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Anyone who is fighting against the [[ecological crisis]] could be deemed a hero, if you are wondering how to find them check our [[Green Advocacy Directory|green advocacy directory]]. However, there have been some who are so committed that they have ended in jail... | |||
== Australia == | |||
=== Street teams === | |||
'''FireProof Australia''' | '''FireProof Australia''' | ||
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*'''Sergio Herbert''' - on bail appealing a 1 year sentence, climbed on top of a coal train, sat on the coal and live streamed his protest on Facebook. | *'''Sergio Herbert''' - on bail appealing a 1 year sentence, climbed on top of a coal train, sat on the coal and live streamed his protest on Facebook. | ||
== Influencers == | === '''Industrial teams''' === | ||
*'''Max Curmi''' - climbed a 60-metre crane during a week of protests (late March 2022) organised by [https://www.blockadeaustralia.com/ Blockade Australia], a group dedicated to disrupting supply chains to protest the Australian government's inaction on climate change. | |||
*'''Juliet Lamont''' - 50-year-old documentary film-maker, was given a one-month term of imprisonment suspended for nine months for locking herself to a train carrying the first coal from Adani’s mine. | |||
=== Advertising === | |||
*[[File:Kyle Magee.png|alt=Kyle Magee|thumb|'''Figure 1.''' Kyle Magee painting the "Jail Portal" in Melbourne, before going to jail, again.]]'''Kyle Magee''' (see '''Figure 1.''') has been convicted over 30 times and jailed on 6 separate occasions for blanking out billboards follows the earlier anti smoking [[wikipedia:Billboard_Utilising_Graffitists_Against_Unhealthy_Promotions|BUGAUP movement]] in the 70's and works with the international group called the [https://subvertisers-international.net/ Subvertisers]. Most recently jumped on a Adani coal train and started shovelling coal out of the carriage stopping Adani’s coal train for more than 20 hours, charged with fraud has written widely about [https://democraticmediaplease.net/files/wtfdydtf.pdf anti advertising activism] and writes a [https://democraticmediaplease.net/ blog] about the issues associated with for-profit advertising. | |||
=== Climate advocacy === | |||
These are groups of people that have not yet been to jail however they are supportive of the cause. | |||
==== Legal ==== | |||
Teenagers Laura Kirwin, Izzy Raj-Seppings, Ava Princi and Liv Heaton tried to stop the expansion of a coal mine by legal reinforcing the fact that Australia’s environment minister had a duty to protect younger people against climate change. This was subsequently overturned by the Australian Courts in 2022. | |||
==== Influencers ==== | |||
News weather presenters are apparently the most highly trusted professionals on climate.<ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/02/weatherman-climate-change/621630/?ref=refind</ref> | News weather presenters are apparently the most highly trusted professionals on climate.<ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/02/weatherman-climate-change/621630/?ref=refind</ref> | ||
== Investors == | ==== Investors ==== | ||
=== | ===== Saul Griffith ===== | ||
Australian-American inventor, entrepreneur and engineer and adviser to US president Joe Biden on energy.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/feb/05/electric-monaros-and-hotted-up-skateboards-the-genius-who-wants-to-electrify-our-world?ref=refind</ref> | |||
= | ===== Mike Cannon Brookes ===== | ||
==== Mike Cannon Brookes ==== | |||
Climate 200 was bankrolled by tech billionaire Mike Cannon Brookes and Melbourne University Climate and Energy College adviser Simon Holmes à Court. | Climate 200 was bankrolled by tech billionaire Mike Cannon Brookes and Melbourne University Climate and Energy College adviser Simon Holmes à Court. | ||
==== Mitchell Hopwood ==== | ===== Mitchell Hopwood ===== | ||
Uses Climate Outcomes Foundation to fund pro climate action politicians. | Uses Climate Outcomes Foundation to fund pro climate action politicians. | ||
==== Robert and Sandra Purves ==== | ===== Robert and Sandra Purves ===== | ||
https://www.purvesenvirofund.org.au/ | https://www.purvesenvirofund.org.au/ | ||
== Tasmania == | |||
==== '''Bob Brown''' ==== | ==== '''Bob Brown''' ==== | ||
Bob Brown funds a non-profit Foundation which promotes the protection and enhancement of, and the provision of information and education about: The wild and scenic beauty of Tasmania. The ecological integrity of Australia.<ref>https://www.bobbrown.org.au/</ref> | Bob Brown funds a non-profit Foundation which promotes the protection and enhancement of, and the provision of information and education about: The wild and scenic beauty of Tasmania. The ecological integrity of Australia.<ref>https://www.bobbrown.org.au/</ref> | ||
== United States == | |||
[[File:Wyn Bruce Climate Hero.jpg|alt=Wyn Bruce Climate Hero|thumb|Wyn Bruce Climate Hero]] | |||
On April 22, 2022, climate activist Wynn Alan Bruce set himself on fire in the plaza of the United States Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C. The fatal self-immolation, which took place on Earth Day as a protest against the climate crisis. | |||
=== References === | === References === | ||