I think in many ways that we autistic are the normal ones and the rest of the people are pretty strange.
GRETA THUNBERGI think in many ways that we autistic are the normal ones and the rest of the people are pretty strange.
GRETA THUNBERGWe 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.
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.
GRETA THUNBERGThere are no climate leaders. The only ones who can change this are you and me. All of us, together.
GRETA THUNBERGWe 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.
GRETA THUNBERGInequality and climate injustice is already the heart of the climate crisis.
GRETA THUNBERGSometimes 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.
GRETA THUNBERGRegrowth takes time the world does not have to solve climate change
GRETA THUNBERGOur relationship with nature is broken. But relationships can change. When we protect nature – we are nature protecting itself.
GRETA THUNBERGThe time has come to voice our fears and be honest with wider society.
GRETA THUNBERGThose of us who are still children can’t change what you do now once we’re old enough to do something about it.
GRETA THUNBERGAvoiding climate breakdown will require cathedral thinking. We must lay the foundation while we may not know exactly how to build the ceiling.
GRETA THUNBERGPeople keep doing what they do because the vast majority doesn’t have a clue about the consequences of our everyday life. And they don’t know the rapid changes required.
GRETA THUNBERGYou need to listen to us, us who cannot vote. You need to vote for us, for your children and grandchildren. What we are doing now can soon no longer be undone.
GRETA THUNBERGAll we have to do is to wake up and change.
GRETA THUNBERGBut the real hope comes from the people. And it all starts with awareness.
GRETA THUNBERG