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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Stefano Esposito

Climate crisis activists share fears, hopes in downtown march

Climate activists dressed as animals dance outside Chase Tower in the Loop Friday. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

In shimmery, glittery costumes — a fantastical fish, a giant bumble bee, a squid with a tutu — they danced at the base of the skyscraper, hoping someone inside might be watching.

The upward sweep of the smoked-glass windows of Chase Tower offered no clues, as the protestors finished their dance routine to the Bee Gees’ disco hit, “Stayin’ Alive” and then fell to the ground — a mock mass death to illustrate what they see as the potential perils of climate change.

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