The Power of Your Story Changed Vladimir Putin's Mind

You have swum like no other human but there is something a little bit maybe self-aggrandizing about the way you now describe yourself as an environmental diplomat. You talk about how you went to the Kremlin, how you met the man who is now a defence minister for Vladimir Putin and convinced him that Russia should join the treaty protecting the Ross Sea in the deep southern ocean. Do you really believe that? If you want to work in environmental advocacy you have to be like a locksmith, you can't keep going to the same door with thesame closed door with the same set of keys. The message is very powerful and that's the kind of testimony that only you can provide because you