Hundreds protest for climate change action at Lethbridge City Hall

“It affects our futures, it affects the future of our youth, it is affecting us right now. It’s something that I’m going to grow up with, that a lot of the people in this room are going to grow up with having to deal with. If we take action now, some of that can be prevented in the near future.”

For Lethbridge specifically, she wanted to focus not on taking away energy jobs, but on highlighting that Southern Alberta can be a mecca for clean, renewable energy that would not only protect the environment but grow the economy as well.

Climate Strike YQL held their first protest at city hall on Friday, September 1st, at which, Whiting says only 24 people attended. She only expected just over 50 people to march three weeks later.

Outside of city hall, the group known as the Raging Grannies were among the hundreds taking part.

Granny Barb told LNN that climate change is one of the most important issues facing the world today.

“We are interested in our children and our grandchildren and their future, and climate change is paramount in that whole discussion. We have been supporting the global climate strike since we started in May – this is our fourth time here – and we will continue as well as other social justice and environmental issues that we care about as grannies.”

Granny Barb was asked if she believed there would be hope for future generations if strong actions were taken to combat climate change, to which she replied, “Of course there’s hope! We never give up hope. We’re grannies.”

Whiting hopes to speak to Lethbridge City Council in the near future about climate change and to urge them to take further actions.

See below: Photos and videos of Friday’s climate strike outside of Lethbridge City Hall.

Climate strike outside Lethbridge City Hall on Friday, September 27th. (Lethbridge News Now)

Climate protesters show off their newly-made signs at the Lethbridge Public Library. (Lethbridge News Now)

by David Opinko

Hundreds protest for climate change action at Lethbridge City Hall

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