Humanity is a civilisation in the middle of the ocean, and we are right now setting fire to our boat”
GRETA THUNBERGWe live in a strange world, where we think we can buy or build our way out of a crisis that has been created by buying and building things. Where a football game or a film gala gets more media attention than the biggest crisis humanity has ever faced.
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In case you’re still wondering why there’s no real change in sight… We can’t solve a crisis unless we treat it like a crisis.
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But the real hope comes from the people. And it all starts with awareness.
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We children are doing this to wake the adults up. We children are doing this for you to put your differences aside and start acting as you would in a crisis. We children are doing this because we want our hopes and dreams back.
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We understand that the world is very complex and that change doesn’t happen overnight. But you’ve now had more than three decades of blah blah blah. How many more do you need?
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The real power belongs to the people.
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what we women want today – and every day- is fundamental equal rights, not congratulations or celebrations.
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Humans are part of nature, and if we are not doing well, then nature is not doing well, because we are nature.
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Right here, Right now is where we draw the time, the world is not waking up, and change is coming, whether you like it or not.
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Our relationship with nature is broken. But relationships can change. When we protect nature – we are nature protecting itself.
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The fight for a future doesn’t end here – this is just the beginning.
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This climate law is surrender – because nature doesn’t bargain and you cannot make ”deals” with physics. And we will not allow you to surrender on our future.
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We can’t call for climate justice while advocating for policies and phase-out-dates based on targets that exclude aspect of equity and historic emissions.
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You say that you love your children above everything else. And yet you are stealing their future.
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Sometimes NOT doing things – like just sitting down outside the parliament – speaks much louder than doing things. Just like a whisper sometimes is louder than shouting.
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My generation, and those coming after, are the future. We deserve to be fought for. We deserve climate justice, social justice and equity.
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