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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Bibi van der Zee and Damien Gayle

Earth Day climate action organisers promise family-friendly protests

School students and activists take part in the Global Strike for Climate rally in Edinburgh in March 2022.
School students march in the Global Strike for Climate rally in Edinburgh in March 2022. 2023’s Big One will be four days of protest and events. Photograph: Ewan Bootman/Rex/Shutterstock

People do not need to glue themselves to anything in order to protest about the climate crisis this weekend, say the organisers of a large-scale planned climate emergency action.

The Big One, planned by a coalition of groups brought together by Extinction Rebellion to coincide with Earth Day on Saturday, will be four days of protest and events that they say will be “family friendly” and “engaging”.

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