Despite having worked in the climate space for a decade, I will be the first to admit that I’m not really one for protests. And yet I even showed up that day in 2019, alongside 100,000 of my fellow Vancouverites, as we took to the streets and called on global governments, including our own, to take real action on climate change.
It was a pretty mainstream affair as far as protests went. Signs ranged from “There is no Planet B” to concerns over fast fashion, parents brought their kids and even the cops seemed to be having a pleasant afternoon. Good, I thought at the time. Climate action needs to be mainstream action if politicians are to act.
Keep reading this in Canada’s National Observer.
