By Tiffany Goodwein

Residents rally for climate change action

Sep 27, 2019 | 1:03 PM

Dozens of people gathered at the Vernon courthouse to chant for change as part of the international climate strike movement sweeping the globe.

(Tiffany Goodwein/ Vernon Matters Staff)

The youth-led movement saw students from schools throughout the city skip classes to join in unison.

“The Students Without Borders Academy is here because we believe we deserve to have a better future and that we deserve to put effort towards saving the the climate because if we don’t do something then who will?,” said student Tatum Secretan.

Twenty-three students from the Students Without Borders Academy
stood at the top of the courthouse steps to express their support.

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The Kalamalka Secondary program teaches grade 11 and 12 students about conservation ecology, cultural anthropology community philanthropy and leadership.

“What we can do as the youth is we can show our local government and our elected officials that we care, and this is something that we think is important,” Secretan said.

(Tiffany Goodwein/ Vernon Matters Staff)

A few steps down stood Terry Dyke who like many wanted to send out an important message.

“Our climate is in such serious shape right now it’s actually an emergency and we need to do something about so I’m just coming out to help support the idea of doing something like promoting alternative energy, driving an electric car, eating less meat, doing whatever it takes to get our climate back to where it should be,” Dyke said.

A protester at the climate strike movement holds up a sign in support of climate action ( Tiffany Goodwein/ Vernon Matters)

Organizer Kieran Grandbois told Vernon Matters that he was pleased to see so many people turn out for the event.

“I’m really glad to see that it’s not just students, it’s not just adults, it’s everyone from all backgrounds taking a collective stand to declare that the future is ours and ours alone, and we won’t let it be sold off for a profit.”

by Tiffany Goodwein

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