what’s scarier than a giant peter garrett?
May 14th, 2008
Feeling creative? why not build a giant effigy of our esteemed environment minister for World Environment Day?:
“Crew from Still Wild Still Threatened and the Huon Valley Enviro Centre are organising a monster international (and national) day of shame Garrett action on World Environment Day which involves Giant Garrett, Australian embassies, ALP offices and Tas forest messages.”
“Australia’s Environment Minister, Peter “No Balls” Garrett deserves international shaming and Tasmanian forest activists are calling on crew internationally to helps us pull off a simultaneous visit by Giant Garrettt to all the Australian Embassies and Consulates that we can pulloff.
“June 5th is World Environment Day - the Campaign to save Tassie’s old growth forests has been going on for decades and we wanna crank it up at notch and make it global. This is your chance to help these ancient forests and their inhabitants by helping to change the minds of policy makers! It’ll be great! Check out the attached pic of Giant Garrett in an Upper Florentine valley logging coupe for some inspiration.
“We have an easy, step-by-step guide to the action, we just need you to take a look at it, work out if you can do it or know crew that could and RSVP (reply) by 23rd May to this email address as soon as possible to let us know. ulamajewski@gmail.com
“Thanks Guys, read instructions below and tell us if you reckon you could pull it off
Steps!
1. Make a banner that says - “THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT IS DESTROYING TASMANIA’S OLD GROWTH FORESTS” in whatever language is appropriate
2. Make one Giant Garrett (instructions attached) You can add your own cultural touches - eg; a giant sombrero if he’s in Mexico!
3. (OPTIONAL) Get some form of loud sound making machine and a copy of ‘Beds are Burning’ by Midnight Oil
4. Sort out some media (more details to come)
5. Grab as many mates as you can and walk your Giant Garrett and banner down to your local Australian embassy/consulate and hang about out the front or inside for as long as you can.
6. Take lots of photos/footage with Giant Garrett, the banner, the embassy and your lovely faces in shot.
7. Make sure the embassy staff/passers by/media (if they rock up) know the reasons why you are hanging out at an embassy with a 6 metre tall Peter Garrett. We will organise some sort of flyer about Tas forests that you can copy and hand out to people.
8. Email your photos back to Tassie as soon as you’re finished at the embassy.
Then we’ll auction your giant no balls garrett on Ebay and funds will go the the campaign! ) if that is you can help by sending it off to the buyer! cheers!”
INSTRUCTIONS:
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