Extinction Rebellion have sabotaged several golf courses throughout Spain in a coordinated demonstration to denounce the amount of water they claim the ‘elitest leisure’ activity uses to maintain its grounds.
It comes amid a drought in the country that has lasted since January, and according to Reuters, has also seen seen areas in the southwest region of Spain record temperatures of over 44ºc.
The climate activists posted a video on Sunday on Twitter, showing members of their group vandalising several golf courses in Madrid, Barcelona, Navarra and Ibiza, digging up greens, embedding carrots in the upturned turf while also filling holes with cement.
The clip shows one protestor pushing a sign into the ground that reads “Drought alert. Golf course closed for climate justice.”
🔥Saboteamos 10 campos de golf en todo el territorio español🔊Actuamos en diez campos de golf en seis provincias españolas, con el objetivo de denunciar el despilfarro de agua que supone el golf en medio de una de las peores sequías de la historia… (1/4) pic.twitter.com/4FvK3HA3JVJuly 2, 2023
The video is accompanied by a statement from Extinction Rebellion who wrote on the social media platform that they acted to vandalise 10 courses across six Spanish provinces to “denounce the waste of water that golf uses in the midst of one of the worst droughts in history.”
The video specifically took aim at wealthier individuals, claiming that only 0.6 per cent of the population played golf and said, “the rich are a luxury we cannot afford.”
“A golf course swallows more than 100,000 litres of water a day to maintain the surrounding grass,” the group wrote. “We cannot continue to allow this type of elitist leisure, that we cannot afford.
“We demand immediate democratic planning for the use of water, and the use of truly democratic and participatory tools to decide on our resources.
“Spain dries up and the rural world suffers millions in losses due to the lack of water in their crops all while an entertainment that barely 0.6% of the population enjoys [continues]. The rich and their leisure activities waste essential resources that are a luxury.”
Extinction Rebellion are one of several climate activist groups who are known for their extreme demonstrations, with members of the group having gone to some great measures in the past to make a statement against climate change issues.
Members of a similar group, Just Stop Oil, have recently been seen disrupting several sporting events…
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