Sustainability Practitioner Interview

Sustainability Practitioner Interview

Greenpeace Leader: Patrick Moore

Description

Patrick Moore is one of the leaders of an environmentalist movement in Canada known as the Greenpeace. He graduated with a degree in forest biology and later got his PhD in ecology. After which Moore worked with Sierra Club and then joined Greenpeace where he has worked since 1971 as the president in the Canadian region. In 1986, Patrick became the international president of Greenpeace. However, he maintains that he is not the founder of Greenpeace as President Trump often refer to him. Moore has, together with other founders, have played a vital role in creating sustainability through environmental conservation.  According to (Council et al. .2013), Greenpeace is a non-governmental environmental organization that operated in more than thirty-nine countries and headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Moore has been serving Greenpeace since 1970. Currently, he was noted in the media through Fox news addressing Green New Deal. He has worked tirelessly with the movement to forecast climatic changes, warn countries, especially the United States about the dangers of carbon dioxide emission and climatic crisis.

Rationale

One of the ways of attaining sustainability is to ensure that the environment is conserved in all dimensions. Moore, through Greenpeace organization, has promoted a sustainable environment that fosters stability in economic activities. Moore was chosen because his mission and vision at Greenpeace align with sustainability objectives. He has been successful in encouraging and formulating policies that enable sustainable development across the globe. The centre focus of Greenpeace is the conservation of environment and promotion of community self-reliance. Moore has managed this through environmental policies that prevent pollution of all kinds. In the United States, Moore has addressed issues of climatic change, carbon dioxide emission, ozone layer depletion and other concerns of the environment. I selected Moore because of his expertise in environmental and economic stability and sustainability issues. In the interview, I plan to ask questions that directly address sustainability.

Interview questions

During the interview, I will ask the following questions to the sustainability practitioner, Mr Patrick Moore.

1. Describe yourself as an environmentalist?
2. What is corporate sustainability?
3. How can a community attain sustainability?
4. How do we measure the carbon footprint?
5. Who are the major key players in economic stability?
6. Who are the stakeholders in environmental conservation and sustainability?
7. How do you forecast the future in terms of climatic change?
8. What is your final word to young sustainability practitioners?

References

Council, E., Muth, E. J., Teske, S., Mexico, G., Olivera, B., Ampugnani, G., & Dawe, R. (2013). Greenpeace International.