Members of Market Drayton Climate Action travelled to London to represent the area in 'the Big One'.
Rowan Cookson, the new chair of Market Drayton Climsate Action
The four-day event called ‘the Big One’ was held between April 21 and April 24, bringing together tens of thousands of people from across the country and from more than 200 organisations, to build connections and press the Government to listen to people’s call for action. "The climate crisis is already killing people through disasters, such as floods and droughts, and over one million plant and animal species are at risk of becoming extinct.
Ms Cookson went to London on Earth Day, the second day of the event, focusing on protecting nature and reversing the rapid extinction of plant and animal species.Nancy Stewart, outgoing chair of the group, joined the demonstration’s first day which featured a ‘People’s Picket’ of 17 government departments.
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