sa国际传媒淚 want a future for my kids,sa国际传媒� was one of the many messages on display Friday (March 19) at the Front Street round-about in Penticton during a Global Climate Action Day rally.

A group of about 20 concerned climate activists gathered at the round-about Friday to voice their concerns around climate change. Among attendees were Grade 10 Penticton High School students Jamie Nelson and Meredith Allen. The pair was joined by the local climate action group First Things First Okanagan.

Nelson and Allen said that their generation has the most at stake during the current climate crisis.

sa国际传媒淲e (young people) will be voting soon and we want to vote for a future that is good for us,sa国际传媒� said Nelson.

READ MORE:

The pair of students created a display by adorning the sculpture at the Front Street round-about with many messages about climate change.

Climate marches and rallies have been curtailed during the pandemic so First Things First Okanagan, together with the students, developed the idea of creating a banner of climate messages.

Nelson collected the climate messages from fellow Pen High students and wrote them onto fabric scraps that were used to create the banner.

sa国际传媒淚 want to have clean air and water,sa国际传媒� was one of the many messages as was sa国际传媒淣o nature, no future.sa国际传媒�

Karl Mattson, the artist who created the sculpture, said he was excited to see his work used as a medium for students expressing their feelings about the environment.

Nelson and Allen said climate change is at the forefront of their generationsa国际传媒檚 minds as they look towards the future.

sa国际传媒淚sa国际传媒檝e had growing concerns for the environment forever, itsa国际传媒檚 my number one concern,sa国际传媒� said Nelson.

sa国际传媒淚 am proud of what we have done in this project because it has amplified the voices of young people and shown that we do care. Being young does not preclude us from being informed and active in change.sa国际传媒�

Students around the world have led the movement to hold rallies on Fridays to protest climate inaction. On Oct. 27, 2019 an estimated six million people rallied for the Global Day of Action, including about 400 people who gathered in front of Penticton City Hall.

More information about First Things First Okanagan and climate action can be found on their .

READ MORE:

jesse.day@pentictonwesternnews.com
Like us on and follow us on