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Issue | 43 Date | 2010

Lights,
Camera,
Action,
for the climate!
The stars come out against climate change, as celebrities
use their voice to help Greenpeace cancel the additional
coal power plant which is planned to be built in Ashkelon

13th Parliamentarian From Copenhagen Rainbow Warrior 3

of Mersin to Cancun is coming

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 The power to change!
Everything around us is changing,
unfortunately for the worse. The
climate, oceans, and biosphere are
degrading as time passes. Why? We
have exceeded the world’s capacity
to renew itself. And, if this was not
enough, there are plans to build
more nuclear power plants. Zombies
we thought we had buried long
ago. Fortunately, we are growing in
supporters and resources faster than
the dominant economic system,
giving us hope and determination
Greenpeace Mediterranean to bury the zombie once and for
all. Greenpeace launched a massive
Editor in Chief campaign against nuclear power.
Dr. Uygar Özesmi
Celebrities are supporting us in
Stories by the “I lovve Nuclear” campaign,
Stephanie Hillman and our online campaign resulted
Korol Diker in the second largest Greenpeace
Theodora Karchovsky membership on Facebook. We thank
Ricardo Scheleff
Deniz Sözüdoğru you all for your incredible support.
Editorial Team Greenpeace’s goal is to take action
Thomas Wuchterl to protect our fragile planet in all
Salvatore Barbera its diversity, for now and for future
Designed by: generations. Some people may be
Isee Creative skeptical whether we can reach
iseecreative.com that goal, some even say that it is
impossible. But I know what we have
achieved together in the past, and
I know very well that Greenpeace
has shown consistently that change
is possible, even if once proclaimed
impossible.
Together we work to save the
Mediterranean Sea, and play a vital
role in securing marine reserves
necessary to increase the resilience
of the marine ecosystem, especially
since the increase of carbon dioxide
in the atmosphere - the excrement
of “modernity” - is causing sea
acidification in addition to global
warming. I remember an ecologist
saying that everything is connected
to everything else.. or was that
Buddha? Anyway, another milestone
for Greenpeace Mediterranean was
reached. We prepared a report on a
network of marine reserves along the
Lebanese coast to be launched soon.
So many confrontations and actions
have happened since our last issue,
in defense of the planet. The youth in
Ashkelon gave a lesson in democracy
to the politicians as they denounced
the coal plant, and then met with
Environment Minister, Gilad Erdan,
also fighting the coal plant.
More exciting news is the building
the Rainbow Warrior III. The new
ship will be more environmentally
friendly and will go far in our struggle
to save the Earth, able to access all
points on the high seas. Here, the key
ingredient is you. Without supporters
like you, there would simply be
no Greenpeace. To remain fiercely
independent, we do not solicit or
accept donations from companies or
governments. We rely on the support
of dedicated individuals like you to
run our environmental campaigns
free from outside influences. With
you we can make a difference and
have the power to change!
Thank you for being a part of this
global movement for change!
Dr. Uygar Özesmi
Executive Director
Greenpeace Mediterranean
 The 13th Parliamentarian of
Mersin: Greenpeace
This was the headline of a local newspaper right
after Greenpeace’s action in the Turkish National
Assembly...

From Copenhagen to Cancun

This past December, the city of
Copenhagen hosted the largest
ever gathering...

Coal up to neck
“More! More! Put some more coal
on her hair!”, “Cover his hands! Both
of them”! ...

Rainbow Warrior 3 coming

Greenpeace was formed in 1971
when a group of volunteers on-
board an old fishing vessel...

Doing Time for the climate

Justice for the Tokyo Two
A natural born activist: Kumi Naidoo
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The 13th Parliamentarian of Mersin:
Greenpeace
Korol Diker
Nuclear Campaigner

This was the headline of a local newspaper right after Greenpeace’s action in the Turkish
National Assembly. Two Greenpeace activists opened banners saying that ‘Mersin and Sinop
Don’t Want Nuclear’. But the headline was more than expressing the support to the Greenpeace
action in the Parliament.

