By Lee Cookson
August 28th saw the arrival of the 18 Cut the Carbon March walkers, making their way onto the site of Millenium Point around afternoon time. The day was organised by Christian Aid and Islamic Relief to welcome the group’s part of their walk from Northern Ireland to London. To entertain the crowds was support from Lemar, Islamic band SHAAM, and The Epstein, compered by BRMBs Russ Morris.
Oxfam and Oxbrum, with help supplied by Lee Cookson, Miriam Taylor, and Sue Cockcroft went down to help the cause and bring a bit of humour with a serious touch, to interact with the people and get their views on climate change. With a little bit of blue peter know-how, without the “this is what i made earlier”, Lee and Miriam had put together their own room 101 box with working lever and collected some objects, with the help of Will Tucker, that would symbolise everyday items that contribute to the carbon footprint of our society today, for example: cars, boilers, light bulbs, and excess packaging, were picked by each member of public who would decide to commit to using less or getting rid of it completely, by pulling the lever and making it disappear into room 101 hell for ever! While this was going on we gave out info and collected email addresses for Oxbrum’s mailing list.
Overall the day was okay but not the best to interact with because of the loud music from the stage, making it impossible to hear or talk much. Nevertheless, we battled on giving out the good word of Oxfam and supporting the cause.
