The coronavirus pandemic has foiled plans for marches on the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. But young climate activists are vowing to continue the fight, using their digital devices until they can get back to their in-person organizing.
FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 29, 2018 file photo, Jamie Margolin, a high school student, speaks during a rally by youth activists and others in Seattle in support of a high-profile climate change lawsuit in federal court in Eugene, Ore. "It's really hard to grow up on a planet full of ifs," said Margolin, a 17-year-old cofounder of This is Zero Hour. "There's always been a sense that everything beautiful in this world is temporary for my generation.
Unable to gather en masse as they’d planned this Earth Day, these activists are planning livestreams and webinars to keep the issue of climate front and center on the world stage and in the U.S. presidential race.Live, is being organized by a coalition of youth-led climate groups, including Zero Hour, of which Margolin is a leader .
While traveling in eastern Uganda, Moses met with families who had lost their homes in mudslides caused by torrential rainfall. “The energy I remember from my elders growing up” — at community meetings she attended with her parents when she was small — “was that my community was always very worried,” she said.Moses plans to run for his country’s parliament next year. “I want to fight to change the system from the inside,” he said.
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