Emily Hunter

Emily Hunter is a Canadian activist, author and filmmaker. She is the daughter of the late Robert Hunter, first president of Greenpeace and Bobbi Hunter, cofounder of Greenpeace. She has been a campaigner for nearly a decade on numerous environmental causes, from fighting whaling to climate change. She is known in Canada as a writer for THIS magazine and as environmental correspondent for MTV News.

Emily Hunter was born in Vancouver, a daughter of the late Robert Hunter, Greenpeaces founding president. and cofounder Bobbi Hunter. Her own activism began at the age ofyears when she joined her first environmental campaign with the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society to protect the Galapagos Marine Reserve. She and other crew members were threatened and taken hostage forday by fishermen who demanded further exploitation of the Sea Cucumber fishery. Hunter was the only woman in the group and found the experience of being an ecowarrior on the frontline an exhilarating experience.

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