By Laurens "doing whatever it takes" to protect the Earth's great waters, it meant giving up his job as a crime investigator, selling his belongings and moving to Australia to join the The Steve Irwin crew for the 2007/08 campaign: Operation Migaloo. The campaign saved more than 500 whales. But unfortunately, whaling wasn't shut down forever. Laurens returned for the 2008/09 Operation Musashi campaign to help shut down one of the most barbaric crimes against life the world has ever seen: the slaughter of whales in a whale sanctuary.

In between campaigns, the former crime investigator works as a freelance writer and sport instructor.