A year on the frontline of Australian environmental activism
A year on the frontline of Australian environmental activism
Here are the stories of people determined to be the difference. The environmental battle in Australia is being fought on a number of fronts, from the Tarkine forest in Tasmania to the Adani mine site in central Queensland; from country towns in Victoria all the way to New York. A coalition of environmental activists, young and old, are saying, “enough!” This growing army will do whatever it takes to save their futures from the ravages of climate change. From chaining themselves to coal trains, sitting high in the canopy of threatened rainforest for days on end or locking onto bulldozers, their non-violent tactics are designed to generate mass action. It’s a far cry from the heady days of the Sydney Green Bans or the Franklin River Blockade but today’s environmentalists are extending connections with the past through invoking the successes of these previous campaigns. These are stories with immense relevance and be thankful there are wild things out there still.
Sally Ingleton
Sally Ingleton has been active in the Australian and international screen industries for 30 years. She has worked for Film Victoria, AFTRS, as well as teaching at the Victorian College of the Arts and RMIT. She is the principal of Melbourne-based company 360 Degree Films. She has produced numerous documentaries, and her directing credits include Painting Country (2000), Muddy Waters: Life and Death on the Great Barrier Reef (2003), John Gollings: Eye for Architecture (2009), Acid Ocean (2014) as well as material for the BBC, Arte France, National Geographic TV, and US television science series, Nova.
