Links tagged “kids”
- Rolling Stone’s profile: ‘GRETA’S WORLD’ – ‘How one Swedish teenager armed with a homemade sign ignited a crusade and became the leader of a movement’
- Climate Litigation: a Government Grab for Cash
- Teen Vogue Op-Ed: ‘Coronavirus Response Should Be a Model for How We Address Climate Change’
Teen activist JAMIE MARGOLIN: "If we can shut the world down to stop a virus, that also means it is possible to do the same for climate change.
Treat all emergencies like emergencies!" (Also see: Former UN Env. Director approvingly cites activist’s message: ‘If we can shut the world down to stop a virus, that also means it is possible to do the same for climate change’)
Margolin in Teen Vogue: "The way the world has been able to mobilize itself and shut down in the blink of an eye to properly respond to the coronavirus is proof that political leaders actually do have the ability to make rapid change happen if they want. So where is that rapid response for the climate crisis?...
For years, climate justice activists like myself have been calling for immediate action on our climate emergency. And for years, that action has not taken place....
Why have there not been coronavirus levels of shutting down and completely rewiring our society? Every time I meet with lawmakers and tell them that we need rapid transformation to halt climate change, they tell me “change that fast just isn’t possible.” But the COVID-19 world response has proven that rapid change and disruption of business as usual is possible! ...
What would it look like when the world actually decides to take on the climate crisis? It would look like what we’re seeing right now. Media coverage of the issue 24/7. Consistent headlines about updated death tolls. Experts appearing on the news daily to update the public on the crisis. Everyone stopping everything and putting the world on pause to deal with the immediate crisis at hand. ...
Pandemic response is simply trying to mitigate a disaster, while urgent climate response is not only mitigating disaster, but actively creating a better world."
- Greta Thunberg says climate protests should go online to reduce coronavirus risk
- Study: Children Suffering From Nightmares, Eating Issues Over Climate Change Fears
- Climate nightmares: how to reassure a child who is anxious about the planet
- Watch: ‘Anti-Greta’ Naomi Seibt, climate skeptic German teen counters Greta’s fear
- Most Despised (Older) Generation In Fact Cleaned Up The Atmosphere, Left It In Far Better Shape!
- Polling analysis: The ‘climate crusade has proved less-than-compelling in the daily lives of most Americans’
- ECO-ANXIETY STUDY: CHILDREN ARE LOSING SLEEP & BAD DREAMS OVER ‘CLIMATE CHANGE’
