The Girl Who Cared About Mother Earth

About two months ago,a Swedish teenager with two long braids made headlines all over the world. She stood in front of the Swedish parliament with a placard in her hand,silently protesting about a major phenomenon who all have known for a long time. “Climate change and how it will affect the future of mankind.” Her protest made headlines throughout the world, making people think about the 15 year old’s concern. Who was she?Some celebrity, some starkid? No. She was a commoner just like you and me. She was Greta Thunberg : The girl who cared about Mother Earth.

( Greta Thunberg protesting outside Swedish Parliament)

Greta Thunberg

Born in 3 January 2003 is a 15 year old Swedish school girl who began protesting about taking immediate action against climate change around the world.Her personal activism started in August 2018 when she stood outside the Swedish parliament in Stockholm. She carried a placard which stated “Skolstrej for klimatet” meaning “School strike for climate” in English,attracted huge number of media coverage.

She is known for initiating the School Strike for Climate Movement that formed in November 2018and surged globally after the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP24) in December 2018.

Thunberg has been awarded with many prizes for her activism. She was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Objectives of the protest

Her demands was that the Swedish government must reduce the carbon emissions due to the immense amount of heat waves and wildfires that occurred in Sweden.

She said that if the Government does not take immediate actions regarding disasters that are occurring in nature due to artificial causes,then the world country may suffer. It may become a serious problem in the future that may affect the whole world and mankind must be at stake.

( Greta with German climate activist Luisa Neubauer at a strike in Hamburg on March 1 2019)

Aftermath of the Protest

She inspired school students across the globe to take part in strikes for a change.From December 2018 about 20,000 school students from across 270 cities in Sweden took part in various protests against climate change.

AroundMarch 15 2019 nearly 1.4 million students across the world to took part in protests against climate change. They joined her call for striking and protesting.

In February 2019 in response to Thunberg protests EU chief Jean Claude-Juncker in spending billions of Euros in mitigating climate change across Europe in the beginning of 2021.

Speeches

On January 2019 in a campaign at World Economic ForumGreta addressed the world leaders Davos panel by saying

“I don't want you to be hopeful,I want you to panic, I want you to feel the fear I feel everyday and I want you to act. I want you to act as you would in a crisis. I want you to act as if the house was on fire,because it is.”

From 29 to 31 March Greta visited Berlin,Germany where she spoke in front of 25,000 people near the Brandenburg Gate. She said that “ We live in a strange world where children must sacrifice their education in order to protest against the destruction of their future. Where the people who have contributed the least to this,will be the most affected ones in future.”

Just like 15 year old Greta there are hundreds of other children who fear that their lives,their future are at risk. Mankind is at risk of future climatic destruction. Mother Earth has given us with everything,now it's time for us to give her back the honor, make the future of our next generation a secured one, a healthy and and happy one.