Page - June 23, 2005
"When the bastards made it clear they were willing to kill to stop us I realised that youthful idealism could get you killed - in Fernando Pereira's case it did."
Steve, now 48, lives in Amsterdam with his partner and former
Greenpeace Antarctic campaign director, Kelly Rigg, and their
teenage daughter and son. Steve now runs the policy project for
Greenpeace International's climate and energy campaign, lobbying
governments and corporations on energy policies and attending
marathon meetings of the now-operative Kyoto climate treaty.
After the bombing, he became director of Greenpeace USA in
Washington. In 1988, he moved to Greenpeace International in
England succeeding Greenpeace co-founder David McTaggart as
executive director.With the exception of a short stint running his
own antique furniture business and dabbling in the film industry
after stepping down from the top job, he has been involved in
Greenpeace's climate campaign ever since. A seasoned campaigner
onboard Greenpeace boats and a tireless lobbyist, he led three
Arctic expeditions in the late 1990s, and represented the
organization at both landmark UN World Summits on Environment and
Development in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 and Johannesburg in 2002. A
keen rock guitarist, he likes to kick back and jam with his old
Greenpeace mates whenever the chance presents itself.
Steve leads the
expedition to evacuate the residents of Rongelap in
1985.
Listen to Steve talk about nuclear
weapons and climate change.