Message from Lucy Lawless via Greenpeace
sent on 22 June 2012
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Arctic is rising - Are you with us?
By Lucy Lawless
22 June 2012
In February with six others I found myself crouched in
darkness with a team of Greenpeace activists, preparing to
occupy a Shell drillship bound for the Arctic.I was
suppressing the urge to run for the hills, to leave the
greenies to it and go back to being a mother in the 'burbs.
But that very fact - that I am a mother - was also the
reason I was there and thinking of my kids hardened my
resolve. By the time we came down four days later, 130,000
people had joined us in calling for the Arctic to be
protected from reckless oil drilling.
Since then a global tide of opposition has been building,
and today I am in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at the Rio+20 Earth
Summit to launch the next phase of the campaign. There's a
real feeling here that as world leaders fail us again, we
need to rise up and take matters into our own hands. I'm
here with Kumi Naidoo, the head of Greenpeace International,
and Sir Richard Branson to do just that - we're launching a
bid for a global sanctuary in the Arctic.
We believe the home of the polar bear, narwhal and Arctic
fox should be protected on behalf of the entire world and I
want my children to grow up in a world where the polar bear
still lives! So we've added our names to the Greenpeace
"Arctic Scroll" and I want you to join us!
When we have a million names, Greenpeace will embark on an
expedition to plant the scroll in a capsule on the North
Pole seabed - 4km below the ice.
It will be a collective statement on behalf of humanity. The
rapidly melting Arctic should not be seen as an opportunity
for exploitation, but as a warning that we must act now.
Clean energy, not extreme oil. is our future.
It's time to make a stand for our kids and grandkids.
Sign the Arctic Scroll and pass it on:
http://www.savethearctic.org
- Lucy
PS Wondering what a narwhal is?
Find out here.