Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2019 23:11:12 +0000
On June 12, 2020, thousands of climate activists will gather in Berlin’s Olympic Stadium to simultaneously submit a series of petitions to the Bundestag. If any gather more than 50,000 signatures, the legislature is obligated to consider it and vote on it. Representative democracy in action.
Credit to Author: The Beam| Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2019 10:00:01 +0000
On September 20th, more than 1.4 million people went on the streets in Germany to demand real climate action. My government’s response to these mass-demonstrations will go down as one of the worst political failures of this century
Credit to Author: Tim Marcin| Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 16:00:08 +0000
“It is a huge honour. But the climate movement does not need any more awards.”
Read moreCredit to Author: The Beam| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 09:00:36 +0000
An interview with Aran Consentino, Fridays for Future Udine, Italy
Credit to Author: Jonny Tiernan| Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 19:21:01 +0000
The fact that a 16-year-old schoolgirl is the face of a new global movement is both a cause for celebration and a source of consternation. We should celebrate Greta Thunberg for having the courage and tenacity to not only start a movement, but the strength to continually build and grow it. We should be concerned that in the light of all we know about climate change, we still need a global campaign of citizen-led activism to force politicians and world leaders to take urgent and essential action
Credit to Author: The Beam| Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 19:05:54 +0000
For our planet to remain habitable, we have to change everything. To move away from fossil fuels, we have to transform the way we eat, commute, live, consume, and travel. And we have to raise our voices — not just the youth, but people of all ages. In order to save our future, we have to become climate activists. The timeframe has been set a long time ago and we are approaching its end with increasing pace
Credit to Author: Michael Segalov| Date: Tue, 28 May 2019 13:17:14 +0000
“The thing is, all the air will be really polluted; we will choke and die. We will breathe in the air and we will choke and die. People with asthma will definitely die, probably quicker.”
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Credit to Author: VICE Staff| Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 12:41:25 +0000
One protester was taken into a police van on yet another day when young people showed they’re really not keen on the destruction of planet earth.
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Credit to Author: Sherina Harris| Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2019 21:54:50 +0000
“We’re not gonna die anytime soon, and if we do, it’s gonna be because of this.”
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Credit to Author: VICE Staff| Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2019 19:21:15 +0000
We took photos so you can see what that looked like.
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