Terania Creek and the Forging of Modern Environmental Activism [electronic resource] / by Vanessa Bible.

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Terania Creek and the Forging of Modern Environmental Activism [electronic resource] / by Vanessa Bible.

9783319704708
3319704702
3319704699
9783319704692

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, 2018.

English

1 online resource (XIII, 114 pages 11 illustrations) : online resource.

10.1007/978-3-319-70470-8 doi

DU1-DU950

333.72

Annotation This text tells the story of Terania Creek - the world's first direct action blockade in defence of a forest, occurring in Australia in 1979. Contrary to claims that the Australian counterculture was a mere imitation of overseas models, the Australian movement, coalescing with a home-grown environment movement, came of age at Terania Creek. After five years of 'polite' campaigning failed to stop the logging of ancient Gondwanan rainforest, an organic and spontaneous blockade erupted that would see the forging of a number of ingenious blockading techniques and strategies. The activist repertoire developed at Terania Creek has since echoed across the country, and across the Earth. This book draws on extensive oral history interviews as well as photographs taken of the protest in 1979; such rich source material brings the story to life.

Annotation This text tells the story of Terania Creek - the world's first direct action blockade in defence of a forest, occurring in Australia in 1979. Contrary to claims that the Australian counterculture was a mere imitation of overseas models, the Australian movement, coalescing with a home-grown environment movement, came of age at Terania Creek. After five years of 'polite' campaigning failed to stop the logging of ancient Gondwanan rainforest, an organic and spontaneous blockade erupted that would see the forging of a number of ingenious blockading techniques and strategies. The activist repertoire developed at Terania Creek has since echoed across the country, and across the Earth. This book draws on extensive oral history interviews as well as photographs taken of the protest in 1979; such rich source material brings the story to life.

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