Pushing The Limits

There’s a darkness in our world. 1 billion people live in extreme poverty. It’s made darker by the fact that in this same world, extreme consumerism exists. Each day as consumers, we give billions of dollars to the world’s largest multinationals for everyday products. Thankyou the social enterprise that is taking not only Australia but now NZ by storm, thinks it’s time to bring the light. What began as an impossible idea, dreamed up by Daniel Flynn, his best mate Jarryd, and girlfriend (now wife) Justine, is now backed by a passionate team of 50, and a consumer movement of thousands. ‘Consumer movement’ could sound like a fluffy, throw-away phrase. But picture this. For 5 years, the major supermarkets in Australia had said no to Thankyou. Then one day they launched this video and thousands of people began petitioning to the supermarkets. Two LEGENDARY helicopter pilots, Peter and Geoff, donated their time to fly these signs above the head offices of those two supermarkets and in record-breaking time, both sai