On Sunday 15th of September Aurora a Polar Bear the size of a double decker bus roared through the streets of London, collecting protesters along the way to the Headquarters of oil multinational Shell. Once there the utter contempt that Shell hold our planet was reviled to all those who had followed, through the experiences of two First Nations Women who called for solidarity in standing up for our planet in the name of our future generations.
The Protest and March was organised by Greenpeace as part of the campaign to Save The Arctic, in which they along with almost 4 million people from across the world are demanding the Arctic be made a sanctuary that is protected from the profiteering intentions of large cooperation’s like Shell. This new charge for Arctic resources is being driven by the fact that Arctic sea ice cover is receding, and so access is being gained to areas where deep sea exploratory wells can be drilled in search for the Black Gold that to some is valued above human life and the wellbeing of the Earth’s natural systems.
It is an agreed fact amongst climate scientists that this change in ice cover in the Arctic is being caused by the amount of greenhouse gasses that we are releasing into the atmosphere, which is altering its composition and driving Climate Change. Yet the quest for even more oil to feed our addiction continues as the Oil companies and Arctic governments like that of Canada cannot see past the opportunity to increase their profits.
At the end point of the protest, outside the Shell headquarters an opportunity was given two women from the First Nation of Denendeh, Kiera-Dawn Kolsen and Besha Blondin. They thanked the protesters for supporting this campaign which if successful could protect their lands from unimaginable pollution that is already being reaped on the communities of Alberta Canada, where Tar Sands exploitation is taking place.
These women also brought a message of solidarity in response to the multitude of environmental abuses that is taking place across the globe, demanding that we all stand up and say no more! In order to ensure that future generations inhabit a world that is able to sustain them, and which has not been destroyed by the greed of a few rich individuals. This movement has already started in many nations across the world, under the banner of Idle No More, bringing together people from all races and walks of life demanding equality, and the protection of human and environmental rights.
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