Capt Paul Watson: We are the passengers, and we are killing the crew
Capt. Paul Watson has effectively used agressive business disruption to make world changing effects. In this candid talk he makes the case that we as human on the “Earthship” are passengers, but we are killing the crew that is meant to take care of us.
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ABOUT Capt Paul Watson
“For 31 years, Captain Paul Watson has been at the helm of the world’s most active marine non-profit organisation, ‘Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’. He was also one of the co-founders of the Greenpeace Foundation.
In fact, he was officially the eighth founding member. Robert Hunter was the first and his lifetime membership number was 000. His wife Roberta Hunter was second and her membership number was 001.
Capt Paul’s official membership number was and continues to be 007. In 1975, Capt Paul served as First officer under Captain John Cormack on the voyage to confront the Soviet Whaling fleet. In June of the same year, Robert Hunter and Capt Paul were the first people to put their lives on the line to protect whales when he placed his inflatable Zodiac between a Russian harpoon vessel and a pod of defenseless sperm whales.
During this confrontation with the Russian whaler, a harpooned and dying sperm whale loomed over his small boat. Capt Paul recognised a flicker of understanding in the dying whale’s eye. He felt that the whale knew what they were trying to do.
He watched as the magnificent leviathan heaved its body away from his boat, slipped beneath the waves and died. A few seconds of looking into this dying whale’s eye changed his life forever. He vowed to become a lifelong defender of the whales and all creatures of the seas.”
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