Multi-hatted media mayhem
Excuse the tabloid style title, but today has been a strange day.
First off I walked to the beach with the kids to get a couple of photos for these blogs.
The sun came out, the wind stilled for a change and it was beautiful.
Then I set off to get the local paper as I knew there was a piece about the fast inside, but I was surprised to find that the paper was a kind of 'Howard edition'.
Climate Justice Fast was on Page 1 and 3, Cornwall Sustainability Awards on pages 4 and 38, DENIAL airport protest on page 22 and my letter about community share issues on page 36.
On my way back through the village I double-took the news stand with the headline:"St. Merryn Hunger Strike Protest".
Then I returned to read Paul's lovely piece about Michael, to see the incredible Anna on Democracy Now! and to an email from Dom to say that he too is on full-time fasting.
On balance, along with the Tuvalu protest, it's been a pretty good day.
The reason I thought it deserved a blog is because I think multi-hatted mayhem is exactly what is demanded from us.
This week I got an award from the Council as manager of a community energy project but I also continue to protest against their airport expansion plan as a climate activist.
Tomorrow I'll take our home-schooled kids to the local school play - It'll give me chance to face the village and discuss my latest ventures...
Most of all I'm fasting.
We've got to do absolutely everything that we can.
Some people might say that I'm compromising myself or being co-opted but that really isn't true.
What's true is that we follow CJF in an uncompromising pursuit of climate justice.
Immediately!
