Children From 30 Countries Will Skip School To Protest Climate Change Inaction On March 15
On March 15 tens of thousands of high-school and middle-school students in more than 30 countries plan to skip school. The demand is coming from kids across 30 countries for a constructive solution to the climate change crisis. The campaign started with 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg.
For the uninitiated, Shakespeare made the Ides of March famous with date of the assassination of Julius Caesar.
But now, 'beware the ides of March' is a cry for something completely different and the demand is coming from kids across 30 countries, for a constructive solution to the climate change crisis.
On March 15, tens of thousands of high-school and middle-school students in more than 30 countries plan to skip school to demand that politicians treat the global climate crisis.
Join us on March 15 to #ClimateStrike 4 our future: https://t.co/zJlOe9pW3d pic.twitter.com/Kmp5uW6bHW
¡ª School Strike 4 Climate (@StrikeClimate) January 30, 2019
Today's strike: Treasurer @JoshFrydenberg's office to lay down our demands: 1. #StopAdani 2. No new coal & gas. 3. 100% renewable by 2030. #ClimateStrike See you for more of this on a HUGE scale on March 15! pic.twitter.com/yIF4BPH3OC
¡ª School Strike 4 Climate (@StrikeClimate) March 1, 2019
'School Strike 4 Climate' started with Sixteen-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg. She skipped class to sit outside government buildings in last year, accusing her country of not following the Paris Climate Agreement.
¡°You grownups don¡¯t give a shit about my future.¡± She gained international attention speaking at the U.N. Climate Talks in Poland this past December.
And since then thousands have followed her footsteps.
In the US, Europe, and Australia, students are skipping school most Fridays to attend the protest asking for a better future.
Today's strike: Treasurer @JoshFrydenberg's office to lay down our demands: 1. #StopAdani 2. No new coal & gas. 3. 100% renewable by 2030. #ClimateStrike See you for more of this on a HUGE scale on March 15! pic.twitter.com/yIF4BPH3OC
¡ª School Strike 4 Climate (@StrikeClimate) March 1, 2019
Thousands more plan to organise strikes across New Zealand next week as part of a global campaign.
This Friday am not going to school. I am going to lead fellow students for #ClimateStrike #FridaysForture I call upon my age mates to do the same. I've today joined @GretaThunberg and @Fridays4FutureU pic.twitter.com/hD1gpMnFqf
¡ª Leah Namugerwa (@NamugerwaLeah) February 26, 2019
¡°I think enough people have realised just how absurd the situation is. We are in the middle of the biggest crisis in human history and basically nothing is being done to prevent it. I think what we are seeing is the beginning of great changes and that is very hopeful,¡± the Guardian quoted Greta as saying.
