Please read these touching words written by one of this planets real life heros, Ken OKeefe : I have never once posted information about the dive business I founded in 1996, Deep Ecology Hawaii, because I always knew that my enemies would increase attacks against it. Indeed I have watched my mother weeping on the phone to the IRS who was threatening to take away her home if she did not pay more taxes. So my silence regarding this business was to protect my mother who took it over in 2001 when I fled the United States and sought political asylum in The Netherlands. My name was officially taken off the company shortly after I left the stolen Nation of Hawaii, it was time for this anyway as I had not paid personal income tax for years. The truth can now be shared however as my dear mother passed away last February and in my absence the business has been shut down due to a perfect storm of sabotage and debt. Of course my enemies have accused me of being rich from this company and even slandered my mother on more than one occasion, claiming she was a thief and fraudster just like me. Of course it stung to hear such lies about her, she was a dear, dear woman and my saving grace. Deep Ecology itself was a truly remarkable company, the is a marine sanctuary on the North Shore of Oahu that was created as a direct result of the work we did. This in a Hawaiian state that has less than 1% of its coastline protected. The following video will tell part of the story of the making of that sanctuary. I personally rescued 46 endangered Green Sea Turtles, many of which would have died or lost limbs were it not for these interventions. I taught other how to conduct these rescues and all in all over 55 turtles were rescued by Deep Ecology. We recovered 13 Ghost Nets, two of them at over 200 feet deep. We recovered several tonnes of marine debris from Hawaiian beaches before most knew anything about the swirling pool of trash in the North Pacific. Sadly more than one employee betrayed Deep Ecology, taking the goodwill and love of my mother and returning it with theft of resources and customers. Some employees left us in the direct aftermath of my moms passing, at a most vulnerable time and I was told that the military had an undeclared boycott of the company when I returned to Hawaii earlier this year, in the aftermath of my mothers passing, so as to preserve her spirit in the company. Indeed she killed herself keeping the company going, partly because she wanted to hand it back to me and my children. Many attacks came at the company and I did my best but my life and commitment was to my family in London and so I had to entrust others and hope for the best. Without any warning whatsoever the company was shut down and as it stands Deep Ecology is no more and there is debt to be paid. I say all this because I could never say anything about this beautiful company and my beautiful mother who ran it for 13 years. We have left a legacy, and likely the path will be to liquidate assets, pay off the debt and call it a day. But I will be posting a crowd funding campaign proposal that will allow for the company to be saved and run by investors who want to see this company saved. The total amount required to make this so will likely be in the area of $80,000. This is no small amount and I am willing to accept whatever is meant to be. But before I accept the end of Deep Ecologys legacy, and my mothers legacy, I will see if investors want to revive it and become owners of this incredibly unique and special company. Its history is unparalleled, there simply is nothing like it, and its customer base goes back 18 years. Our mission statement was as follows: To provide superior service and customer satisfaction. To protect and defend the marine environment we operate within. We fulfilled this mission in spades, and this company could come back stronger than ever. And if it is revived I will likely do it under the Lawful Hawaiian Government, not the criminal US Government. But that is neither here nor there unless serious investors decide to make it so. There is still great staff left, with a marketable company that never reached its potential largely because I could not promote it. But if it is revived I will promote it with the understanding of those who take it over. Or I will walk away and those investors can carry it on only if they maintain a written commitment to maintain our mission statement. Please enjoy the video, please share far and wide, and if you or someone you know might be able to invest and run a company in Hawaii, then contact me and we shall look at that possibility. As I said I will post a crowd funding campaign soon. Thank you to all who share, help or otherwise assist in the revival of this great social enterprise. TJP
Posted on: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 10:22:12 +0000
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