Since the Turkish Government
announced their nuclear plans
for Mersin Akkuyu they ran a very
undemocratic process not even
tolerating the smallest criticism.
The government didn’t listen to
the scientists, chambers, NGOs, or
even the locals who would have
to live with the risks of nuclear
power in their daily life. Moreover
they didn’t share the details
regarding the negotiations and
the agreements with the Russians
along the way which is one of the
main responsibilities of the Turkish
Government while spending Turkish
People’s money.
The Higher Court’s decision to
cancel the nuclear tender in
Greenpeace activist unfurled message during weekly address
November 2009, had prevented
the government from making a
huge mistake. But government’s
insistence on this dirty energy
has driven them to series of new
mistakes. To by-pass the court’s
decision and circumvent complex
legislative processes Turkish
Government decided to make
an agreement with the Russian
Government.
The Energy Ministry’s projections
clearly show that this expensive
deal will only boost the energy costs
and make Turkey a more dependent
country. But the Energy Ministry
with hundreds of energy specialists
still can’t address the problem and
its real solutions.
Greenpeace with a staff of only
20, published Turkey’s Energy
Revolution pathway showing how
to keep the sustainable growth with
energy efficiency solutions and
renewable energy sources without
being dependent on dirty energy
like coal, fuel oil, natural gas, and
nuclear energy.
In the coming months we’ll
continue to deliver the messages of
locals to the government until they
understand that Turkish citizens
from all over Turkey and especially
Mersin and Sinop don’t want
nuclear energy in their lives.
nukleer.greenpeace.org
Greenpeace activists express disappointment in Copenhagen outcome

