'We can’t afford to stand by and do nothing’: 10 everyday heroes fighting to save the planet
Schoolchildren around
the world are joining a global strike against climate change this week. But
they’re not the only everyday people inspired to take action. We talk to 10 UK
activists on the frontline of our most serious environmental issues. If you had told me a
few years ago that I would be involved in an environmental movement, I would
have thought you were joking. I was far more interested in social inequality
and minority rights. But I came to realise that the environment crisis is the biggest
threat to us all, and it is people from my background – more disadvantaged,
ethnic minority – who are going to bear the brunt of what is coming.
The environment is
often seen as a white, middle-class issue, while people from my demographic
have other things to worry about, such as putting food on the table and paying
the bills. But I went along to the first Extinction Rebellion meetings and
found that they were organised and people were prepared to do what it takes to
make a change: sleeping on office floors, working until 4am, or running around
London in the rain, blocking roads – all of which I have done... read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/mar/14/we-cant-afford-to-stand-by-and-do-nothing-10-everyday-heroes-fighting-to-save-the-planet
