What the heck are we doing here?
It was after about 11 hours of running between bunk and toilet late yesterday that I began to ask myself: “what the $%#@ am I doing? Is this really worth it? WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO ME????!?!”.
Which brings me to what I am doing. In fact, what we’re all doing. The main purpose of this ship tour is to talk climate change - to anyone who’ll listen really. Because there’s a sense in New Zealand that the climate problem is solved; that the government is doing all it can, and that on a global scale, we’re totally doing our bit. But a) this actually isn’t true and b) the risk with this attitude is that it leads to complacency, and people forget that we’re up against the biggest threat that civilisation as a whole has ever faced.
So we’re going out there to remind people that there is lots more to be done and that the time to do it is now. Read more »
