Day 7 - It has been a great honour.
It has been a great honour to join the Climate Justice Fast for this week.
It's been an emotional week too - I haven't laughed nor cried like this in ages.
theory and practice…
theory and practice...
Since first hearing about CJF I have wanted to make some level of fasting commitment in support of this courageous action.
From the outset I realised that existing commitments to my family and other environmental projects would place certain limits upon my level of participation, so I decided to fast for the duration of the COP15 rather than considering a longer spell.
In the meantime I joined the UK rolling fast, immersed myself in two sustainable community projects, attended and gave workshops, took part in a couple of demo's and continued to enjoy my family's high-energy, low-carbon existence.
But all the time I've been watching Paul, Anna, Michael, Sara, Diane and Chuck, awestruck.
I had always considered that I was doing just about everything I could do with regard to sustainability (vegan, no car etc.) but these guys were showing an altogether different level of commitment.
I've been working ridiculously hard to ensure that I would have space to join the fast and have been very excited as this has approached...
...so, here we are; COP15, I'm fasting and it's not all that exciting after all. I'm feeling weird and light-headed and can't seem to concentrate on the conference.
I'm a fairly determined chap and I'm sure I'll put in a good effort but it really makes you appreciate the levels of commitment, respect, love and energy that those six have cultivated.
Massive respect to the CJF Six!
Here's what I've been thinking about today:
Respect to all the CJF support fasters
Here's a quick UK update and 'big up' to all the CJF support fasters!
UK CJF rolling fast is rolling and growing
I feel rather daunted that the words I am writing will sit alongside those of the long-term fasters, for this is the most remarkable group of people I have ever made contact with.
