Captain Paul Watson is the original Parley catalyst. We would not exist without his example and commitment to the oceans, nor without the personal risks he takes to get more eyes on the realm beneath the waves.
For decades, the legendary ocean activist - who leads the Captain Paul Watson Foundation, co-founded Greenpeace and founded Sea Shepherd - has stood up for our life support system. Now he needs us to stand up for him.
On Sunday, July 21st, Paul was arrested by Danish authorities in Greenland on an international arrest warrant issues by Japan. He faces charges for his work opposing illegal whale hunts in Antarctica and is looking at a possible 15-year prison sentence if extradited to Japan.
Since Paul's arrest, hundreds of supporters have joined the campaign to #FreePaulWatson, including influential voices like President Macron of France, who is putting pressure on Danish authorities to prevent his extradition. The situation brings pivotal questions to the surface: Why are the good guys getting arrested? Who is Paul Watson, really?
Parley for the Oceans has worked with Paul for over a decade, and can attest to his character as a devoted father, empathetic conservationist and one of the most quotable and wise collaborators in the Parley network. His opponents paint him as a radical environmentalist and eco-pirate, but as Captain Paul himself has clarified, "protesting illegal activity is not piracy." If he is feared, it is because he is effective - and because he tells the uncomfortable truth: humans are killing the oceans, and "if the oceans die, we die."
When Captain Paul Watson protects whales, he protects the role they play in the ecosystem that generates most of the oxygen in the air we breathe. When he stands up for the oceans, he stands up for us all.
The people who defend our planet should be celebrated, not arrested. Sign the petition to help #FreePaulWatson here: https://lnkd.in/exNQvJH3 and follow Captain Paul Watson Foundation for the latest updates.
-- All Nations, Angel 🪽 Gabriel ⭐ said:*Put your weapons down 👇. The hour is already late.
3moWe basically rape this earth dry for resources. It's disgusting. And then detonated nuclear explosions underground and above ripping horrible scars and traumatic deep wounds into our only the only living and life sustaining planet we got. We are so very selfish to think 🤔 for only our lifetime not the future generations. I'm honestly thinking humans are the problem for this earth 🌎. We are going to kill this earth 🌍 and what? Mars sorry over 100 Astroids explode 💥 into the planet's surface with the force of 50 to 100x a nuclear blast - every year. We wouldn't last 1 year on Mars. Because of the amount of astroids impacts. We will be Quickly wiped out. That why I agree with your view 🪟 of protecting this planet Earth. I hope they listen 🎧. Cause once we lost it we are all goung to die off.