Inspired by Lennon, Youth Say Give Climate a Chance
Date: 09-Dec-05
Country: CANADA
"We all in live in a carbon-intensive world," the group of about 15 activists sang as they lay on quilts and pillows, then switched to a 21st century version of Lennon's "Give Peace a Chance" and chanted: "All we are saying is cut greenhouse gas."
As they sang, some waved signs, including ones that read: "We're all in bed together" and "Wake up" at the protest in a Montreal convention hall where ministers from more than 90 nations are struggling to push forward talks to tackle global warming.
Lennon was gunned down in New York on Dec. 8, 1980, and in the years before his death held bed-in protests for peace in which he and wife Yoko Ono would spend a week in bed in hotels, receiving the press and calling for peace in the world.
During a bed-in in 1969 in Montreal, Lennon recorded "Give Peace a Chance" in their hotel room.
"We know this is a hard battle to fight but we have to fight it. We don't have any choice," said one of the organisers, Rosa Kouri, 22, from the Sierra Youth Coalition.
Asked if world leaders were doing enough to tackle global warming, she said: "No. Not yet."