Sea Shepherd!

I know it's been a long while since I posted. I suspect that a number of you who are checking out my blog (likely for the first time) are doing so because I e-mailed about my imminent departure for Melbourne, Australia. In about 24 hours, I'll be joining the crew of the Sea Shepherd Conversation Society vessel Robert Hunter, in Melbourne.

I'm sorry for the repeat/paste of the below, and hope to have more of substance posted soon.

For those of you who don't know about Sea Shepherd, it's a radical environmental group that does direct action in support of marine life and marine ecosystems, consistent with and in support of international law and conventions, especially the UN World Charter on Nature (1973.) I would really, really encourage you to check out www.seashepherd.org . Those of you who know me from Hampshire might recall that my Div III [senior thesis] was written about radical environmental groups, and that Sea Shepherd was one of the two groups I particularly focused on.

I'll be on the Robert Hunter, based in port in Melbourne, Australia, for two months. There is a real possibility and hope that I'll re-join the crew of Sea Shepherd for future high-seas, direct action campaigns, including the next Antarctic Whale Defense campaign.

While this genuinely isn't a fundraising message, if you have the means and interest, I'd strongly encourage you to Sea Shepherd to support their extraordinary work: even $5 helps, really.

Be well friends. For now, I am for the oceans.
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