Marching to a place of Climate Justice
“As children go on strike for climate action this
Friday, their parents and whanau will be right behind them,
calling for a climate emergency to be declared”, says
Alicia Hall, founder of the Millions of Mothers movement.
“This Friday in Wellington, our children and young
people will be walking the short distance from Civic Square
to the Beehive. Up and down the country, they will be
assembling in squares, parks, wherever there is room to wave
a homemade placard. And behind them will be their mothers…
their fathers, grandparents, aunties, uncles and everyone
who cares about the future of our children and our
planet.
“Since the first strike in March this year,
my four-year-old daughter has called Parliament Grounds
“climate justice” - not because of anything that goes on
in the buildings, but because of all the work done by School
Strike 4 Climate NZ, Ollie Langridge and their supporters
out on the lawn to draw attention to the issue. “Our
nation is waking up, but the ultimate destination is still
far-off. Now we need our Members of Parliament to make this
an actual place of Climate Justice.
“Most of our
elected leaders in Parliament are parents too. And so I
appeal to them, parent to parent. Please stop politicising
our children’s future. The climate crisis is a challenge
that we all must face together. We need a Zero Carbon Act,
we need a renewable and regenerative economy, and we need to
hear from leaders what transition and adaptation will look
like in the practical sense so we can start having
conversations with each other and reimagining our future
world.”
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