{"id":25000,"date":"2020-02-28T11:20:14","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T11:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?p=25000"},"modified":"2020-07-15T06:08:13","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T06:08:13","slug":"live-cardiff-climate-strikers-travel-to-bristol-for-greta-thunberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/live-cardiff-climate-strikers-travel-to-bristol-for-greta-thunberg\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff climate strikers meet Greta Thunberg"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Environmental activists from Cardiff travelled to Bristol to hear an &#8216;inspiring&#8217; speech from Greta Thunberg &#8211; and ended up meeting her on the way home.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seventeen-year-old climate change activist Thunberg was leading a march which attracted crowds from both sides of the Severn Bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Protesters braved the wind and rain to hear the her speak, with some young people travelling from Cardiff. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/5c740af5-1153-4086-9292-e38288eda3ac-700x340.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25031\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/5c740af5-1153-4086-9292-e38288eda3ac-700x340.jpg 700w, https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/5c740af5-1153-4086-9292-e38288eda3ac-150x73.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/5c740af5-1153-4086-9292-e38288eda3ac-235x114.jpg 235w, https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/5c740af5-1153-4086-9292-e38288eda3ac-768x373.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/5c740af5-1153-4086-9292-e38288eda3ac-620x301.jpg 620w, https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/5c740af5-1153-4086-9292-e38288eda3ac-185x90.jpg 185w, https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/5c740af5-1153-4086-9292-e38288eda3ac.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption>Photo: Tom Manners <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Cardiff environmentalist Tom Manners said: &#8220;Being surrounded by influential young activists was an inspiring experience and an all-round privilege. It&#8217;s great to have a figure that is an inspiration to all ages.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Greta Thunberg was spotted in the crowds as the march made its way through Bristol town centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GretaThunberg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GretaThunberg<\/a> leading the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Strike4Youth?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Strike4Youth<\/a> in Bristol today. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WmFeeq4twa\">pic.twitter.com\/WmFeeq4twa<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rain \u2614 (@WrittenInRain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WrittenInRain\/status\/1233390958487752704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She said in her speech: &#8220;We will not back down. If you feel threatened by that, then I have some very bad news for you. We will not be silenced, because we are the change and change is coming, whether you like it or not.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event drew huge crowds, causing more than 20 roads to be closed throughout the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">More people are arriving on College Green now, so please remember to be safe.<br><br>If you are feeling unwell or need assistance, make your way to the side of the crowd and find a steward. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BristolYS4C?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BristolYS4C<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7RVRBLnMXI\">pic.twitter.com\/7RVRBLnMXI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Bristol City Council (@BristolCouncil) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BristolCouncil\/status\/1233343061608075264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Police say they were forced to introduce extra safety measures to keep the crowds safe. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Environmental activists from Cardiff travelled to Bristol to hear an &#8216;inspiring&#8217; speech from Greta Thunberg &#8211; and ended up meeting her on the way home. Seventeen-year-old climate change activist Thunberg was leading a march which attracted crowds from both sides of the Severn Bridge. Protesters braved the wind and rain to hear the her speak, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":229,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1877,1860,743,744,1775,750,1876],"tags":[1903,26,1901,1902,1904],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25000"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/229"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25000"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25530,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25000\/revisions\/25530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}