I'm not an environmentalist. I'm an Earth warrior

I have never fitted into the classic greenie model.  I felt that because I smoked cigarettes,  I was not worthy of their energy. 

This way of assessing the feeling on the ground is a peculiar way to look at any situation let alone this issue, but its true.  The pressure to be perfect  human being  doing all of the correct things is a form of submissive bullying.  I felt bullied by the attitudes of others generally  because I was unable to live my life like they did.   I was gazed upon as part of the problem and not viewed as someone sympathetic to the cause.

My friend Vee stayed with me and we compared lots of notes and we found so many similarities it got a little silly in the end and I laughed and said, " It doesn't matter anymore".  We were sold we would become strong  friends as our hearts were so closely aligned.
 
Image by Mezza - Collage of Lock the Gates from Bellingen Energy Festival 2012

Lock the Gate

Yes ....Lock the Gate is getting ready to do some fighting back.  This  mining situation has now reached the level of idiocy that is unable to be comprehended by the ordinary people of this world we live alongside of.

This lack of acknowledgement aside from the land and health degradation has a lot of the farmers outraged and the ones who are all for it have been swindled effectively! This is unethical and un Australian from the point of view of being sensible where earth matters are concerned and to not listen to the farmer when they are screaming for them to STOP is just heinous. 
There needs to be a moratorium on mining in this country.
For too long there has been a division between the conservative people and the left wing more active members of any one community.  These very worrying issues surrounding mining practices has brought these two unlikely groups together to fight a serious fight side by side.

For the first time the farmers are now relying upon the green activists who they had formerly ridiculed as being just that, activists to help them fight this very dirty and unethical fight for all of our lives and any future of a half healthy Australia. 

We all know we have ongoing issues in Australia regarding eco matters.  This sort of degradation is going to make the past mistakes look like kindergarten mistakes believe me.  This sort of damage will effect our land in a way that we will never ever be able to recover.  The animals will die and the people will die.  The children are already sick on the Darling Downs in Queensland.  The Condamine River had five kilometers of Gas bubbling up in the river and the river is dead now.

Lock your Gate and get educated.  No human with half a brain could ever think this will be ok.  We must act now before the pilot wells go in.  Action is needed near Casino right now.

Image by Mezza.
Lock the Gate Koala Vee , Bob Brown and Dick Smith / Energy Festival Bellingen 2012.

THE CONDAMINE IS DEAD

“One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.” 

 Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida

Five kilometers of bubbling gas filled water in my beloved Condamine River.  All I can say is I am sorry and I tried and I am still going to try.  That land is the land of my people  and it is now war.  I will fight you mongrels for killing the land of my grandparents.  You will not survive .. the EARTH is gonna cull you good, and me too but you guys think you can take a space ship outta here when she blows hey!  That is your plan.  I got me a space gun in the comic book of my life and I will shoot your arse from the stars. 

 “At some point, every society finds itself confronted by forces that the reigning worldview cannot successfully address. It is at this point that societies rise or fall, [based on the ability of] grasping the significance of such moments and making the deep shifts in thinking, perception and behavior required to succeed.”
  - Bob Dopplet - The Power of Sustainable Thinking

Image by Mezza -  Full moon on the hill in July 2o12