We launched Great Big Green Week with a street stall. Leicester Friends of the Earth volunteers had a lot of interesting conversations with passersby about COP26, the climate talks happening in Glasgow in November. Many people made a green heart pledge to act on climate change in their own lives, with pledges to walk and cycle more or eat less meat being particularly popular. The green hearts will be displayed along with pledges collected by the City Council.
We also collected photos of people in our new giant photo frame that carries a message to world leaders at the climate talks: ‘Leicester has its eye on you’. The photos have been shared on Facebook and Twitter to call for action at the United Nations talks. A giant eyeball came along to the stall as well and posed for photos with passers-by.
Ordinary people are acting on climate change and we want to
remind world leaders that they need to take action too. We are asking the UK
government to end support for fossil fuels at home and abroad and help us
transition to a sustainable future.
A passing Storm Trooper stopped by to support our campaign. Even the Dark Side recognises that we need to act on climate change!
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