From Copenhagen to Cancun

Stephanie Hillman
Program Director

This past December, the city of Copenhagen hosted the

largest ever gathering of Heads of State, as more than 120
attended the United Nations Climate Change Summit. The
world watched with hope that global leaders would come to
a strong commitment to combat catastrophic climate change,
and the world was terribly and tragically let down. It is the
overwhelming opinion of the global scientific community that
to avoid the worst of climate calamity, that we need to keep
the average global temperature rise below 2 °C and emissions
output must peak 2015 and then rapidly decline immediately
thereafter.
The Copenhagen agreement absolutely
had to include that industrialized
countries agree to a 40% reduction in
greenhouse gas emission based on
1990 levels, and provide the funding
for developing nations to significantly
reduce their growth in emissions. The
results and commitments made in the
Copenhagen Accord will go far amiss
from this necessary target and have no
legally binding status.
At the end of the COP 15, the mandate
was given that industrialized countries
would submit their pledges to the
United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change (UNFCC) by the end
of January. The pledges were initiated
with goal of meeting the Copenhagen
Accord’s objective of collectively
reaching the crucial cuts in greenhouse
gas emissions. Fifty five countries have
since submitted their pledges to the
UNFCC, and the analysis shows that, as
a group, the emissions pledges reach
only a miniscule percentage of what
is needed to keep the temperature
rise under 2 degrees. In fact, this will
quickly escalate to an average global
temperature rise of 3 degrees, and
a possibility of ruinous social and
environmental impacts.
Contrary to the greenwashing spin
that most world leaders are putting on
it, the Copenhagen Accord turned out
to be a massive failure, and will most
likely result in tragedy for millions
living in the world’s most vulnerable
countries. However, there is one bright
point in the negotiations. There was
agreement on the need to establish
a climate funding mechanism,
providing up to 100 billion dollars a
year for lesser developed countries to
work toward a low carbon economy
and to adapt to the inevitable difficult
climate impacts. This agreement,
though, is not a legally binding one,
and leaves plenty of loopholes and
opportunities for letdown.
Negotiations on a global deal will
continue in November 2010, as
heads of state will meet again in
Cancun, Mexico. Expectations for
governments to reach a fair, ambitious
and legally binding agreement have
been lowered after the Copenhagen
experience, but the desire of most
of the world’s population to keep
pressure on these leaders remains
great, as hundreds of thousands of the
world’s most vulnerable populations
could easily be dead from climate
impacts before leaders meet in
Mexico.
Israeli actor Moshe Ivgy participates in Greenpeace anti-coal campaign
Coal up to neck
“More! More! Put some more coal on her hair!”,
“Cover his hands! Both of them”!
These were the voices in the background while Dan, our activist
and “father” of this production, put dirty coal on the bodies of the
most known artists in Israel.
One standard living room in the center of
Tel-Aviv: computer, TV, small dining table,
bed, closet and more than 10 kilograms of
coal in the center of the room. Black, dirty
and messy, real coal. At the center of the
room lays, as if naturally, a “coal bed”. It
looks as seductive as a bed full of needles
and yet everyone who came that day,
went into it bravely.
Dana Spector (journalist), Eli Finish
(comedian), Moshe Ivgy (actor), Oded
Katash (basketball coach), Mosh Ben-
Ari (singer), Liraz Cherhi (actress) and
Yael Goldman (model) - all entered the
bed white and clean and got out of it
black and dirty. All of that for the “coal
up to neck” campaign of Greenpeace,
a campaign designed to arouse public
awareness to one of the fast growing
dangers in recent years - Coal. A
danger of invisible, transparent poison
that threatens us every day but goes
unnoticed.
Burning coal is the main factor of climate
change. A phenomenon that is not
just a problem of the polar bears at the
poles, but the entire world. It creates
extreme cold in Europe and the United
States, heavy heat waves in Australia,
droughts and water shortages in Africa
and the Middle East and deadly floods in
Southeast Asia.
In Israel, most of our electricity is
produced by burning coal. Coal that can’t
be found in Israel but is being imported
from countries like Indonesia with which
we do not have diplomatic relations.
Despite the intense struggle for the
past 5 years, power consumption in
Israel dropped last year. Despite the
unequivocal health risks – the Electric
Company insists on building another coal
Theodora Karchovsky
Comms Officer
burning power plant in Ashkelon, where
there is already one active and poisoning
coal plant.
Mayors in the region, the Ministry of
Health, the Ministry of Environmental
Protection and all of the environmental
organizations in Israel completely oppose
it. Only the Infrastructure Minister, Uzi
Landau, and the Electric Company are
adamant about it and refuse to look for
cleaner and greener alternatives.
This is where Israel’s bravest artists entered
the picture, realizing that the biggest
problem of this campaign is that the
struggle has no face, only thick gray smoke
that squeezes itself out of the chimneys of
the coal plant and poisoning thousands
of babies, children and adults. After one
day in a room full of coal, one cannot stay
indifferent to it. It strangles you, stays in
your nose, your clothes, your food.
True, we are fighting against powerful
entities in the country - they have lots of
money and manpower - but we, the public
will win this struggle. There is no reason to
build additional coal plants in Israel. There
is no reason to sacrifice the citizens on the
altar of electricity, especially when other
solutions, clean, cheap and more profitable
are available.
We would like to thank a few people who
helped us make it all happen;
Dan Dovrat, our activist and a student in
the Visual Communication department of
“Shenkar” college, who made it all happen;
to the well known fashion photographer
Ronen Fadida, that did it all voluntarily,
and his assistant Hana; the make up artists
Haim and Alex, and all of the brave artists
who entered a bed full of coal for this
important campaign.
Thank you!

