02/02/2023
Nathanial Hall writes for Gay London Life magazine about getting involved in climate action, and the need for LGBTQIA people to be politically engaged. He says “Make no mistake, climate justice is an intersectional issue. On a more destabilised planet, the rights and freedoms of minorities will sink to the bottom of the pile first. So, how do we thaw the freeze response? …. OK, so we’re not all able to glue ourselves to roads or bring motorways to a standstill, but we all know the simple steps we need to take: reduce our consumption, reuse and recycle, reject fast fashion, stop upgrading tech, buy ethically produced products, switch to renewables, insulate our homes better, reduce meat and dairy (or cut them out entirely), walk and cycle more, fly less… And what better time than New Year to commit to one
of those steps?” He also has a useful riposte to right wing extremists who dismiss eco activists and indeed, any one who disagrees with them as “snowflakes”. He says “I attended a climate demonstration. It was during the December cold snap and the snow and ice had (of course) brought Britain shuddering to a halt. One disgruntled passer-by muttered he was sick of ‘snowflakes’ telling him what to do. As he went on his miserly way I looked up at the falling snow and smiled to myself. A few snowflakes might be powerless, but millions of them can bring a whole country to its knees.”
