a letter from the whalers' field
hi, i'm jim wickens and i am writing to you from ulsan in south korea!
to be more accurate, from a dusty field where we've established the first "whale embassy".
we're only here thanks to the 20 thousand of you who sent letters to the mayor of ulsan over the last few days to protest our threatened eviction. the mayor's email box filled up quickly, his server crashed, and there's a lot of muttering about "international pressure" in our meetings with city officials. i'm writing to tell you how you can ensure the pressure continues, whether we're evicted or not.
it is impossible to bring you physically here, to the "whale embassy", to fight together for the life of whales. this is why we invented this new concept, the "virtual march", where, by sending your photo with a banner expressing your rejection for the killing of whales, you can actually be in ulsan. your photo, together with thousands of others, will be published on our web site and, from the day the iwc meeting starts, projected on the walls of the building where the meeting will take place.
click here to add your image to the "virtual march" and the more people you can fit in the picture the better.
i want to share a number with you: *2137*.
this number, 2137, is the number of whales that could be killed in 2005, if we do nothing about it. this figure will INCREASE if the korean government decides to become a declared whaling country.
on april 10th greenpeace and the korean federation for environmental movement (KFEM), the most influential NGO in korea, established the "whale embassy", right near the brand new jangsaengpo whale museum that might be better called as the "whaling museum". the embassy has been built on the ground where a whale processing factory is proposed to be built. i can't imagine a more bizarre argument - "we're protecting whales by establishing a whale meat factory" - can you?
the spirit of the embassy is to represent whales and raise awareness of the plight of these endangered creatures.
in a few days, on the 19th of june, the international whaling commission (IWC) will come to ulsan, korea, to decide the fate of the whales. we need the whole world to join us and support whales by making sure that the korean government does not follow the footsteps of the japanese government, and does not push for a resumption of commercial whaling and lethal research.
looking forward to seeing you in ulsan protecting the whales !!
jim
jim wickens
whales campaigner
greenpeace international
Víctor Hugo Borja
Ecuador
to be more accurate, from a dusty field where we've established the first "whale embassy".
we're only here thanks to the 20 thousand of you who sent letters to the mayor of ulsan over the last few days to protest our threatened eviction. the mayor's email box filled up quickly, his server crashed, and there's a lot of muttering about "international pressure" in our meetings with city officials. i'm writing to tell you how you can ensure the pressure continues, whether we're evicted or not.
it is impossible to bring you physically here, to the "whale embassy", to fight together for the life of whales. this is why we invented this new concept, the "virtual march", where, by sending your photo with a banner expressing your rejection for the killing of whales, you can actually be in ulsan. your photo, together with thousands of others, will be published on our web site and, from the day the iwc meeting starts, projected on the walls of the building where the meeting will take place.
click here to add your image to the "virtual march" and the more people you can fit in the picture the better.
i want to share a number with you: *2137*.
this number, 2137, is the number of whales that could be killed in 2005, if we do nothing about it. this figure will INCREASE if the korean government decides to become a declared whaling country.
on april 10th greenpeace and the korean federation for environmental movement (KFEM), the most influential NGO in korea, established the "whale embassy", right near the brand new jangsaengpo whale museum that might be better called as the "whaling museum". the embassy has been built on the ground where a whale processing factory is proposed to be built. i can't imagine a more bizarre argument - "we're protecting whales by establishing a whale meat factory" - can you?
the spirit of the embassy is to represent whales and raise awareness of the plight of these endangered creatures.
in a few days, on the 19th of june, the international whaling commission (IWC) will come to ulsan, korea, to decide the fate of the whales. we need the whole world to join us and support whales by making sure that the korean government does not follow the footsteps of the japanese government, and does not push for a resumption of commercial whaling and lethal research.
looking forward to seeing you in ulsan protecting the whales !!
jim
jim wickens
whales campaigner
greenpeace international
Víctor Hugo Borja
Ecuador
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