By: SaL

SaL — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:22:01 +0000

Hey! I can’t wait till you get to gissie… I was part of a canvassing operation in gisborne last time the rainbow warrior sailed in (1990?). The Watties factory was still here then which was quite an icon at the portside. I had travelled up from our base at wellington with a team of canvassers… The ship was heading to lyttleton to join the Gondwana for an Antartic Expedition. Lucky for me the ships chef decided to bail and I got asked to jump on board the Rainbow warrior and join the gondwana! I had spent some time on board RW in Australia previous to that for maintenance and sailed to NZ on it.
I’m excited for you and a little jealous… the wind in your hair, dolphins at the bow, stars in the night sky. Funny, I know i felt seasick for quite a while but you don’t remember that stuff!
My shop GreenLeaves Greengrocers stocks Locally grown “Early Bird” organic produce where possible and sells a range of “Earthwise” products for around the home. It is a challenge everyday to make “every day” choices and be aware of the impact you have on the planet. By making circles of production smaller we can reduce the huge impact of big companies and globalisation on our planet. K>I>S>S is my motto. KEEP IT SIMPLE SWEETIE. if you can buy local do so, you reduce the miles it has to travel! Support and encourage small, diverse, business and projects; keep away from mass produced anything! Just the scale this takes to supply has got to be damaging to the planet! Now I know i am preaching to the converted but educating people to THINK in simple terms i feel is important as the mainstream media and companies are jumping on the bandwagon of environmental concern. Organic produce imported from america does not make it good for the environment! Paper bags instead of plastic… same deal. We supported a company ECO STORE for a long time and now they have “gone global” started packaging their products (soaps) etc and don’t reply to our concerns because the have got into the profitable supermarket chains..
Ethical company? Not in my mind. Sometimes smaller is better.
I wish you all well on your adventure. Keep up the good fight. SaL

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