2019 learn to know and understand Greta Thunberg : An Hour with the 16-Year-Old Climate Activist

In her first extended broadcast interview in the United States, we spend the hour with Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist who has inspired millions across the globe. Last year she launched a school strike for the climate, skipping school every Friday to stand in front of the Swedish parliament, demanding action to prevent catastrophic climate change. Her protest spread, quickly going global. Hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren around the globe have participated in their own local school strikes for the climate. Since her strike began in 2018, Greta has become a leading figure in the climate justice movement. She has joined protests across Europe. She has addressed world leaders at the U.N. climate talks in Poland and the European Union Parliament. She has even met the pope. And now she is in New York to join a global climate strike on September 20 and address the U.N. Climate Action Summit on September 23. Greta has refused to fly for years because of emissions, so she arrived here after a two-week transatlantic voyage aboard a zero-emissions racing yacht. She is also planning to attend the U.N. climate summit in Santiago, Chile, in December. Greta joined us Tuesday in our Democracy Now! studio.


"Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted" - Vladimir Lenin

" I am proud to be maladjusted to a corrupt society"--Dr. Martin Luther King, good going Greta!

Listening to Greta speak it reminds me of the three "R's" the Japanese teach their children in school.  R=Reduce, R=Reuse, R=Recycle.  "Reduce" is the cheapest, then "Reuse" and finally "Recycle".  I hope these concepts grow.

God bless our youth. They really picked up the ball cause all the "grown ups" dropped it.

I'm with you too. Your an inspiration to us all. And your name is beautiful, especially the way it's pronounced in Sweden

Part of why she is so admired is because she refuses to sell out. She could have spent her time the past few months sponsoring companies trying to greenwash themselves. Instead she came to America by boat to help the protests on the ground. Her refusal to compromise is infectious.

Thank you, Greta! You are an amazing young lady who will one day be in the history books as the beginner of the most important revolution in thinking that humanity has ever had. You have affected the actions of millions already, including myself, to change their lives even more than they thought they could to help the planet. I'm seeing huge changes all around me! So much gratitude for your wisdom and strength. Take good care of yourself! Love to you!

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