The 31-year-old anti-logging campaigner was personally congratulated by fellow environmentalist Bob Brown when she made her descent. "Congratulations," he said. "You're our hero of the forests."
Australian Greens leader Christine Milne, who visited the tree-sit earlier this year, praised Ms Gibson for the contributions she had made. "I know this is a difficult decision for Miranda to leave the Observer Tree after 457 days, but I know that her campaign to protect our native forests will continue now she is on the ground," Senator Milne said in a statement.
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"Miranda's global outreach has been a constant reminder that Tasmania's global reputation as an area of great beauty and wilderness is at risk if logging continues." Ms Gibson has lived at the top of a 60m tree since December 2011 in a bid to stop logging in high-conservation value forests.
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3 comments:
It never ceases to amaze me how people can be rich enough to afford the time and the money to spend a year of their life doing something like this. If I didn't work for a year, I'd be up the creek without even a canoe.
Work? Work is for ignorant peasants, sir! She's Saving The World! She's a genius and The Most Caring Person EVAH. Just ask her.
Truth be told, she probably made more money last year than the two of you combined. Those folks have huge followings that are happy to fork over cash or internet donations.
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