Links tagged “kids”
- Greta’s very corporate children’s crusade – ‘Green lobbyists, PR hustlers, eco-academics’ – ‘Companies preparing for the biggest bonanza of govt contracts in history: the greening of the Western economies’
- Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg lectures world: ‘This is the biggest crisis humanity has ever faced’ – Meets with world leaders & ‘starstruck’ Schwarzenegger
- ‘Green wave’ in EU vote amid ‘climate crisis’ – Greens see ecord gains in EU elections – ‘Younger voters leading calls for action to halt global warming’
- Dr. Greta! Belgian university will honor ‘teen climate defender’ Greta Thunberg with honorary doctorate
- Girl Bullied by Teacher, Classmates for Refusing to join ‘Climate Strike’ – Accused of being a ‘climate denier’
- ‘Young people blame climate change for their small 401(k) balances’ – ‘Think civilization may not exist when they’re of retirement age’
Lori Rodriguez, a 27-year-old communications professional in New York City, is not saving for retirement, and it isn’t necessarily because she can’t afford to — it’s because she doesn’t expect it to matter. Like many people her age, Rodriguez believes climate change will have catastrophic effects on our planet. Some 88% of millennials — a higher percentage than any other age group — accept that climate change is happening, and 69% say it will impact them in their lifetimes. Engulfed in a constant barrage of depressing news stories, many young people are skeptical about saving for an uncertain future. “I want to hope for the best and plan for a future that is stable and secure, but, when I look at current events and at the world we are predicting, I do not see how things could not be chaotic in 50 years,” Rodriguez says. “The weather systems are already off, and I don’t think it’s hyperbolic to be a little apocalyptic.”
- Watch: Kid climate activists shame parents for failing to act on climate: ‘Mom, Dad, we have to talk. When did you know that the sea level was rising and the beaches were shrinking?’
- Watch teen climate school striker Greta’s message to Trump & her granting of more time! ays so! ‘We still have time. That time will not last long. So we need to do something. Now we need to do it quickly’
- WINNING: Even Millennials Don’t Care President Trump is a Climate Skeptic
- Teen climate school strike leader Greta Thunberg: Autistic prophet? – ‘Climate science is elevated to the status of revealed truth, as ‘The Science’
