The Next Eco Warriors

Peter Hammarstedt and Benjamin Potts of Sea Shepherd fame and co-stars of television’s Whale Wars. Enei Begaye, a Navajo/Diné activist bringing green jobs to the reservation. Rob Stewart, award-winning filmmaker of Sharkwater. Jamie Henn, co-founder of 350.org. Wen Bo, founder of China’s Greenpeace. Tanya Fields, an urban farmer and poor people’s activist in New York City. Meet the 21st century eco-activists who are devoting themselves to saving our planet. The Next Eco-Warriors features the stories of 22 of these emerging leaders and their heroic work in a variety of green revolutions.

Emily Hunter, daughter of Greenpeace co-founders Robert and Bobbi Hunter, introduces us to the feisty and diverse global community of young people who are tackling issues of energy use, overfishing, overconsumption, waste management, the disappearance of indigenous cultures and rainforest, and other urgent environmental/social concerns with a sense of passion and possibility.

Wietse van der Werf contributed a chapter to this inspiring book, writing about creative activism and his experiences with the UK based Mischief Makers. Get your copy at Redwheel Weiser.

257 pages, english, paperback, published by Conari Press in 2011.

The Bluefin Bonanza

The clear-felling of the Mediterranean Sea is happening right under our noses. Every single day, fishermen plunder this unique region, inhabited by numerous species including whales, dolphins, sharks, shrimp, rays, turtles, seals, swordfish, tuna, mackerel, lobsters, octopuses, whiting, hake, sardines and anchovy. The sea used to be abundant with life, yet in the last 50 years industrial fishing, in particular trawling and purse seine fishing for bluefin tuna, has decimated the populations of marine wildlife.

This booklet is a starting point for people interested in in the Mediterranean, what industrial fishing is doing to the region and in particular with regard to the bluefin tuna.

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44 pages, english, PDF, published by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society in 2010.

At War for the Whales

The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is known for its direct action approach to stop illegal poaching and to protect marine wildlife and habitat. In 2009, Sea Shepherd's flagship, the Steve Irwin, headed out for a confrontation with a Japanese whaling fleet in thecold waters of the Antarctic. The aim: to non­violently shut down the whaling fleet which looks to kill 950 whales illegally within the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. Wietse, who works as ship's carpenter and engineer on the Steve Irwin writes from the Southern Ocean as the operation to protect these gentle giants of the sea unfolds.

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28 pages, english, PDF, self-published in 2010.