Ellen Degeneres has released a video message to encourage people to join her in the fight to save the Great Barrier Reef.
The Remember the Reef campaign was launched alongside the release of her latest film Finding Dory, where she plays a forgetful Blue Tang fish named Dory, whose home is the Great Barrier Reef.
Ellen has urged Aussie to save “this amazing place” in the campaign’s promotional video: “Hi Australia, it’s me, Ellen DeGeneres. As you know I’m a big fan of your beautiful, great, wonderful Great Barrier Reef, which is home to my favourite fish, Dory. And as you may remember – but Dory probably doesn’t – she’s a Blue Tang and has many other amazing species that live in the Great Barrier Reef with her. It’s critical that we protect this amazing place, and we’d like your help.”
The video message is part of a campaign created by Disney and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, which uses Finding Dory as a platform to raise awareness about the current critical condition of the reef.
It also offers information about how we can take individual action.
The campaign website says: “Restored wetlands store carbon at higher rates than forests on land, taking climate action to counter coral bleaching. But they also filter sediment and toxins flowing from the Queensland hills into the Great Barrier Reef, thereby improving water quality so new coral can grow. We want to Remember the Reef to celebrate the role the Great Barrier Reef played in inspiring the characters we love.”
Watch the video here:
Finding Dory comes out June 17th.
