A late Earth Day event at Midland Park

Was a lovely day on Friday 28 April – compared to the wet and dreary previous Friday – and it was great to see those who turned up to support our event.

Read Julian’s news report about this event. (PDF, 1.4MB)

Nobel-prize winning scientist Martin Manning spoke about how he and his colleagues published research on climate change decades ago – only to be met with very little action from governments.

Patrick Geddes told us how the big gentailers (generators and retailers of electricity) put profit before people and planet, ensuring fossil fuels are always in the mix.

Caz spoke about the need to transition to cleaner transport options (like buses, trains, walking and cycling).

Francesca implored Fonterra to change their mindset on what they produce, that is both profitable and less damaging to our environment (clue: plant-based milk). Simon Power from Fonterra was invited to attend but did not turn up.

Brielle lead us in a singalong of climate protest songs, showcasing her beautiful voice and guitar-playing.

Watch a short YouTube video featuring one of the songs.

Watch all the FFF Earth Day event videos. (All videos courtesy of EcoKiwi.)

And the plant-based installation moved from the park to the foyer of the building housing Fonterra’s Wellington office.

Here are some photos from the day.

Wellington Earth Day event postponed to 28 April

The forecast for tomorrow (21 April) is for heavy rain around midday onwards. We want maximum enjoyment from the our early Earth Day event, so we’ve had to make the difficult decision to postpone it to Friday 28 April.

So we’re having a late Earth Day event instead – hope you can make it!

Tomorrow we’ll hold our usual Midland Park protest.

An early Earth Day in Pōneke Wellington!

On Friday 21 April at 12.30pm, Fridays for Future Te Upoko o Te Ika is doing something a little different.

Earth Day is Saturday, 22 April, so on Friday 21 April we will be outside the Fonterra office in Midland Park. We’ll be :

  • chalking messages to Fonterra
  • hosting at least one Nobel prize-winning speaker
  • displaying a plant-based installation and
  • having a climate song singalong.

Of course, we’ll bring our protest placards too!