Greta Thunberg has found a quarantine-compliant way to continue leading young people in climate activism. The 17-year-old activist has announced a new initiative: a series of weekly webinars titled “Talks For Future”
has found a quarantine-compliant way to continue leading young people in climate activism. The 17-year-old activist has announced a new initiative: a series of weekly webinars titled “Talks For Future.”
The digital events will start from Friday, March 27, at 2 p.m. GMT and will feature climate experts such as scientists, activists and journalists to carry on the spirit of the climate strikes online. Activist and author Naomi Klein is among the first speakers to appear on the webinar on Friday, along with Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum, climate change and health leader for the World Health Organization .
Despite schools closing down across much of the world, young activists like Thunberg have still been showing up for digital climate strikes on social media every Friday, posting pictures of themselves holding up signs demanding action to protect the environment.
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