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One of the most important things that we can do for the planet this weekend is as simple as treating ourselves to a movie.
Winner of numerous Audiences Awards around the world, including the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, Silver Docs and Hot Docs, The Cove follows an Ocean’s Eleven-style team of underwater sound and camera experts, special effects artists, marine explorers, adrenaline junkies and world-class free divers as they carry out an undercover operation to expose unspeakable cruelties that, in this tiny Japanese bay, have become a way of life.
recycling [Visitor] on
August 17, 2009 at 18:21 The United States is dotted with parks and facilities that ostensibly exist to celebrate the beauty of the ocean and its inhabitants. While I won't name names, I'm talking about those grandiose, concrete-bunker tourist abominations that allow patrons contrived splash-zone experiences with kidnapped cetaceans. Porpoises, dolphins, and even orca are included in these marine circus acts. We watch the animals leaping through hoops and frantically clicking for their daily mackerel fix, all the while remaining blissfully ignorant of how these animals came to arrive in their current situation.Very Well Said!
Mary Coleen [Visitor] on
August 18, 2009 at 00:06
sonoftheoak [Member] on
August 19, 2009 at 13:14
Richard Heng [Visitor] on
August 21, 2009 at 19:23 You must have an account and be logged in to post comments. Log in or create an account for the Greenpeace member center here.
cassontrenor
Casson Trenor, Senior Markets Campaigner with Greenpeace USA, spearheads the organization’s efforts to hold restaurants and supermarkets accountable for their seafood sustainability practices and to help educate the public about the global fisheries crisis. He is the author of Sustainable Sushi: A Guide to Saving the Oceans One Bite at a Time, a full-color book that profiles dozens of the most common fish and shellfish encountered at the sushi bar, details where and how they are harvested, and discusses their environmental status in plain and accessible language.Trenor is a frequent commentator on sustainable seafood issues and has appeared in regional and national publications, including NPR, the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Seattle Times, Tampa Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, and Edible San Francisco. He is also the subject of an extensive multi-part feature story in the Japanese newspaper Kochi Shimbun. In October 2009, Trenor was named a "Hero of the Environment" by Time Magazine.Trenor speaks five languages, has traveled to over fifty countries, and holds a Master’s degree in International Environmental Policy from the Monterey Institute of International Studies. In February 2008, he and two partners opened Tataki Sushi and Sake Bar, the world’s first sustainable sushi restaurant. He was born in Washington State and currently resides in San Francisco.
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