpeace…
Canadian Customs boards US warship
I felt sick as I waited to board the USS Roark- would I get shot by the US Navy?
Nuclear Subs Deep Trouble
Stopping Canada buying nuclear submarines In the middle of the summer of 1988, I got an urgent call to go to the Greenpeace Toronto office to meet with Steve Shallhorn Canada’s Nuclear Free Seas campaigner. Steve got straight to the point: he wanted me to plan an action in Ottawa in a few weeks. IContinue reading “Nuclear Subs Deep Trouble”
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