When Shell Oil brought its Arctic drilling rig to Seattle’s Elliott Bay, Seattle activists—including City Council member Mike O’Brien—created a kayak blockade on the water to slow down the rig.
“Shell No” Kayaktivist Blockade
“Maybe once in a lifetime you're involved with something like this, where everything comes together in a way—the energy is there, the timing is right, everything happens better than you expected, and it works.”