Street Art from the Great Barrier Reef has appeared in Australia, an invitation to sign the petition to get her citizenship to be preserved as it should.
A symbolic gesture that can mean a lot. In Australia in the most important and touristic cities such as Sydney e Melbourne a lot of Street Art works are starting to appear to apply for citizenship of Great Barrier Reef.
La largest extent of coral in the world, made up of over 2 900 single coral reefs and 900 islands, is an asset to guard and preserve, as corals are increasingly suffering. Global warming caused by climate change is literally "cooking alive" the Great Barrier Reef, causing all corals to bleach.
Australian citizens in defense of the great barrier reef
With this initiative, street art becomes a promoter, so that the barrier receives Australian citizenship, here you can find the petition that has so far been signed by over 60.000 people from all over the world. The greater the number of signatures, the greater the interest of the Morrison government - harshly criticized for his conservative policy - which he will then have to start take care of one of the most beautiful shows in the world.
In the video of the campaign launched by Citizen Reef it is possible to see some fantastic murals in which the coral reef is depicted together with a heart whose half is gray due to the deterioration of recent years.
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The campaign was supported by a series of notes celebrities e influencer Australians, including the Olympic superstar Ian Thorpe, the Stranger Things actor Dacre Montgomery and TV presenter Osher Gunsberg.
Güsberg himself told Australian news site Mumbrella that supporting the campaign is of vital importance to all Australians.
“The Great Barrier Reef is our most popular Australian icon, yet we are allowing it to starve. She deserves to be recognized for her contribution to Australia, but, above all, she deserves to be protected from harm and to get the rights she needs to survive. "
The problems of recent years
The Great Barrier Reef, declared heritage of humanity in 1981, is particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change.
In recent decades, the coral reef has been subject to rising ocean temperatures, industrial and plastic pollution, and contact with large amounts of pesticides. In 2016 and 2017, warming of ocean waters, linked to human-induced climate change, it caused massive coral bleaching.
The hope is to be able to turn the spotlight even more on a change that is killing the human habitat forcing the Australian government to help save the plight of the Great Barrier Reef.
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