Doing Time
for the climate
Greenpeace was born out
of non-violent direct action,
nearly 39 years ago, when
a group of anti-nuclear
protestors set out for Alaska
to put themselves between
the planet and nuclear
weapons. Since then, a global
organization has been built on
the willingness of activists to
risk arrest, spend time in jail
and put their personal safety
on the line to speak for the
health of the planet. Since
then, we’ve witnessed many
threats to the environment,
but few as great as
catastrophic climate change.
About 20 years ago, Greenpeace
was one of the first environmental
groups to ring the alarm on this
inevitable danger, and to take action.
When the UN Conference on Climate
Change announced they would hold
a Conference in Copenhagen, with
over 180 heads of state to come to
a global agreement on combating
climate change, Greenpeace made
it a priority and was determined to
have a strong voice. We made our
voice heard around the planet as we
rolled out numerous direct actions,
visual activities and lobbyied for
more than a year. Again, Greenpeace
activists were willing to jeopardize
their freedom to be the voice of
millions gravely affected by climate
change.
One of the most notable of these
came during the Copenhagen
meetings, as 4 activists, Nora,
Juanxto, Joris and Juan knew all
media eyes were on the red carpet
rolled out by the Queen, as leaders
arrived for a gala at the palace. These
four, now known as “the Gala 4,”
posed as a head of state, his wife and
“The Gala Four” show their action, post prison release
Stephanie Hillman
Program Director
staff. As they arrived and stepped
out onto the red carpet in full formal
evening wear in front of the cameras,
they unfurled banners reading
“Politicians talk, Leaders Act.” They
were immediately apprehended by
security and placed under arrest.
Given the high profile and location,
the activity was taken very seriously,
and Danish authorities were
determined to make an example of
the Gala 4.
The activists spent a month in prison
and will face a trial which could
result in more time behind bars. The
four were supported by Greenpeace
activities around the globe, from
candlelight vigils to letters delivered
to Danish embassies.
The Gala four spent the winter
holidays in prison, yet they have no
regrets, pointing out that their 4
weeks of suffering do not begin to
compare with the lifetime of suffering
that will be imposed on millions of
people affected by climate change.
 Greenpeace activists in front of the Japanese embassy in Stockholm in support of the T2
Justice for the Tokyo Two
Over the past century, the
planet has witnessed the
decimation of approximately
2 million whales, bringing
several species to the brink
of extinction, from which
some may never recover.
In 1975, realizing the grave
threat of commercial whaling,
Greenpeace launched a global
anti-whaling campaign which
has been running strong ever
since, working on the political
level with the International
Whaling Commission (IWC), as
well as confronting the whalers
on the high seas with non-
violent direct action.
Nearly two years ago, Greenpeace
took a different course of action and
conducted a 4 months undercover
investigation to expose the corruption
in the whaling industry in Japan,
which is funded by the Japanese
government, and therefore, the tax
payers. During this investigation,
two of our activists, Toru Suzuki and
Junichi Sato, discovered an extensive
embezzlement operation on board
the whaling ship, Nisshin Maru, which
had been hunting whales in the
Southern Oceans Whale Sanctuary.
Acting on the public interest, the
two now known as the “Tokyo
Two,” got hold of a box of stolen
whale meat headed for the public
market, and turned the meat into
the authorities as evidence of the
widespread crime. Rather than
being hailed as heroes, the two
were arrested for theft, and are now
on trial and face up to 10 years in
prison. Greenpeace believes that
this is meant by authorities to be
a deterrent against opposition to
Japanese whaling, as the two have
also been subjected to intimidation
and unfair treatment by the courts.
Recently the view of Greenpeace
Stephanie Hillman
Program Director
was supported by the United
Nations Working Group on Arbitrary
Detention when they found the
Japanese government had violated
several human rights in their
detention and prosecution of the
Tokyo Two. Throughout the past
two years, Greenpeace globally has
band together to support the T2
with several high profile and visual
activities at embassies and iconic
places. Furthermore, support for the
T2 has been expressed by almost
a half a million people around the
world, including legal experts,
human rights organizations and
several celebrities.
The trial for the Tokyo Two began
in mid February, after several
preliminary hearings to determine
what would be allowed as evidence
and who could be witnesses. Not
all court findings went in favor of
the T2, but they have managed to
build a strong defense nonetheless.
The trial is expected to last for a few
more months and draw considerable
scrutiny from the legal community,
supporters and Greenpeace around
the world.
Digital simulation of the Rainbow Warrior 3
Rainbow Warrior 3 is coming
Ricardo Sheleff
Actions and Volunteers Unit Head

