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Three thousand people make global warming statement with human sign

by lazyriver | May 22, 2006
"This hasn't been a group of protestors or activists," Mathew Nott said at Tathra, "We've had all sorts of people from the general community turn up."
- Mathew Nott

"I think we've really been able to tap into something here. This community has really come together over this issue it has been really quite amazing to watch and it does make me feel extremely optimistic."
- Mathew Nott

Tathra Beach, NSW, Australia - It was while on surf patrol at Tathra Beach on New Years day 2006 that Bega Valley orthopaedic surgeon, Mathew Nott, decided he had to do something about Global Warming.

On Sunday he gathered together over three thousand people to create a human sign on Tathra Beach spelling CLEAN ENERGY FOR ETERNITY that dissolved and reformed to spell IMAGINE.

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