What Do We Want?
A powerful poem by our friend Neil Baker and the children of Christopher Hatton Primary School. A world with no pollution. No diesel. No deforestation. No more treescut down to grow palm oil. A world filled with trees, the lungs of theearth. No poaching, so animals don't become extinct (because it isn't fairif people in the future don't have animals.) A world that is full ofwildlife, with rainforests. Where we can still here birdsong and therustling of leaves and trees and the air is fresh and clean. An end toclimate change (because if we don't it will get hotter and we won't beable to go outside and that wouldn't be a nice world to live in.) So wewill be scientists stopping the climate crisis. And we will be ecologists saving forests and their animals. And we will raise awareness, call forclearer labels, help people make better choices. We want a fair world,where all children have their rights. Without sexism. Where girls aren'ttreated differently. Where we all have the same opportunities. So wewill be actors playing powerful women who fight for justice. We will besuperheroes helping children all around the world. A world full of kindpeople who get along. No wars or arguing. Fair trading. A goodeducation. A good living. We will live in a city of robots and AImachines that do everything for us and learn from mistakes. And we'llsee clean sand and swim in a blue see and the fish and turtles will not eat plastic and the world will be painted in colours that make people feelhappy. Thanks to Gwen and the children who shared their hopes: Amelie, Bilal, Elizabeth, Ishaan, Julia, Kate, Khadeja, Maram, Mariam, Samuel and Tallulah.
