An initiative by Clean Energy For Eternity (CEFE) is possibly one of the world's largest human signs and calls for action on climate change.
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The group's president Matthew Nott said it took six months' work and 9000 participants in order to get to the stage where the video of their initiative was ready to publish, with it uploaded to YouTube on April 27 where it has already racked up 900 views.
"Every one of those signs, even the ones shown for half a second, it takes half a day; it takes a lot of work," he said.
The video shows multiple human signs spelling out phrases such as "renewable energy now" and "make the switch" when the words are combined.
The signs were created around the Bega Valley in towns that included Tathra, Bega and Pambula, then further afield across the nation in places like Katoomba, Noosa, Canberra and Sydney, as well as in a range of other countries such as the Turks and Caicos Islands, Japan, Slovenia and the Maldives.
"What it shows is a lot of community support for renewable energy at a time when the science is becoming increasingly concerning," Dr Nott said.
He said it was not looking likely that Australia would meet its commitments under the Paris Agreement, which aimed to strengthen the global response to climate change by keeping a global temperature rise this century well below two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
"We've got a stable economy, and if we're not going to meet our responsibilities under the Paris Agreement what hope have we got?" Dr Nott said.
"There's a real thirst for leadership on climate action."
Dr Nott claimed political indecision on climate change was the main driver of increasing electricity prices in Australia, as due to this indecision there was an uncertainty whether to invest in coal or renewables.
"Our message all along is we want a bipartisan approach to climate change, but we've not seen that," he said.
According to the Guinness World Records, the largest human sentence ever made consisted of 23,235 participants and was created in Manila, the Philippines last year.
CEFE will hold another public meeting to discuss a 100 per cent renewable energy target by 2030 for the Bega Valley Shire, this time at the Pambula Surf Club, Pambula Beach on Tuesday, April 30 from 6.15pm.
Prior meetings in Bega, Tathra and Cobargo have resulted in unanimous support for the proposal.
Albert McKnight
Journalist at Bega District News.
Journalist at Bega District News.
