New ship a symbol of maturity
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October 19, 2011, Wednesday
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THE gleaming green schooner in Bremen's shipyard says everything about how Greenpeace has grown up through the years.
Three decades ago Greenpeace acquired a converted fishing trawler for US$40,000, painted it green and set out to bump hulls with Japanese whalers and disrupt nuclear weapons testing.
Last week, with a traditional bottle of champagne, the movement christened the third Rainbow Warrior - a US$33 million marvel, part helicopter-capable ship equipped to do battle with "environmental criminals," and part high-tech public relations vessel, with widescreen conference facilities and state-of-the-art communications.
Like the ship, environment activists of all stripes are showing hallmarks of maturity.
Aboard the new Rainbow Warrior, Greenpeace chief Kumi Naidoo said: "We see more leaders of the business community, more governments actually wanting dialogue with us, to try to understand, to draw on our knowledge and scientific base. So we are very open to dialogue and engagement.
"But we also recognize that time is running out for the planet, and Rainbow Warrior and all our activism will, if need be, celebrate the best traditions of civil disobedience and nonviolent direct action."
Three decades ago Greenpeace acquired a converted fishing trawler for US$40,000, painted it green and set out to bump hulls with Japanese whalers and disrupt nuclear weapons testing.
Last week, with a traditional bottle of champagne, the movement christened the third Rainbow Warrior - a US$33 million marvel, part helicopter-capable ship equipped to do battle with "environmental criminals," and part high-tech public relations vessel, with widescreen conference facilities and state-of-the-art communications.
Like the ship, environment activists of all stripes are showing hallmarks of maturity.
Aboard the new Rainbow Warrior, Greenpeace chief Kumi Naidoo said: "We see more leaders of the business community, more governments actually wanting dialogue with us, to try to understand, to draw on our knowledge and scientific base. So we are very open to dialogue and engagement.
"But we also recognize that time is running out for the planet, and Rainbow Warrior and all our activism will, if need be, celebrate the best traditions of civil disobedience and nonviolent direct action."
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