About our guests
On Wednesday 16 May, 2007 Greenpeace Whales Campaigner, Jo McVeagh, joined with students from five schools around New Zealand for a digital conference about whales. They talked about the threats facing whales and how Greenpeace is working to build support for whale conservation.
Watch clips of them talking about:
- The Greenpeace Defend our Oceans Journey
- The threats facing whales today
- Why Japan hunts whales
- The Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary
- The impact of global warming and bottom trawling on whales
Jo McVeagh
Jo McVeagh
Jo joined an environmental group and the student council while she was at school, where she helped to clean up local beaches and encouraged school recycling. After high school Jo studied ecology and did volunteer work with as many environmental groups as possible. In February 2006, Jo began working at Greenpeace, New Zealand, first as the campaigner for whales, and more recently with the climate team. She believes that to solve most environmental issues, it is important for everyone to do their part by looking after the environment and each other, and encouraging others to do so too. It is up to all of us to act quickly.
Participating schools:
- Te Ranga Primary School
- Maniototo Area School
- Roxburgh Area School
- Aurora College
- Papakura High School
Web links
The International Whaling Commission: http://www.iwcoffice.org/index.htm
Greenpeace: http://www.greenpeace.org/new-zealand/
Whale-Love video from Japanese Save the Whale Campaign: www.whalelove.org/en
Special thanks to Papakura High School for hosting Jo for this digital conversation.