So I’m going through the messages I hope to properly delver to Minister Gormley soon and here are some examples:

Dear world leaders, I would like if you would put signs up saying no pollution or stop the pollution please

Please make a deal that supports developing countries re: climate change

All emissions need to counted as part of the carbon budget and the reduction target including emissions from electricity, industry, aviation and shipping

(totally agree and I’ve learned so much about how much emssions come from deforestation and the EU has so many loopholes with regard to our forestry management in what’s called LULUCF – land use and land use change and forest policy)

You can walk or cycle instead of using cars

make sure our voices are heard in Copenhagen

Stop taking money from the poor and take from the rich 🙂

don’t burn fire because of the bad air

recycle rubbish instead of burning rubbish
(or better still reduce the amount of rubbish you make in the first place 🙂 )

make more girls!
(couldn’t agree more – lots of side events on how empowerment of women goes hand in hand with better environmental protection!!!)

save energy by reading a book in the sun instead of turning on the lights

Dear world leaders I would like it if you could do less polluting. I would like it if you could open more windmills. I would like it if you would all save the environment.
(so polite!!!)

Take climate change seriously and respect our earth

I want more people to care
(Aww when I read this, written in scribbly writing myself and very nice canadian girl Farnam were struck silent for a second – it’s what it’s all about eh?)

Stop flooding in Ireland, stop the Arctic from melting

Get people to turn off lights if not using . get people to turn off the tap when they brush their teeth – walk instead of driving because it will make you healthy and the car won’t pollute the air – by doing a small thing you can make a big difference
(sooooo cute – and she drew a little planet earth on it!!)

So the plan is to give these to Minister Gormley and I’m sitting patiently by my phone editing and working on other stuff but prepared to drop everything to give him the message in a bottle – some messages were taken out of bottles cause of what I could carry over but I was given a sturdy bag here which says “I used to be a plastic bottle” so I’ve put the excess ones in there – they’re still in a bottle of sorts!