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'On a May morning in Kaurna/Adelaide, Annie Bond and a colleague put on their
lab coats.
Annie — Dr Bond — is a scientist, and in a way, she was about to conduct an
experiment. But she wasn't in a lab.
"We were wearing lab coats to identify ourselves as scientists — [lab coats
are] an easily recognisable symbol of a scientist, even though not all
scientists wear lab coats," she says.
"I put some superglue on my palm, and pressed my palm against the glass
window."
Dr Bond has a PhD in applied ecology and economics. In her day job, she
monitors and evaluates natural resources with the Northern and Yorke Landscape
Board in South Australia.
But she wasn't representing her employer on this day, as she glued her hand to
the glass window of the Santos building in downtown Adelaide.
Other activists had superglued their hands to the street outside, blocking
traffic.
"We targeted Santos because they make a huge contribution to climate change and
global warming.
"They also have proposed fossil fuel expansion in the Barossa [offshore] gas
fields and the Narrabri region, which are being challenged by First Nations
traditional owners."
Dr Bond says she was a bit anxious, but not as anxious as she might have been
in New South Wales, where recent law changes mean blocking streets or other
"illegal" protests carry a jail sentence of up to two years.
Police used acetone to free her hand from the Santos facade and she was
arrested and charged with property damage, but the magistrate didn't record a
conviction.
In that sense, Dr Bond's experiment was a success. And it probably won't be her
last.
Dr Bond is part of a growing movement of scientists taking direct action to
demand governments step up to the climate challenge.'
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
