People power to protest Adani at Bells

A SURF Coast beach will host another human sign this Sunday as environmentalists entwine their bodies at Bells Beach to send an anti-Adani coal mine message.

The Surfers Appreciating Natural Environment (SANE) and Surf Coast Energy Group (SCEG) will take to the sand at 9am to form a “STOP ADANI” sign using their bodies.

A drone will be used to capture the imagery, to be used as part of a national campaign to stop the Carmichael coal mine from proceeding in central Queensland.

“At Bells Beach the surfing fraternity will be joining with others in the community and from around the nation to spell it out loud and clear to politicians,” SANE’s Graeme Stockton said.

“We don’t want to see $1 billion of public money spent on supporting Adani’s dirty mine, which will fuel global warming impacts and destroy the Great Barrier Reef.

“We want investment in clean energy and a brighter future.”

Sunday’s human sign at Bells follows more than 500 people forming the words “SHUT IT DOWN” on Anglesea beach in June 2014 in support of the closure and rehabilitation of the Alcoa mine.

Mr Stockton said Stop Adani human sign protest events had been organised across Australia, including at Bondi, Airlie Beach, Launceston, Melbourne, Albury, Townsville, Brisbane, New Zealand and the Great Barrier Reef.

Stop Adani Geelong has also organised a human sign to be formed on Eastern Beach on Saturday at 2pm.

The group held a rally outside Commonwealth Bank’s Malop Street branch in June to protest the bank’s then-refusal to rule out funding for Adani’s project. Commonwealth Bank announced in August that it would not lend money to the Carmichael mine.