A 15-year-old climate activist

And now moving on to the video that I sent you about Greta Thunberg; did you have time to watch it? In case you didn't, it is a speech she gave in the United Nations plenary about how urgent it is to do something about climate change, and that the reason why governments don't do as much as they should is because they are afraid of being unpopular, and because the rich minority want to go on making money. More or less.

I saw an interview where his father spoke about how Greta was very ill for a whole year, suffering from depression. She lost a lot of weight because she was so worried about the future of the planet. Her mother used to be a very popular opera singer but she gave up her career to look after her and because Greta didn't agree that she had to take so many flights to go to other countries for her concerts, because of how much flying contributes to the planet's pollution.

When Greta finally recovered, she decided to go on school strike (huelga) every Friday and sat in front of the Swedish parliament to protest. Now a big movement is starting and lots of children and teenagers in other countries are going on similar strikes, under the name of Fridays for future. Here is a map of all the cities where these strikes or demonstrations are taking place:

I think the only hope for the planet is this new generation of young people that can question how governments are doing things, because we adults are so used to the way things have always been, consumerism etc, that we are more resistant to change.

What do you think?