15th November saw the carnival in Brazil for COP 30 joining with a Cardboard Carnival in Birmingham and people all over the world demanding more from our governments and corporations.
After workshops with Birmingham Woodcraft Folk and other youth groups we met at the Edge and put our questions to COP 30 via a live linkup with Belem Brazil, having our questions answered by Leon Sealey-Huggins of War on Want. The carnival was then led from Brazil by Brum young people from Woodcraft Folk, Bham Youth Strike for Climate and Friction art club in Highgate, Birmingham, processing to Birmingham Cathedral at Pigeon Park.
Louis Delaney of Birmingham Woodcraft led Shadow puppetry workshops on the day pioneering shadow puppetry on the move, as the carnival moved from the Edge to Pigeon Park next to Birmingham Cathedral, where young people, including representatives from Woodcraft made short speeches in support of the work many people are doing on our behalf at COP 30.
Marcus Belben from Woodcraft, and also project coordinator pointed out:
‘The idea very much grew from shadow puppet workshops Louis ran at Camp 100 as part of ‘100 Objects Spanning 100 Years‘ at the Trailblazer tent. We also ran workshops before the cardboard carnival with Woodcraft finding questions they wanted to ask, and also making some fab costumes for the carnival.’
See photos and film clips below telling the story of the day, and the responses to questions posed.
Your Questions Answered:
- Do you really care?
- How can we support young people in Brazil and everywhere who are suffering because of Climate Change?
- Why don’t we hear more about what young people are doing in COP 30?
- How can we stop people or countries digging up more fossil fuels?
- Money for Global South was agreed last time wasn’t it? Have they got their money?
- For Just transition to happen how can we make polluters pay?
- Are people living in the Amazon protected, and do they know what is happening?
- How can you stop the cost and the sacrifice being past onto young people in the future?
- How do we know what you do is greenwashing or not?
A big shout out to all the fabulous people working on our behalf at COP 30 including Leon Sealey-Huggins from War on want, and everyone involved, especially the Young people who were able to attend and also prepare questions and artwork for the day – also Frictionarts, Friends of the Earth, GreenPeace, XR rhythm, Change Kitchen, Highgate Community Support and all Brum Climate Justice Coalition partners able to show their support and continue working for Climate Justice.
