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Young Environmental Activists are Doing it Themselves

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DOI10.1177/2041905819891364
AuthorSarah Pickard
Published date01 December 2019
Date01 December 2019
4 POLITICAL INSIGHT • DECEMBER 2019
‘I
hope the government are listening.
I hope the government will
realise it is a big issue and will do
something,’ 14-year-old Jasmine
said during the global climate strike in
Nottingham, in September. The following
month, Curtis, 21, stood in the rain in a
Trafalgar Square filled with Extinction
Rebellion activists. ‘I’m here to take part in
the protest and influence the government.
They say they want to act on climate
change. But they don’t do anything and
in fact, they do the complete opposite,’
Curtis explained. ‘They cut down ancient
Young Environmental
Activists are Doing it
Themselves
From Extinction Rebellion to school climate strikes, young people have
been at the vanguard of a global wave of environmental activism.
Sarah Pickard reports on her research with the new generation of
Do-It-Ourselves (DIO) protestors.
woodlands to build motorways. They
should be cutting CO2 emissions and
protecting the environment.’
Jasmine and Curtis are two of the
numerous young environmental activists
who have been out on the streets over
the past year seeking to make their
concerns about the ‘climate crisis’ and the
‘ecological breakdown’ heard. In face-to-
face interviews with them and other young
people in Britain and France, it is clear
that they feel the need to do something
personally and collectively to bring about
© Press Association
Political Insight December 2019.indd 4 05/11/2019 10:15

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