: Australian surfers ride climate action wave #IndiaNEWS #International Surfers have an intimate knowledge of the ocean, but have not been seen as leading figures amongst groups leading on climate change
Australian surfers ride climate action wave #IndiaNEWS #International
Surfers have an intimate knowledge of the ocean, but have not been seen as leading figures amongst groups leading on climate change solutions. Thanks to groups such as Surfers for Climate in Australia, that perception is starting to change.
The image of the typical, laid-back surfer does not sit easily with the stereotype of earnest environmental campaigners. But elite bodyboarder Chris Kirkman is proof that surfers have a part to play in fighting the climate emergency.
He has competed everywhere from Portugal and Chile to Tahiti and Brazil, and it was through surfing that he first started considering humans’ effect on the climate.
In 2019, Mr. Kirkman, along with champion longboarder Belinda Baggs, co-founded Surfers for Climate. The organization has four key goals: to mobilize and empower an alliance of surfers to care about the climate; take climate action; help the surfing community play a role in stopping coastal and offshore fossil fuel developments; and make politicians who represent surfing communities take climate action.
Australia, which has suffered drought, wildfires and flooding across the country in recent years, is at the frontlines of the climate crisis, sparking increased concern amongst all sectors of the population, including surfers.
“A lot of Aussies had taken their heads out of the sand when it came to the climate, but then the fires and the floods really stepped up the urgency of the issue,? says Mr. Kirkman. “It still a difficult pathway for people, as they don’t know where to start, or where to glˈوݙ܈[X]x& [Z] XX] ݙ[ [ [H[ H Y X[ۋ8'HH [X[X]݈]YY[H[ [YH [K8^ Z[ښX[8'Yݚ[] H ZH]H ݙۈHݛ^Hو[X]HX[ۋH Y ]H ]Hو[Y[Y[ ]][ H ZK[ٙ [ ۈ ] ]xˈ[H YH]Hۋ ٚ]ۙH]][H[[X]K][YY X ]XHY X[[ۛY[[ HY[ Hۜ[ [ۈZYˈ[ ^H][YH][]X]]H[Y YH Z[YY] ݙ H[ Y[K XZ[[[[X XX[ˈ'H [HۙKY^H [Z[ H HY [Y[ YوX]X[ [Z[ ٙH[XX[ XXHۈ Z؈ ][ وX]X[ [ؘۈ]] [] K8ښX[ ^ˈ'^HY]Y[[ۙH[YH ] [Hۈ H[ۛY[ [ Z H ܚ[]ˈHۛ HH YH[Z[ۜHۜ X[ۋ Y] HH [[ H Y[K
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