Saturday 21 September 2019

Signs of the times: the best Australian climate strike placards

Australian climate strikers’ signs send government a bleakly humorous Texta message

Some of the many signs protesters brought to the Sydney climate strike rally.
Some of the many signs protesters brought to the Sydney climate strike rally. Photograph: Steven Saphore/EPA

Laughing in the face of looming apocalypse, Friday’s climate strike brought out the best in dark Australian humour.
While many signs were deadly serious, teens are nothing if not witty and they came armed with memes and pop culture references.

Three-year-old holding a sign at the climate strike
Three-year-old Matilda at the climate strike in Sydney with a Wiggles sign. Photograph: supplied/First Dog on the Moon


From classic “roses are red” poems to quips such as “I’ve seen smarter cabinets in Ikea,” the hundreds of thousands of people who turned out across the country got creative.

More photos:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/20/signs-of-the-times-the-best-climate-strike-placards

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