Climate activist Mikaela Loach is taking the UK government to court
Although some might consider taking your government to court to be a fairly drastic measure, Loach is determined to use the power that she has to make a difference, in whatever way she can. “I felt this huge amount of; I couldn’t breathe properly at night because I was so scared of our future,” she recalls. “I think that came from realizing that changing my behavior—I went vegan and boycotted fast fashion and tried to go zero waste—wasn’t going to create the change that we need.
Seeing firsthand the impact that the climate crisis is having on countries like Jamaica, where Loach was born, has also made her intent on taking action. “In January 2020, I went to Jamaica to see family for the first time in four years, and we went to a beach that I went to as a kid, and it was nearly gone because of sea level rise,” Loach describes, breaking down in tears. “People who live right on the shore; that’s their homes, their businesses, their livelihood.
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