At dusk, gathering before the Latrobe Valley’s Yallourn power station and open cut coal mine. 25 September 2016. Photograph by Peter Houghton.
Climate Guardians
Inspired by Allana Beltran’s graceful and haunting Weld Angel, Climate Guardians use angel iconography to highlight the urgency of the Climate Emergency.
Based on the best available science, Climate Guardians warn of the imminent threat of climate breakdown if human economies fail to transition to a zero emissions while also drawing down legacy carbon at emergency speed and scale, before 2030.
Climate Guardians guard the NGV’s iconic water wall as guests arrive for a ‘high level collectors’ dinner with NGV Board and Foundation members, 5 April 2018. Read our blog:#ArtNotEcocide
Resource wars over fossil fuels – finite resources that can only be exploited once – are destroying our climate and destabilizing world peace. Climate Guardians call for the declareation of a state of Climate Emergency to keep coal, oil and gas in the ground. All lives depend on a safe climate. Failure is not an option.
Action, as outlined in our Safe Climate Demands is our moral responsibility.
Climate Guardians joined concerned local citizens from Save Westernport at Crib Point’s Woolley’s Beach, then threatened by AGL’s proposed gas import project, Monday 22 February 2021.
Climate Guardians created a series of artworks for projection on public walls during the United Nations COP23 climate negotiations in Bonn. Read our blog: Only One Earth.