Would be a shame if that new potential hurricane veered into her path.
Posted on 07/29/2019 2:09:27 PM PDT by sasherm13
Youth activist Greta Thunberg is hopping on a carbon-free racing boat to make the United Nations Climate Summit in New York on September 23. The Swedish founder of Fridays for Future—a now-global effort where youth skip school on Fridays to protest in the name of climate change and their future—figured out how to make it to the United States without destroying the planet.
She’s headed to New York, which is cool. But what about other youth activists, especially those in the Global South? Thunberg’s success—while rightly deserved—is also a reminder of how our efforts to stop climate change continue to ignore the voices of those most affected by the crisis while uplifting more privileged, white voices.
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However, part of me can’t help but wonder how many other 16-year-old climate activists have been invited to speak at the United Nations and can commandeer a free ride across an entire ocean. I imagine that if most other kids her age—especially any in the developing world—refused to fly to such a summit, they simply wouldn’t be able to go. Namugerwa, for instance, told Earther she’s never been to the U.S. and would “surely” want to be here, especially on a sailboat “if it’s for the good of my planet.”
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What’s the boat and sails made out of?
Izzat Pippi Longstocking...? Har!
Would be a shame if that new potential hurricane veered into her path.
There is a systematic weaponization of empathy here, that the kids WILL be political puppets. The kids are bullied if they do NOT join the protests.
Swedish schoolgirl who refused to take part in one of campaigner Greta Thunberg’s ‘climate strikes’ is ‘bullied by her own teacher’ and labelled a ‘climate denier’https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7062517/Swedish-girl-bullied-not-participating-Greta-Thunberg-climate-strike.html
There are no carbon free boats.
Calling all sharks! Calling all sharks!
The manufacturing of that high tech sailing yacht has to have some sort of carbon footprint. How often does it get used? What practical purpose is it for. Simply for uber rich people having fun? How many POC were involved in or supported by it’s manufacture? What’s the upkeep on it in carbon terms?
YADA YADA YADA
“youth skip school on Fridays to protest in the name of climate change and their future”
unless they are out there EVERY one of those days PLANTING TREES (or lichen) then they are merely doing/taking advantage of a TRENDY ‘Playing Hooky’ sad leftard movement.
Penalties of having to MAKE UP schoolwork or retaking grades might teach them there is a real world cost for ‘soft headed leftism’ which MANY really are note willing to make.
Skipping school on Fridays to protest climate change; sounds like a good 3 day weekend scam to me.
Yup - environmental activism is White Privilege. Say it loud and say it proud!
She is not going to exhale?
The only way something is "carbon free" is if it is dead and decayed, no organic matter left.
Otherwise you are not carbon free.
So this stupid twit can just shut her carbon producing piehole permanently.
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