Ep 138: Crisis at Lough Neagh and the Fight for Environmental Justice

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I just love, love to hear that.

I just think it's fantastic to have that energy from you.

And you know that that's coming from the campaigners and everybody involved in this.

It's fantastic.

And yes, this is a crisis, but look at all the hands on board.

It's amazing from every level of society.

So it's great to hear that and to see this in action about something that's so important.

So maybe back to the Loch Neagh, back to the lake for a moment.

What's the next steps, Laura? And how can we get involved? How can the public get involved to support this?

But you know what, like I think expecting everybody to be a really, you know, frontline campaigner is, you know, it's a bit much.

You know, there are certain people that are just so good at that and their motivation comes from somewhere that I don't have.

Like I'm quite, you know, I'm happy in my little legal lane and I respect those that are able to stand up and take the mic, pass it to others and be a voice for the voiceless.

Yeah.

But not everybody can do that.

Not everybody has that ability.

But what I would say is find the thing that annoys you most and bang on about it.

Like, do you know what I mean? And if nothing annoys you, then you have to have a word with yourself.

But also, you know, this campaign to save the lock has taken on such an obvious role in our society now.

Like join a march.

make a placard and rock up, do you know? And if you can't do that, sign a petition, write a letter, take to social media, have a look at what others are doing.

There's some fantastic groups like local campaigning groups that are speaking about this constantly and they're just such a breath of fresh air, Save Loughnay being one of them.

Do what's in your power.

Like there's some fantastic artwork being created about the lock.

Tell stories about the lock.