Students are rising up, rejecting complacency, and demanding the planet — and their futures — be protected. They're united in one of the most powerful youth-led movements the world has ever seen.
“The youth strike movement has been so powerful because it’s so unexpected to hear such young people talking in plain terms about the way in which our economic system and our politicians have failed us. When you have children telling adults they don’t have a future, that’s really powerful.”Action is needed and urgently. We’re running out of time to address the climate crisis and young people the world over are rising up to demand that those in positions of power make the changes necessary.
I have been an activist since I was 12, when I used my voice for animals. I became an environmentalist at 14 when I learned about human-induced climate change. I co-founded I do what I can do in my daily life, like avoiding plastic bags, not buying beverages in plastic bottles, things like that. I kind of felt anxious for no specific reason, but after finding out about this global action, I now realise the issue affects our future so seriously that students must demand action, and that we need to stand up and share our voices. We had two protests in February and March in Japan, but our actions aren’t widely known yet.
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