translated from Spanish: Greta Thunderg, Icon of young alarmed by climate change

Sweden.-Espacido in all world a youth movement has emerged that is already in 125 countries of the world, with the labels #FridaysForFuture, #SchoolStrike4Future, #ClimateStrike and #HuelgaClimatica, it refers to Greta Thunberg of 15 years, which has become The icon of many young people alarmed by climate change, who seek to raise awareness with protests and emergency calls to confront this threat. The story of this teenager began on August 20, 2018, when she decided she should do something for the planet, and a normal day for any student, got up early and breakfasted, but also took some food for the rest of the day, which she narrates It was only pasta with salt for lunch. Greta was 15 years old on that date when instead of going to school, she went to protest with a banner that had written “school strike for the weather”, and then began to deliver flyers outside the Swedish parliament. After his first protest and the little interest he generated among people, with only a few photos published on social networks, Greta was not discouraged, because he had already taken the first step of a great student who cared about the environment and Tragic consequences that humans were causing.
In several interviews, the teenager has externalized that she remembers since the eight years the photo of a polar bear in the bones as a result of the lack of food, and that it was attributed by the destruction of its habitat.
The teachers also showed them more photos of climate change and said that everything she learned from school led her to make the decision to protest outside the parliament. She insists that young people should study for the future, because it is not being done enough to save the future, as well as stresses that they must learn data from scientists who are not taken into account by politicians.
In his message that leads to the youth shows his concern for the melting of the masses glaciers, acidification of the oceans, rise of the level of the seas, extinction of species, droughts, fires, plastics and many environmental issues. Greta’s speech for many can be turned on, as this pronounced in Poland addressed to the members of COP24: “They just talk about moving on with the same bad ideas that put us in this mess, even when the only sensible thing to do is pull of the emergency brake. They are not mature enough to say things as they are, even that burden is left to us, the children. But I don’t mind being unpopular, I’m concerned about climate justice and the Living Planet. ” His words travel the world and his face shows that the Juventad apparently ran out of patience with the environmental crisis generated by climate change.



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