<p>A group of six activists from Greenpeace International, including Gaurav Jagdish, 31, an adventure sports trainer from Bangalore, boarded a Korean-owned coal ship M V Meister early on Wednesday to protest export of coal.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The activists boarded the ship off the coast of Queensland, Australia, when the ship crossed the Great Barrier reef world heritage area. <br /><br />They left the Australian shoreline during the early hours on inflatable boats and drew up alongside the M V Meister. Hoisting steel ladders they climbed the side of the ship and are now encamped in the bow of the ship, senior Greenpeace activist Georgina Woods said in a statement here. The ship stays on its due course to Korea.<br /><br />The five other activists are Freya Harvey and Emma Giles from Australia, Harmony Lambert from the US, James Mather from New Zealand and Yang Wang from China.<br /><br />Greenpeace, involved in radical environmentalism, has demanded an end to the expansion of coal exports from Australia, citing coal as the nation’s greatest contributor to climatic change. The Greenpeace statement said : “Our scientists and political leaders have all said climate change is a problem that we must address now, yet our coal exports continue to grow.”<br /><br />Who is Gaurav Jagdish?<br /><br />Gaurav Jagdish is an activist associated with Greenpeace International for 10 years. Gaurav is a national-level climber, an outdoor educator and a trainer in industrial climbing.<br /><br />He was involved in many protests, notably climbing the chimney of a coal-based power plant in Kolaghat, West Bengal, in 2008. He was detained in the Danish capital of Copenhagen in 2009 for urging governments to act on climate change.<br /><br />Gaurav has been maintaining that he is involved with Greenpeace as he feels it is important and that he should do whatever little he can to protect and preserve environment.</p>
<p>A group of six activists from Greenpeace International, including Gaurav Jagdish, 31, an adventure sports trainer from Bangalore, boarded a Korean-owned coal ship M V Meister early on Wednesday to protest export of coal.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The activists boarded the ship off the coast of Queensland, Australia, when the ship crossed the Great Barrier reef world heritage area. <br /><br />They left the Australian shoreline during the early hours on inflatable boats and drew up alongside the M V Meister. Hoisting steel ladders they climbed the side of the ship and are now encamped in the bow of the ship, senior Greenpeace activist Georgina Woods said in a statement here. The ship stays on its due course to Korea.<br /><br />The five other activists are Freya Harvey and Emma Giles from Australia, Harmony Lambert from the US, James Mather from New Zealand and Yang Wang from China.<br /><br />Greenpeace, involved in radical environmentalism, has demanded an end to the expansion of coal exports from Australia, citing coal as the nation’s greatest contributor to climatic change. The Greenpeace statement said : “Our scientists and political leaders have all said climate change is a problem that we must address now, yet our coal exports continue to grow.”<br /><br />Who is Gaurav Jagdish?<br /><br />Gaurav Jagdish is an activist associated with Greenpeace International for 10 years. Gaurav is a national-level climber, an outdoor educator and a trainer in industrial climbing.<br /><br />He was involved in many protests, notably climbing the chimney of a coal-based power plant in Kolaghat, West Bengal, in 2008. He was detained in the Danish capital of Copenhagen in 2009 for urging governments to act on climate change.<br /><br />Gaurav has been maintaining that he is involved with Greenpeace as he feels it is important and that he should do whatever little he can to protect and preserve environment.</p>
