Greenpeace Australia Pacific has teamed up with Thinkerbell and Australian actor Michael Caton on a public movement and behaviour change initiative to save Scott Reef, calling on Australians to ‘flip off’ gas company Woodside.
Woodside plans to drill for gas at Scott Reef, which Greenpeace describes as Australia’s largest oceanic reef. Off the coast of Western Australia, it’s home to vulnerable green sea turtles, endangered pygmy blue whales and thousands of marine species.
At the heart of the campaign is someone who knows a thing or two about fighting off corporations to protect a home: Michael Caton. Set in a courtroom and set to a soundtrack provided by Radiohead, the film sees Caton give voice to a green sea turtle defending her home from corporate overreach. As the turtle defiantly flips her flippers at Woodside, Caton calls on everyday Australians to take a stand.
Designed to shift public behaviour and drive national debate, the movement asks the public to tag their MPs – applying direct political pressure on Environment Minister Murray Watt and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to “flip off” Woodside’s gas project, which would see up to 57 toxic wells drilled around Scott Reef off the coast of Western Australia.
Says Caton: “Just because it’s out of sight off the western coast of Australia, it’s not out of mind. And Woodside should remember that.”
