By Lindsey Berger- COP15 FTN Delegation Leader
Here are the pics and highlights from our amazing day of international action!
What a BEAUTIFUL Saturday morning it was! It was the first clear morning, unveiling the breathtaking panoramic view of coastal wind turbines (balanced out by several bleak coal-fired power plants).
The Will Steger Foundation team met up with us on the boat to film Garett entertaining and engaging random boat residents in song and dance! Our first round was filmed on the top deck of the boat (enduring the blistering cold winds from the eastern sea), singing one of Garett’s tunes. Scene #2: infiltrate the café where everyone is helplessly eating lunch. Mission accomplished!
After the Will Steger folk’s got their footage, we headed to Parliament Square to meet up with Climate March of 100,000 PEOPLE! Heck yes! The energy was extraordinary… too bad a majority of it had to be used to keep warm. This was, by far, the coldest day yet in Copenhagen and one of the windiest! Even still, you can count on Bill McKibben toughing it out to support our youth presence in the climate march!
Garret, Jeremy (09 Focus Root Fellow) and I marched in the 350.org “boat.” This human powered float was quite literally operated by and composed of people holding up a gigantic strip of cloth at their side creating the shape of a boat. Amanda (09 Roots Fellow) marched with the Indegenous peoples block because of her project- Rethink Dine Power (more on her experience coming...)
We marched from Parliament Square to the Bella Center, totaling 6 kilometers! Unfortunately my
camera battery was out of juice 10 minutes after the march began, so you’ll have to vicariously experience it through 350.org’s website.
Lindsey Berger signing of till next time!
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