Three travellers set off from Leicester FoE to Birmingham on Saturday 15th November ’25 to take part in the Global Day of Action to join with allies in the climate movement across the country to stand up for a better future.
The UN talks are well underway at COP 30 – the gathering of
World Leaders in Brazil to talk about Climate Change - so we are calling on the
UK Government to :
Honour the UK’s pledge to protect forests and particularly
the Amazon where the talks are taking place.
Demand justice for frontline communities and make polluters
pay for a cleaner, fairer future.
End UK complicity in genocide and environmental ruin in
Palestine.
We caught the train to Birmingham and went to our meeting
place where we were greeted by a very friendly group of people from Birmingham
Friends of the Earth sharing their morning activities with us which were banner
making, chanting and ooh yes…. We were
asked if we wanted to join a drumming workshop!
We were quickly strapped up with drums for a marching band,
taught how to use them and shown how the ‘conductor’ controls the band with
hand signals and a series of whistles.
Then we spent an enjoyable morning ‘playing’ on them or at least trying
to follow what they were all doing.
We shared an tasty lunch and were then asked if we wanted to march with the drummers!! So, we did!
It was great fun, one of the best things I’ve done for a
long time – marching through the streets of Birmingham with a group of
enthusiastic, like-minded people, joining in with a Global event, making our
voices and drums heard. Fantastic!
A big thank-you to Birmingham Friends of the Earth for
making us so welcome – especially when we didn’t always keep up with the
rhythm!
Let’s hope we can ‘find a drum’ at another event!!
#ThisWorldIsOurs #cop30
Melanie Wakley
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