Copenhagen

I've just been hearing more and more about the Copenhagen climate change summit in the news lately, mostly about the violence between protestors and the police, that I've started to wonder what are they really trying to accomplish over there? I found a nice little BBC article that answered some of my QandA's about the conference, but I'm still wondering is any of this Really going to get anywhere? The activists are squabbling with the police and the Ministers are squabbling with eachother and no one seems to really be coming to any sort of conclusion. And how many of these activists and politicians and NGO heads etc. took flights to Copenhagen while releasing some lovely CO2 into our atmosphere? Just a thought.

I'm still not sure what to make of this conference. Are the activisits really getting anywhere combatting police to get into the centre? and what's the use of the police battering and arresting the activists? For my part, I think getting angry because those inside the centre are not coming to a satisfying conclusion is just not good enough. Why are you trying to get in when clearly the system inside isn't working? Squabbling with police and singing 'its hot in here i say there must be some carbon in the atmosphere' isn't changing much. If you want your voice heard make it heard through the way you live and the choices you make, the people you influence; make a voice of your own - from the outside - instead of trying to get someone elses on the inside to say what you want. Just a thought.

I'll leave you with a photo of some angry climate protestors to keep the wheels turning. What do you think about all this?