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No One's Too Small to Make a Difference

Greta Thunberg is a Swedish

environmental activist for climate change,whose campaign has gained international recognition. She began by protesting outside of the Swedish parliament every Friday. She adopted several lifestyle habits to reduce her carbon footprint, including giving up air travel, stopping eating meat and dairy products. She has also inspired the Fridays For Future movement where students across the globe take part in student strikes.

Your determination is inspiring. And it is inspiring other young people. It's started to affect all generations. The planet is the most important thing for you right?

Yes. For all of us it should be.

Why do you think young people are so focused on climate change now?

I think it is because we feel more like it is a direct threat. We know that these consequences will face us during our lifetime. It is happening now, and it will get worse. The awareness is not as much as it needs to be; people are stillvery unaware.We need to continue.

Why do you think people need to learn about climate change?

Everything. I mean, we know that the planet is getting warmer, we know about

gas emissions, about glaciers melting and that there will be more extreme weather events. But people don't understand how severe this crisis is. We are at the beginning of the sixth massive extinction and people need to start acting now.

What do you think people should do,and what do you think the governments should be doing?

I think people should do everything on their hands, but if I had to choose only one thing, I would say to inform yourselves,and understand the situation to push for a political movement. A political movement that does not exist today. People in power cannot continue to ignore this.

Noah, T. (2019, September 20) The Daily Show. Retrieved from www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhQVustYV24




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Unit 3 · Changing Habits