Greenpeace was formed in 1971 when a group of volunteers

on-board an old fishing vessel called the Phyllis Cormack set out
for Amchitka off the coast of Canada to protest against nuclear
testing on the island. Since then many ships with different
names have sailed around the world flagging our flag and
bearing witness of environmental crimes but there is only one
name that remains painted on the sides of one ship in our fleet,
and that’s the Rainbow Warrior.

The first Rainbow Warrior was sunk in
the port of Auckland by the French
Government on 10 July, 1985, as
she was preparing to protest French
nuclear testing in Mururoa.
Greenpeace have currently 3 vessels,
Arctic Sunrise, Esperanza and the most
symbolic and oldest one, the Rainbow
Warrior II. She has been sailing with a
Greenpeace flag for more than 20 year,
being launched on 10 July 1989, so
now it is time to take a long rest.
“The Rainbow Warrior II has been a
great ship, with a proud record of
effecting environmental change, but
even great warriors need to be retired”,
said Gerd Leipold, former Greenpeace
CEO.
With the Rainbow Warrior III it is the
first time in Greenpeace’s history
that it has chosen to commission a
purpose-built high seas ship instead
of refurbishing an older one. The
organization maintains that even
in these difficult financial times,
environmental protection must
remain the international community’s
single greatest priority.
This ship will be one of the greenest
ships afloat, built primarily to sail (thus
using wind energy instead of fossil
fuels), with the option in unsuitable
weather conditions to switch over
to engine-powered, diesel-electric
propulsion. The A-frame design of the
mast and the positioning of the sails
have been optimized for efficiency and
the shape of the hull has been designed
for maximum fuel conservation. Heat
created by the generators will be re-
used to heat water on board and for
engine pre-heating.
The Rainbow Warrior is synonymous
with Greenpeace, with taking a stand
to defend the planet, and is an icon
of hope worldwide. Not only does it
provide Greenpeace with a platform to
challenge environmental abuse across
the world, it provides people with
inspiration to take action. More than
ever the world needs the hope and
inspiration provided by the Rainbow
Warrior.

