Greta Thunberg: Teenage Climate Activist
Rebecca Brewster
Published on 11/7/19 - Climate Change
Greta Thunberg, a teenage climate activist, has been making herself known through tremendous efforts to express the horrific realities of our failing ecosystem. At only sixteen years of age, she has continuously attended movements and sailed across seas to gain international recognition for the extent of climate change.
She began involving herself as an activist during August of 2018 by starting a school strike near a place of high officials within her country, the Swedish Parliament. These strikes came to be known as “Fridays For Future” and have gained support from people all over the world. Thunberg has continuously shown passion for this topic and is pleading the leaders of the world to take action with our climate crisis. She has spoken during a number of events such as the National Assembly in Paris and the 2019 World Economic Forum in Davos, among many others.
Despite having incredibly good intentions in what she is doing, she still faces criticism. Many disapprove of her because she is so young. Certain actions have led some to believe Thunberg’s activism began only to repeat what she’d been told by her parents as a sort of puppet. It is also believed that her harsh demands have a childish undertone which has only demeaned the value of her words for some individuals.
Her age, however, could be an advantage moving on with activism. She has both the maturity and ability to see this situation as an adult would but also has the idealism and conviction of a teenager growing up in a world that’s undergoing such horrible conditions. This has already made her fights for change even louder and has made her even more prominent in the news.
As time goes by, Thunberg and her views become bigger and the hope for change becomes stronger. She has already made huge impact internationally on spreading awareness for climate change and the possible dangers that may proceed, it seems that it will continue to grow until our problems we face are addressed or solved.
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