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"Three years ago Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg was an unknown
15-year-old terrified that we were destroying the planet and furious that
adults were letting it happen. Her fury was particularly directed at those with
power. She decided to take unilateral action, and tweeted her plan. “We kids
most often don’t do what you tell us to do. We do as you do. And since you
grownups don’t give a damn about my future, I won’t either. My name is Greta
and I’m in ninth grade. And I am school striking for the climate until election
day.” She didn’t expect anyone to take notice. Thunberg had spent her short
lifetime not being noticed. She was small, rarely spoke and described herself
as “that girl in the back who never said anything”.
Thunberg spent the first day sitting cross-legged on her own outside the
Swedish parliament alongside a sign made from wood scrap that read “Skolstrejk
för klimatet” (“School strike for climate”). Although she was striking, she
still treated it as a regular school day – she rode to the Riksdag on her bike,
took out her books and studied till the end of the school day. The next week a
few others joined her – fellow students, teachers and parents – and her
campaign began to attract media interest. In September 2018 she began a regular
Friday strike, calling it Fridays for Future, encouraging other students to
join her. By March 2019, her protest had spread to more than 70 countries. On
20 September 2019, 4 million people joined a school strike across 161 countries
– the largest climate demonstration in history."
Via
libramoon@pluspora.com.
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