30 Years of Inspiring Action: Canberra

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The Rainbow Warrior arrives in Port Melbourne to continue its "Quit
Coal" campaign and bring the Clean Energy Revolution to Victoria.

The Rainbow Warrior in Port Melbourne, "Quit Coal" campaign, 2005.

Thirty years ago, a group of activists shut down Australia’s last whaling station – and Greenpeace Australia Pacific was born. Now our successful free photographic exhibition, 30 Years Of Inspiring Action, is touring Australia. First stop is Canberra, with other states to follow in 2008.

The iconic photographs span 1977 to 2007 and show our inspirational, vibrant and controversial history of environmental campaigning in the Australia Pacific region. From the first anti-whaling campaign in Albany, Western Australia, which ignited Greenpeace in Australia during 1977, to early climate change protests and anti-nuclear campaigns.

Shane Rattenbury of Greenpeace International will be a guest speaker at M16 Artspace on Tuesday, December 18 at 7.30pm. Shane is Head of the Political & Business Unit at Greenpeace International. He made headlines in 2006 as the leader of the Southern Ocean Expedition onboard the Greenpeace ship Esperanza, defending the whales from the whalers’ harpoons. Originally from Canberra, Shane is now based in Amsterdam.

View some of the exhibition images

Details

Where: M16 Artspace, 16 Mildura Street, Fyshwick, ACT
When: 15-18 December 2007
Opening hours: 12-5pm daily
Cost: Free

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