Greta is Steadfast Despite Being the Target of Generational Warfare

Heads of state that oppose climate action are targeting climate activist Greta Thunberg. The teenage climate warrior is undeterred by the fact that she is in the cross-hairs of a generational struggle. She has steadfastly spoken truth to power and unflinchingly confronted the inaction and lies of global leaders. She called out U.S. President Donald Trump saying, "Unlike you, my generation will not give up without a fight. Our house is still on fire. Your inaction is fueling the flames." She accused Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison of, "failing to make the connection" between rising temperatures and extreme weather events like the bush fires. "Not even catastrophes like these seem to bring any political action. How is this possible?" she tweeted to her 3.7 million followers.

Businesess and Employees Supporting the Climate Strikes

Thousands of companies joined millions people in the recent student led climate strikes on September 20 and 27. These strikes are an urgent call for governments to act on climate change. Some companies gave their employees paid time off to participate in the strike while others closed their doors.

Well known corporate brands like Patagonia, Ben & Jerry's, Burton, and Lush Cosmetics shut down both their manufacturing and their bricks and mortar retail outlets. They also encouraged their employees and customers to attend the strikes.

On September 20th more than 7,000 businesses and websites participated in a digital climate strike including some of the world's largest companies. Tumblr, WordPress, Imgur, Kickstarter, BitTorrent, Tor, BoingBoing, Greenpeace, Change.org, among many others spread the word on social media, donated ad space or put banners supporting the strikes on their sites. Seventh Generation donated its commercial airtime for the week to youth climate strikers.

Student Strike on September 27th is the Largest Climate Mobilization in History

The climate march on Friday September 27th was an historic event with millions of people participating in thousands of marches all around the world. The largest climate march took place in Montreal where 500,000 protestors joined Greta Thunberg to call for climate action. This was the largest single climate march ever. A total of almost a million Canadians took part in some form of action on this day. This is prescient for Canadians who are voting in national elections on October 21. On September 20th 4 million people took part in almost 4,500 climate strikes in 132 countries. There were 800 events in the U.S. including a massive march in New York City ahead of the U.N.'s Climate Action Summit. These climate strikes are of global importance as they are part of a game-changing movement.

Greta Thunberg Reprimands World Leaders and Draws the Line

On September 23, Swedish activist Greta Thunberg delivered a powerful speech at the Climate Action Summit.  Fighting back tears and struggling to restrain her rage, Greta scolded global leaders telling them that the eyes of future generations are watching.

Climate Strikes Call for Urgent Action

Global climate strike in March 2019

The climate strikes on September 20th and 27th are a plea for government action. As part of a week of climate action events are taking place around the world coinciding with the United Nations climate summit that is taking place in New York City on September 23rd.

Attendance at the protest in the Big Apple will be buoyed by the fact that NYC public schools have given students the day off if they want to participate in the strike. The students who attend are expected to lead class discussions about the day of action when they return to school.

Greta's Strikes for Climate Action and Her Game-Changing Global Movement

Greta Thunberg is the 16 year old Swedish environmental activist behind the climate strikes that are sweeping the globe. Last year Greta decided to protest the governments inaction on climate change by sitting on the steps of the Parliament building in Stockholm. What started in Sweden soon spread throughout Scandinavia, then to Europe, Britain and Australia. Now it seems as though the whole world is taking part including countries like China, Tanzania, Vanuatu, Cuba, and Pakistan.