Protest sign - '# Stop Adani'
Production date
Mar 2019
Country
Australia
State/Province
Queensland
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Description
A rectangular piece of corrugated cardboard featuring red painted diagonal stripes oriented right from top. The black painted poster text reads, "# \ STOP \ ADANI", and " KEEP \ FOSSIL \ FUELS \ IN \ THE GROUND". A smaller stylised 'stop' sign, red with a black border, with the words, "STOP \ ADANI" is positioned towards the lower left corner of the poster.
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DOCUMENTS Posters
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Production date
Mar 2019
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Measurements
Dimensions: L1202 x W445 x H2 mm
Media/Materials description
Corrugated cardboard sign with acrylic poster paint lettering
Signature/Marks
# \ STOP \ ADANI \ KEEP \ FOSSIL \ FUELS \ IN THE \ GROUND
History and use
This handpainted protest poster was jointly conceived by Brisbane high school students, Gaia Rotenberg, Neave Johanson and Matthew Bishop. It was made by Gaia Rotenberg and Neave Johanson and carried by all three students who attended the School Strike 4 Climate march in Brisbane on 15 March 2019.
More than 150,000 schoolchildren and adult supporters in over sixty cities throughout Australia took part in the nationwide strike and march with the aim of bringing about action by Government and politicians towards limiting climate change. Worldwide, school children in over a hundred countries took part in the strike.
The School Strike for Climate (also known variously as Fridays for Future, Youth for Climate and Youth Strike 4 Climate) is an international movement of school students who are deciding not to attend classes and instead take part in demonstrations to demand action to prevent further global warming and climate change.
The movement gained widespread publicity and worldwide attention in August 2018 when Greta Thunberg, a sixteen year old Swedish student commenced a protest outside the Swedish parliamentary offices against what she saw as government inaction about the impending consequences of changes in global climate. Thunberg went on to address United Nations climate summit in Poland in December 2018 and the World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland in January 2019. In March 2019, two Norwegian lawmakers nominated Greta Thunberg for a Nobel Peace Prize for her commitment to bring world attention to the effects of climate-change.
Since World War II, the Peace Prize has principally been awarded to honour efforts in four main areas: arms control and disarmament, peace negotiation, democracy and human rights, and work aimed at creating a better organized and more peaceful world. In the 21st century the Nobel Committee has embraced efforts to limit the harm done by man-made climate change and threats to the environment as relevant to the Peace Prize.
More than 150,000 schoolchildren and adult supporters in over sixty cities throughout Australia took part in the nationwide strike and march with the aim of bringing about action by Government and politicians towards limiting climate change. Worldwide, school children in over a hundred countries took part in the strike.
The School Strike for Climate (also known variously as Fridays for Future, Youth for Climate and Youth Strike 4 Climate) is an international movement of school students who are deciding not to attend classes and instead take part in demonstrations to demand action to prevent further global warming and climate change.
The movement gained widespread publicity and worldwide attention in August 2018 when Greta Thunberg, a sixteen year old Swedish student commenced a protest outside the Swedish parliamentary offices against what she saw as government inaction about the impending consequences of changes in global climate. Thunberg went on to address United Nations climate summit in Poland in December 2018 and the World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland in January 2019. In March 2019, two Norwegian lawmakers nominated Greta Thunberg for a Nobel Peace Prize for her commitment to bring world attention to the effects of climate-change.
Since World War II, the Peace Prize has principally been awarded to honour efforts in four main areas: arms control and disarmament, peace negotiation, democracy and human rights, and work aimed at creating a better organized and more peaceful world. In the 21st century the Nobel Committee has embraced efforts to limit the harm done by man-made climate change and threats to the environment as relevant to the Peace Prize.
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H50687
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