One day in October four of us, all grandparents blocked the road around Trafalgar Square as part of Extinction Rebellion. Here’s why I was there.
I am a seasoned activist. But I initially held back on getting involved with Extinction Rebellion, doubting whether the demand for net zero by 2025 was achievable, whether a Citizens Assembly is the best way to resolve the crisis–skeptical of the seemingly alarmist rhetoric from parts of XR, that we were all going to die.
Of course, I’d read the IPCC report that said we had twelve years to avert the worst consequences of greenhouse gas emissions. I’d read about the ice caps and permafrost melting. I was aware of the increasing extinction of species.