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08-31-2016, 08:26 AM
Great Barrier Reef brought to politicians' doorstep in artful protest
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If you can't beat 'em, erect a coral reef on their doorstep. That's what Greenpeace activists in Australia did overnight in a bid to confront politicians with the realities of climate change.*
SEE ALSO: This coral looks like a beating heart but it's actually in serious trouble (http://mashable.com/2016/08/18/coral-bleaching-caught-on-camera/)
The protest held at Parliament House (Australia's Whitehouse) depicted a faux-coral reef in neon white, representing the coral bleaching occurring on the Great Barrier Reef; the only (https://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/places/world/gbr/values) coral reef in the world to be granted World Heritage status.
"Almost a quarter of the reef's coral died this year," Greenpeace Australia Pacific campaigner Nikola Casule told Fairfax Media (http://www.smh.com.au/act-news/greenpeace-places-hundreds-of-coral-sculptures-at-parliament-house-20160830-gr5111.html). "Australia can't have both a healthy Great Barrier Reef and a coal industry." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/31/coral-reef-parliament-house-australia/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Coral Bleaching (http://mashable.com/category/coral-bleaching/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Great Barrier Reef (http://mashable.com/category/great-barrier-reef/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Protest (http://mashable.com/category/protest/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Greenpeace (http://mashable.com/category/greenpeace/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Australia (http://mashable.com/category/australia/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/mwUqy6uN6gM
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If you can't beat 'em, erect a coral reef on their doorstep. That's what Greenpeace activists in Australia did overnight in a bid to confront politicians with the realities of climate change.*
SEE ALSO: This coral looks like a beating heart but it's actually in serious trouble (http://mashable.com/2016/08/18/coral-bleaching-caught-on-camera/)
The protest held at Parliament House (Australia's Whitehouse) depicted a faux-coral reef in neon white, representing the coral bleaching occurring on the Great Barrier Reef; the only (https://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/places/world/gbr/values) coral reef in the world to be granted World Heritage status.
"Almost a quarter of the reef's coral died this year," Greenpeace Australia Pacific campaigner Nikola Casule told Fairfax Media (http://www.smh.com.au/act-news/greenpeace-places-hundreds-of-coral-sculptures-at-parliament-house-20160830-gr5111.html). "Australia can't have both a healthy Great Barrier Reef and a coal industry." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/31/coral-reef-parliament-house-australia/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Coral Bleaching (http://mashable.com/category/coral-bleaching/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Great Barrier Reef (http://mashable.com/category/great-barrier-reef/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Protest (http://mashable.com/category/protest/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Greenpeace (http://mashable.com/category/greenpeace/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Australia (http://mashable.com/category/australia/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/mwUqy6uN6gM