WFHB Bloomington Community Radio
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This Friday, September 20th, students around the country will be on strike, demanding action on climate change from their local elected officials. Bloomington is one of many cities across the country where students will take to the streets.
Students will begin walking out of classrooms at 11:30 a.m. and meet at Indiana University’s Dunn Meadow. From there, the demonstrators will march to People’s Park, where they will be joined by striking non-student community members at 2 p.m. The combined group will march from People’s Park to Bloomington’s City Hall, where they will present their demands to Mayor John Hamilton at 3 p.m. These demands include committing to and developing a concrete plan to get Bloomington to Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, achieving 60 percent tree coverage, and expanding funding for sustainable housing, transit and the local food economy.
The local event is part of a global climate strike, and is being organized by the local chapters of Sunrise Movement and Extinction Rebellion.
More information about the strike can be found at Global Climate Strike.net and Sunrise movement.org. You view a full list of the organizations’ demands here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jsdWlSv-1nwnjxrqf1Uk2Qy25GdCXIHDc19XW9qCv1A/edit?usp=sharing
More Informational links below-
- The Global Sep 20 Climate Strike – https://globalclimatestrike.net/
- The Sunrise Movement – https://www.sunrisemovement.org/
- Extinction Rebellion – https://extinctionrebellion.us/
- Golden Bicycle XR – https://goldenbicycle.earth
