Yahoo Lifestyle Robyn Lawley Protests Coal Mining With Naked Selfie
Robyn Lawley has taken to social media to protest coal mining in Australia. The 25-year old Australian model used her body as a placard, scrawling the words "Stop Coal Mining" in red lipstick on her stomach.
Lawley posted the image in the early hours of the morning to her Instagram account, and it has already garnered more than 1340 likes, and over 60 comments.
The mine in question - Queensland's Carmichael mine - has proposed to transport the coal via the Great Barrier Reef.
Lawley said in her caption, "Woke up this morning to find out that our Environmental minister and the Abbott government have approved what will be the biggest mine of Australia. Coal is soon going to be a dead commodity only bought buy [sic] irresponsible countries who do not care about climate change. I'm shocked and feel powerless."
Lawley then explained that millions of tonnes of seabed will have to be dredged and dumped in the World Heritage Area to make way for port expansions to service the mine.
The model also wrote that the company behind the operation had a dirty track record, explaining that in India, documents seized from [their] offices revealed the company was paying cash bribes to port officials, customs, police and local pollies in exchange for undue favour for illegal exports.
"Instead of joining countries such as Germany and introducing more renewable energy to protect our great land for us and future generations, we continue to go backwards," Robyn continued.
"Coal is soon going to be a dead commodity only bought by irresponsible countries who do not care about climate change and the damage on the world."
This isn't the first time Lawley has used her body as a way of imparting a message, but it's usually as a means to empower women about their image.
Lawley recently hit back at critics on social media who reportedly called her fat because her thigh gap "wasn't big enough".
But the criticism seems to have made the model more determined to convey a healthy body image and act as role model for young girls.
"The last thing I would want for my future daughter would be to starve herself because she thought a thigh gap was necessary to be deemed attractive," Lawley said.
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