What's a day in the scheme of saving the planet?

I'm not your hardened, dreadlocked demonstrator by any stretch of the imagination, in fact I've only ever joined a demonstration once before. The Wave - come together to stop climate chaos , feels pretty important to me though and I fully intend to be there.

Here's the rub..... when it comes to the family, our weekends are pretty important, especially since our older little chap has just started school. Furthermore, persuading hubby that a demonstration is important enough for him to be in charge of childcare for the whole day ain't an easy task.

That said, this time, one day of the weekend feels like a very worthwhile sacrifice to make in order to be counted amoung the millions who will no doubt join the march. Coaches are being organised from most towns and as many people as possible need to be there to put their weight behind decent committments being made in Copenhagen. (I'm using "decent" here in the broadest sense of the word.... decent, as in substantial, but also decent as in moral, so that we in the west can hold our heads high and say we are not standing by while the poor suffer at the hands of our misuse and overuse of the worlds resources).

I sincerly hope that as many people as possible will find that there are no excuses for attending and will join us all in London or Glasgow on the 5th December 2009.