Greenpeace camp aims to educate about climate change

Greenpeace Edmonton is hosting a camp on climate change this weekend.

The yearly retreat'sgoal isto teachsocially-conscious Edmontoniansabout climate change, and environmental justice.

BronwenTucker,one of the organizers for the weekend of workshops, believesit's important for like-minded people tojoin together and get educated.

"This weekend is really about getting a strong background for folks, and getting a lot of the folks we work with on the same page. So that we can be a lot stronger in asking the government to really step up on climate change."

The groupranged in age from 15 to 50 andwere trained in the tactics of non-violent direct action, and artbased resistance.

Tucker says it's not about protesting more, it's about having a powerful,and strong message.

"I think Greenpeace is really associated with direction action and these big stunts," said Tucker."But there's no point climbing a bridge to hang a banner if you don't know what the right thing to ask on that banner is."

Tucker says despite the recentsteps from Alberta's government to reduce their carbon footprint,there's still work to do.

"The climate policy touches a lot of things and that was a good initial first step, but there's a lot of details that need to be flushed out still. So depending on some of the decisions the government makes in the next few months that will really change if we are really being ambitious enough."

Tucker hopes people will leave the retreat with new information and a new passion for saving the planet.