A natural born activist:
Kumi Naidoo
A natural born activist Kumi
Naidoo, who is Greenpeace
International’s Executive Director
since November 2009, has a long
journey in the name of justice,
human rights and equality. He
first became involved in the
struggle against apartheid at the
age of 14. At 15 he was expelled
from school for organizing
boycotts as part of a national
rebellion against unequal
apartheid education. During
his life he went on to become
more involved in community
activism. Kumi went to the
United Kingdom in 1987 and
spent his time in exile at Oxford
as a Rhodes scholar, earning a
doctorate in political sociology.
From 1998 to 2008, Kumi was
the Secretary General and Chief
Executive Officer of Civicus: World
Alliance for Citizen Participation,
which is dedicated to strengthening
citizen action and civil society
throughout the world.
He started to fight for social injustice
and now he fights for climate change
and environment. Kumi Naidoo says:
“I don’t really see much of a divide
between social and environmental
activism, for me they are two sides
of a coin. Take for example our work
to keep toxic chemicals out of water
supplies, or to protect our agriculture
systems - the first people to suffer
from any of these environmental
issues are the poor. For this reason we
really can no longer disassociate social
and environmental activism”.
He brings his community activism
experiences into the organization. As
a new head of Greenpeace he plans to
broaden Greenpeace’s presence and
programmes in developing countries.
He emphasizes that Greenpeace’s
position in the Mediterranean
is very important for the region.
Greenpeace International’s new Executive Director, Kumi Naidoo
Deniz Sözüdoğru
Comms Officer
Greenpeace already works within
coalitions comprising human rights,
anti-poverty and faith-based groups
as well as trade unions and other
organizations.
When it comes to the Copenhagen
Accord Naidoo summarizes
Greenpeace’s stand with those words:
“In submitting their pledges to cut
and limit emissions, as part of the
Copenhagen Accord, virtually all
governments have been unwilling
to go beyond the positions they
took in the run-up to Copenhagen.
Collectively it is a suicide note for the
climate, penned by our leaders. We
will keep the climate issue at the top
of the international agenda, increase
the pressure and continue to grow in
numbers till the climate negotiations
in Mexico this November.”
Kumi Naidoo believes we have no
other option, because the impacts
are already with us. Last year alone
an estimated 300.000 people died as
a result of climate change. Science
tells us that if we don’t act against this
problem now, it will lead to some 1
billion people”.
 Greenpeace Around the World
Kit Kat Kills
Greenpeace has targeted
Nestle, maker of Kit Kat
candy bars, for destroying
Indonesian forest. Nestle
currently purchases palm
oil from companies who are
brutally killing Indonesia’s
valuable rainforests, with
complete disregard for
the people or wildlife who
inhabit them.
Facebook =
Climate Change?
The colossal social
networking site, Facebook,
is currently planning to
construct an enormous data
center in the United States,
filled with the most energy
efficient computers and
electronics available.
This would sound wonderful
and responsible, if it were
not for the fact that the
The destruction of these forests
has pushed the orangutan
to the brink of distinction,
compelling Greenpeace to
launch a global campaign
against Nestle. In 8 (!) weeks
alone, Greenpeace one the
campaign and met its goals
as Nestle agreed to change
their destructive policies and
contracts.
center will be powered by
the dirtiest and most climate
destroying source of energy
available-coal.
Greenpeace has asked
Facebook fans to tell the
networking site to reject
coal and to plug into clean
energy.
Bluefin Tuna at Risk
The long-term survival of
the Bluefin Tuna species is at
serious risk as the Convention
in Trade of Endangered
Species (CITES) has failed to
pass conservation efforts.
Despite the support of the EU
and USA to ban the fishing
of Bluefin tuna, it appears
that the majority of parties
to the convention are more
GE Rejected!
The Swiss people have
recently been granted a
reprieve on the existence of
genetically engineered plants
in their country, as the Swiss
parliament has extended the
ban beginning in 2005, until
2013. This decision is strongly
supported by the Swiss public
concerned with short term
profit than long term survival
of the species.
Greenpeace will continue to
campaign for the protection
of tuna through large-scale
high seas marine reserves
and sustainable fishing
practices.
and the Swiss farming industry,
and sends a strong message
to the European Union, which
in recent years, have slowly
accepted the use of genetic
engineering in agriculture and
food production.
 the
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rai rrior
wa coming
Greenpeace’s flagship is coming to Israel
for the Climate & Energy campaign
We are happy to invite you to an Open Day for the gen- is r a e l
eral public, which will take place in Haifa Port
to i s
on Saturday the 03.07.10
The Entrance is Free!
Amongst the day’s event we will have:
A tour on the boat, a variety of attractions in the port, live
shows, puppet theater and games for children, meetings with
the crew and more..
The event will be held at 10:00-17:00. Entrance from Gate no. 5
ID required
For further details: 03-5614014
* There might be changes. Due the port’s requirements,
the open day can only be held on Saturday

Special broadcast on Radio 99FM on Thursday 01.07.10

Party!
Greenpeace is celebrating the arrival of the ship with a party in the magical bar “Carlton on the Beach”,
located south to Hilton beach in Tel-Aviv.
The party will be held on Saturday 01.07.10 between 18:00-22:00.
The entrance is free for the general public (entrance above the age of 18).
Come and join us on the white night with music, live shows and more..

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