After the International Court of Justice of The Hague rejected Japan’s whaling plan as its practice is in fact commercial and not scientific, Tokyo resumed hunting activities presenting a new research programme, but it is basically the same thing. Sea Shepherd Captain Alex Cornelissen © Facebook Japan and hunting for scientific purposesĪ talk on the activities carried out by Japan was essential, even if those who love Sea Shepherd are already aware of the issue. We don’t say that everybody should be vegan but in the organisation we’ve made a conscious choice to only serve vegan meals on our ships and I think we’re actually stimulating and inspiring others to make that choice too”. Another way to cut our environmental footprint is changing our food habits in favour of a vegetarian diet: “We at Sea Shepherd are advocating a vegan lifestyle. “I think that everybody should be aware that if the oceans die in the next 30 years we’ll have a serious problem”. We have to educate people on the use of plastic, about pollution,” Cornelissen went on. “We definitely see that there’s more to save in the oceans than just stopping illegal fishing. But there’s another enemy in our oceans: plastic. The organisation’s main aim is the conservation of marine biodiversity through direct actions against illegal activities (illegal fishing, illegal whaling and overfishing). But it is also good to see that more and more people are supporting and joining us because they understand that direct action is really needed to save the oceans”. “It’s very much needed because the problems have become bigger for the oceans. “We’re just everywhere,” said Cornelissen proudly. Now nine ships are sailing the world’s oceans carrying out national and international campaigns. Since then, when Sea Shepherd only had one ship, things have changed a lot. “After 12 years I came back to my home country”. “At the end of 2013 we decided to move our head office from the US to the Netherlands,” he went on. While telling his story, his wife and daughter waited for him outside our recording studio.
He stayed there another six years, starting a family. 25 campaigns over six years led captain Cornelissen to become Director of the Galapagos at the organisation’s offices. After that I just did one campaign after the other”. “I started as a cook and I worked myself up to the bridge, became the second officer, the first officer and then captain. Oltre al Facebook live condotto da sulla pagina di a breve potete leggere l’intervista che ho realizzato (con un pizzico di emozione).Ī post shared by Tommaso Perrone on at 7:47am PDT Oggi ho incontrato Andrea Morello, presidente di e Alex Cornelissen, amministratore delegato di Abbiamo chiacchierato a lungo di come è cresciuta l’organizzazione che si batte per difendere gli oceani e la biodiversità che ospitano. “After two months I decided to return back to the ship and then I stayed on board for a total of about six and a half years”. “That year basically changed my life,” he said. Cornelissen’s plan was to go back to Holland but nothing was ever the same again.
I got in touch with the organisation, which I hadn’t heard of before, and I was so impressed that I quit my job and my apartment and joined for a sabbatical”. I met Captain Paul Watson through a friend of mine who went on board the one ship Sea Shepherd had at that time – the Sea Warrior – to make a documentary about Sea Shepherd for Dutch television. Love at first sightĪfter a cup of coffee and a glass of water, Cornelissen began telling the tale of how it all started.
It just took replying to an email sent by Filippo Cabrini, coordinator for the Lombardy region, announcing the visit of Sea Shepherd Global CEO Alex Cornelissen to Italy to have the honour of having him here, the next day, together with Sea Shepherd Italy President Andrea Morello. Because the secret is not to make any plans. This is more or less what happened when Sea Shepherd, the organisation committed to protecting ocean biodiversity, visited LifeGate’s newsroom. Sometimes you find yourself in a situation you’ve always dreamed of almost by accident, thanks to an email you receive or a phone call you make just in case, to leave no stone unturned.
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