Politics

Check Out Some Of The Funniest, Nerdiest Signs From Today’s March For Science

More than 500 cities are taking part.

by Tom Clift  22 April 2017

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Activists, environmentalists and garden variety geeks have gathered in their thousands in capital cities around the country today, kicking off a weekend of global marches in the name of science and common sense.

More than 500 cities are expected to take part in the inaugural March for Science this weekend. Spearheaded by a group of American scientists who became concerned by the agenda of a President who believes climate change is a Chinese hoax, the movement has since been embraced by citizens on every continent, with the public calling on policymakers to embrace science before it’s too late.

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In Australia, people gathered in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Canberra, Hobart, Launceston, Newcastle, Cairns, Townsville and Port Macquarie. In Melbourne, police expected around 400 people to show up. It ended up being closer to 10 times that number.

“The gaps that we see between what science tells us and what we actually see being translated into policy is very large, particularly when you look at things like climate change and the Great Barrier Reef,” Professor Stuart Khan, one of the organisers of the Sydney march, told ABC News. “We’re calling on politicians to make laws that are based on evidence that are appropriate for our future.”

“Famine, communicable disease, pollution of the ocean, climate change, all of these challenges are addressable by science.”

As we’ve come to expect from rallies like these, the sign game was on point.

No one could top this guy though. That’s what I call commitment.

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Feature image via Lee Constable/Twitter