Seventeen-year-old Samantha Lin has plenty of friendships, homework and exams to worry about. The Grade 12 student also counts herself among teenagers across the globe struggling with climate anxiety, who are cutting time out of their busy days to tackle an issue they believe can only be overcome through unity.
Thunberg joined a Sept. 27 climate strike — where people left school or work to participate in climate activism — in Montreal which, according to the city’s mayor, drew 500,000 people. That same day, a Thunberg-inspired climate strike led by the Sustainabiliteens brought about 100,000 people to the streets of Vancouver, police said.
“I think there are more and more people — as can be seen by the number of strikers that we have been seeing across Canada — who are going to make climate a priority and who are going to keep showing up to these types of things, and really putting the pressure on government to commit to bolder actions, to commit to Indigenous sovereignty, to commit to a just transition away from fossil fuels,” Lin said.
Deborah Harford, executive director of the Adaptation to Climate Change Team in the faculty of environment at Simon Fraser University, said the teens organizing climate strikes have shown incredible leadership on the issue. But they are “scared about their future” and she doesn’t expect them to slow down anytime soon, she said.
Harford challenged some of Thunberg’s critics who argue that the teen should be visiting the nations that emit the highest volume of carbon dioxide.
I bet you she has now more carbon footprint than me when she has travelled across countries by air...I’m 40 and she is 16...You do the math...Flying around and saying we are destroying the earth, to me is hypocritical. IMO
She’s like that really great song on the radio that they play ALL THE TIME - after awhile it just makes your ears bleed & you want it to stop 🤮
Why is this 16 year old getting so much attention. She's clueless, running around shaming everyone is doing nothing.. This is getting ridiculous. Go around the world when you have a suitable solution and offer to help. Stop traveling on your shame tour. It's embarrassing
Curious why we should all be breathlessly listening to every word a 16 yo girl has to say. I remember being 16. I was a pretty smart 16, but no 16yo is good at independent critical thinking. I was really good at absorbing and regurgitating everything authoritative people told me.
will she go to Yemen any time soon? The kids there need more help then anyone else in the entire world.
Her parents don't know her size?
When is she visiting China?
I heard her feet are HUGE because her carbon footprint is massive
Since Greta will not travel to Victoria due to having travel by a fossil fuel Ferry, Will she at least drive her Tesla to the Westshore Coal Terminal so she can see North Americas busiest Coal Terminal that is Shipping coal to Asia
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