Why Greenpeace never gives up
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- Papakura High School
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Greenpeace has probably seen a lot of success, but also seen a lot of failure as well. What keeps you going and trying to reach your objectives when sometimes it seems a losing battle?
- Jo McVeaigh
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It doesn't feel like a losing battle. This is something that Greenpeace has been working on for 30 years, and I have worked with people who have been working on the Whale’s Campaign for 30 years, and that is longer than I have been alive, and they are still in there and they are still giving it everything. And that is really amazing, because then they can tell me stories of, yeah I saw the moratorium come into effect, you know, and they saw these different countries who have stopped whaling since they have been involved with the campaign. They have seen Russia and Spain and Brazil and Peru and Australia stop whaling, and they have seen the million signatures delivered to the International Whaling Commission. They have seen the moratorium; they have seen the establishment of the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. And they have seen these big successes and it’s these big wins that don't happen very often, but when they do, they are big, and then they really keep us going. And we need to do it; we need to keep it going. So we do have big wins sometimes, and it’s those things that make you proud of that stuff we are working on. Also it’s working with a lot of people who are really passionate and really believe in it, and feel strongly about it, too. That really keeps you going.