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[[File:Kyle Magee.png|alt=Kyle Magee|thumb|Kyle Magee painting the "Jail Portal" in Melbourne, before going to jail, again.]] | |||
* '''Kyle Magee''' - 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. | |||
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'''FireProof Australia''' | |||
*'''Andy George''' - arrested in early April 2022 for pitch invasion, serving a 3 month jail sentence. | |||
*'''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. | |||
=== Climate advocacy === | === Climate advocacy === | ||
These are groups of people that have not yet been to jail however they are supportive of the cause. | These are groups of people that have not yet been to jail however they are supportive of the cause. | ||
Latest revision as of 10:56, 30 September 2022
Anyone who is fighting against the ecological crisis could be deemed a hero, however, there have been some who are so committed that they have ended in jail...
Australia
Industrial teams
- Max Curmi - climbed a 60-metre crane during a week of protests (late March 2022) organised by 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
- Kyle Magee - convicted over 30 times and jailed on 6 separate occasions for blanking out billboards follows the earlier anti smoking BUGAUP movement in the 70's and works with the international group called the 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 anti advertising activism and writes a blog about the issues associated with for-profit advertising.
Street teams
FireProof Australia
- Andy George - arrested in early April 2022 for pitch invasion, serving a 3 month jail sentence.
- 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.
Climate advocacy
These are groups of people that have not yet been to jail however they are supportive of the cause.
Influencers
News weather presenters are apparently the most highly trusted professionals on climate.[1]
Investors
Saul Griffith
Inventor, entrepreneur and engineer and adviser to US president Joe Biden on energy.[2]
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.
Mitchell Hopwood
Uses Climate Outcomes Foundation to fund pro climate action politicians.
Robert and Sandra Purves
https://www.purvesenvirofund.org.au/
Everyone else...
A demographic breakdown of everyday people in Sydney are listed in our green advocacy directory.
Tasmania
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.[3]
France
Advertising
déboulonneurs [france] (deboulonneurs.org),
résistance à l'agression publicitaire [france] (antipub.org)
US
Advertising
Public ad campaign - http://publicadcampaign.com/
UK
Advertising
Brandalism - brandalism.org.uk
Spain
Advertising
Consume hasta morir - http://letra.org/
Germany
Advertising
no-ad day - https://noadday.org/
Brazil
Advertising
Proyecto squatters - proyectosquatters.blogspot.com.au