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João Daniel Pereira · 2022-04-22T00:00:00Z

London, UK. 22nd Apr, 2022.   Extinction Rebellion (XR) Members stage a protest against the investment in fossil fuels by Vanguard Asset Management on Earth Day outside Vanguard's HQ in the City of London. Vanguard is the biggest coal investor in the world, it has $300 billion invested in fossil fuels, including $104 billion in 12 of the most devastating new fossil fuel projects on the planet. $101 billion invested in coal and among the two biggest investors in oil & gas. Over $110 billion in military contractors, including Lockheed Martin. Millions donated to climate denial groups.Investors in BP, Shell, Exxon, JPMorgan, Barclays, HSBC, & Schlumberger, all of which big contributors to global warming. Largest shareholder in McDonalds, Murdoch’s News Corp and the world’s biggest plastic producer Dow. Interview: Rosy, 32. @revoltingrosy 𝐀𝐬   𝐚   𝐤𝐢𝐝   𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭   𝐝𝐢𝐝   𝐲𝐨𝐮   𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭   𝐭𝐨   𝐛𝐞   𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧   𝐲𝐨𝐮   𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐰   𝐮𝐩 ? I changed my mind a fair bit. I remember wanting to be a vet for a long while. Also, a nurse, or actor, or writer. It's a nice question, to look back and realise I wanted to look after things/ people, and to be creative, even then. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭   𝐝𝐨   𝐲𝐨𝐮   𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲   𝐝𝐨 ? Currently, I work as a performer, producer, and workshop facilitator. I also co-founded a body positivity and creative empowerment project. 𝐖𝐡𝐲   𝐚𝐫𝐞   𝐲𝐨𝐮   𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞   𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 ? I'm here because knowing what I do about what's happening in the world, and the part that our species is playing in that, and the threat to all species because of it, I need to be, it's important that I show up. I feel that deeply, in a way perhaps that I don't fully understand. 𝐀𝐫𝐞   𝐲𝐨𝐮   𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 ?⁣ Truthfully, I don't know how hopeful I am that humanity will mobilise on the scale needed to turn things around. But I also don't know that feeling hopeful is a necessary requirement for trying to do what we can to help, or for loving and honouring the life that we have, that we share, that it's our enormous privilege to be part of, and our responsibility to try to protect. These are deeply troubled times in so many ways, but I'm very grateful to be a small part of them.⁣ Credit: João Daniel Pereira