Climate Change Rally

Today, I participated in my first protest rally. At about 11 o'clock I turned up at Grosvener Square outisde the (hideous) US Embassy where there was a huge crowd of people carrying placards and banners etc. and distributing leaflets. There were many speeches by MPs and the like before we moved off at about 1 o'clock to Trafalgar Square, where there was an even bigger crowd, as well as more speeches and some music. It has been reported that 30,000 people attended the rally.

That's the brief account, now here's the article:

Climate Change is real, so say scientists, Government advisors, even politicians (with the notable exception of Bush et al.). Climate Change is also incredibly dangerous, it will turn places like Spain into barren deserts, it will destroy Africa even more than it already is, it will see places like London and New York underwater and the world as we know it will be irrepairably damaged.

Clearly, something needs to be done. The sad truth is we cannot go back, we cannot reverse climate change, but we do not have to go forward. It will be hard, and we will have to make many sacrifices. It will also be unpopular and, horror of horrors, bad for business.

However, it is our future, it is the people of my generation that will have to live with the consequences of today's actions. It is time to listen to the evidence, it is time to accept the facts and it is time to stop putting profit before children.