Youth climate change protests across Britain – live

Tens of thousands of young people in Britain and abroad are demonstrating for climate action in the latest wave of strikes 2.51pm BST #ClimateStrike in #Abergavenny #Wales today. The up & coming generation shouting out to us all that real urgency required if we are to fix climate breakdown & preserve the wild world on which we all depend. Over 70 towns and cities registered for #YouthStrike4Climate today. pic.twitter.com/8lBPNbipD1 2.47pm BST Protesters in London are not just finished with Oxford Street today, but action is set to go on into the evening with a show to raise awareness about the role of fast fashion in climate change.On Friday, at 6.30pm, the Extinction Rebellion Fashion Action group will put on a catwalk to highlight our fashion consumption habits. The fashion industry is set to consume a quarter of the world’s carbon budget by 2050 in clothing production. There are enough clothes already on this planet to dress us all, we need to stop consuming that which we don’t need. We are being manipulated everyday into buying more and more, so we want to shift the public consciousness to urge people to realise that we have enough and that this continual consumption is unsustainable and unhealthy. We must heal our minds in order to heal the planet. Continue reading…
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