MELFORT — Two dozen community members in Melfort marched to raise awareness on the climate change crisis.
The ones leading the charge were students at Melfort and Unit Comprehensive Collegiate (MUCC).
These protests are a part of a larger movement started by Greta Thunberg, a 16 year old climate change activist from Sweden. #FridaysforFuture involved students from schools around the country going out on the streets during May 3, to show the support and need to act on the crisis.
“I want my future and everyone else’s future to be a future and just, like, the world to be happy and everyone to help. Because if people don’t help, it’s just going to go downhill,” said Sáj Gray Starcevich, a Grade 7 student.
Starcevich led one group, which had about half-a-dozen people in it, from MUCC to the Memorial Gardens. The other group travelled from MUCC to the mall. The two groups eventually met to stand in front of MLA Todd Goudy’s office.
A United Nations report released on May 6 found that up to one million plant and animal species are on the verge of extinction, with alarming implications for human survival.
The report stated that it’s not too late to make a difference, but that requires more than 100 nations to work together.
