Greenpeace in Tampa Bay kicked off a weekend of training sessions Saturday morning at Sacred Grounds Coffee Shop in Tampa.
Volunteer coordinators from Tampa and Lakeland spent the morning explaining the role of Greenpeace, from it's international campaign for conservation of the Arctic and battling against companies that produce genetically modified food to local initiatives such as dealing with the pollution caused by the David L. Tippen Water Treatment Facility, preserving aquifers in Levy County, and ensuring that the Crystal River Nuclear Power Plant remains closed with any traces of waste dealt with.
“Contact your leaders and let them know what you don't agree with,” implored Lisa Prescott, a Lakeland community coordinator, to 20 volunteers. “Flood them with the facts. Be a thorn in their flesh.”
This article appears in May 2-8, 2013.