Copenhagen was an unmitigated disaster.
The leaders of the world came, met and achieved nothing. However, we cant really say it was not expected. Its not for the first time that we have met over the fate of the planet and have decided to do "nothing", or maybe it is.
The positive side of course is that the civil societies , including Greenpeace, have taken up this colossal failure as a call to arms and increased their pressure tactics.
So, here I am, fresh on the ship filled with frustrated and disgruntled environmental activists. It is not an easy thing to realize that one has failed. And that recognition always takes its toll , especially on the ego of an environmental activist , as the optimism of saving the world is smashed to bits by diplomatic politicians. Sigh.
But we cant have one without the other, and the reason we must continue our existence on the fronts of environmental activism to to ensure a balance in the ranks.
If they do nothing , we do double the work. And maybe , just maybe we'll have a planet left by the end of it.
So we sail from our home port of Amsterdam towards Las Palmas on the lovely Arctic Sunrise. An Ice breaker who rocks like a cradle in the calmest of seas.
Its a long maintenance haul, preparing the boat for the climate wars not so far ahead.
On top is a file picture of the arctic sunrise, my home for the next 3 months.
