School children, university students and members of the public from Anglesey and Gwynedd will join together to take part in a climate strike on Friday 14th February as part of a continuing campaign to raise awareness of the deadly effects of climate change.
Protestors plan to mark 14th February, St Valentine’s day, with a funeral procession. A bespoke coffin will be carried through the streets to protest against all the species that are being pushed towards extinction and pay them due respect.
Messages of love will be sent to the kangaroos and Koala bears of Australia, victims of the recent bushfires. School children have also designed their own messages of condolence: ‘we are burning’ and ‘RIP future generations’. The coffin symbolises the threat that climate change poses to future generations, including their own:
This peaceful protest aims to raise awareness of the climate crisis the planet faces and calls for more meaningful urgent action from both the Welsh and UK governments.
The march is planned to start at 1.15pm from Coleg Menai, Bangor site and finish outside Pontio, Bangor. Pupils from local schools such as Ysgol David Hughes, Ysgol Friars, Ysgol Dyffryn Ogwen, Ysgol Tryfan and Coleg Menai will be walking out of lessons to join the funeral march.
This is the 7th climate strike to take place in the Bangor area and although this originally started as a youth led movement it has expanded to include the whole community, as the climate crisis affects us all. Support for the group has grown considerably in the last couple of months after environmental activist Greta Thunberg re-tweeted the November strike in Bangor on Twitter.
Quotes from strikers
“There is this idea that us strikers come out of school just for the hell of it, to skip school, college, or work. That is where they are wrong. We come out in these cold temperatures, rain pouring, losing our voices because our planet is dying and we want not to be heard but to be listened to.
“Trust me we would much rather be in the warmth of school learning for our future that we so desperately want. We spend hours of our time after school every monday planning the strikes. For example our funeral theme- we have created this idea of marching with a coffin and wearing all black like at a funeral. It is supposed to represent ours and the next generations’ futures. We just love our planet and we want it to be safe” Keira Bailey-Hughes aged 13
“I have a future on this planet and so do my children and grandchildren. I hope by going on this march I will raise awareness about put planet and encourage people to reduce their carbon footprint” Isabelle Hayes aged 15
