Feb 20, 2020
U.S.-based youth climate activists on Friday drew attention to the climate protest in Hamburg, Germany, where organizers said roughly 60,000 people took part, and hoped that Americans took inspiration from their European counterparts.
Among those taking part in the large Fridays for Future action in the northern German city was school strike for climate founder Greta Thunberg of Sweden.
Fridays for Future organizer Alexandria Villasenor of New York City shared Thunberg's tweet showing the massive crowd and asked, "Where are you USA?"
\u201cWhere are you USA\ud83d\ude2d\u201d— Alexandria Villase\u00f1or is at #COP27! (@Alexandria Villase\u00f1or is at #COP27!) 1582308257
"The United States needs these types of numbers on a regular basis," said Jerome Foster II, a high school senior and Fridays for Future organizer in Washington, D.C.
"What is it going to take for the U.S. to rise up like this?" wondered the Durham, N.C. branch of Extinction Rebellion. "We are in a climate catastrophe and people around the world, particularly in the global south are facing the brunt NOW! January 2020 was the warmest since we've recorded temperatures."
Thunberg, who's in her 79th week of Fridays for Future actions, noted in her remarks to the Hamburg crowd that the weekly actions have spread globally.
"For almost one and half years young people have been striking from school all over the world," she said.
"The world is failing on ensuring us a future. And I honestly don't understand how the people in power can continue like now. How they can look their children in the eyes while they are stealing their future?" she asked.
"We are facing an existential crisis," said Thunberg, "but we must keep on pushing."
While the Hamburg march drew attention for it size Friday, other youth-led climate actions took place in communities across the globe, which many documented on social media:
\u201cThe youth of Kenema have joined us to fight for the climate. They are adding adding their voices in demand for urgent #ClimateAction Now. \n@GretaThunberg @IsataRoseline @Fridays4future\u201d— Fridays For Future - Sierra Leone (@Fridays For Future - Sierra Leone) 1582277385
\u201cWeek 6 of the climate boycott! We sat through the blazing heat and the lightening today. But no big change happened without sacrifice. \n\nNext week: MEETING WITH THE MINISTER! WE DEMAND ACTION!\n\n#schoolstrike4climate #FridaysForFuture @vanessa_vash @GretaThunberg @LicypriyaK\u201d— Rae wants to burn the system to the ground (@Rae wants to burn the system to the ground) 1582295686
\u201cWeek 6 of the climate boycott! We sat through the blazing heat and the lightening today. But no big change happened without sacrifice. \n\nNext week: MEETING WITH THE MINISTER! WE DEMAND ACTION!\n\n#schoolstrike4climate #FridaysForFuture @vanessa_vash @GretaThunberg @LicypriyaK\u201d— Rae wants to burn the system to the ground (@Rae wants to burn the system to the ground) 1582295686
\u201cDanish activists marching to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to demand #ClimateAction now. Denmark needs to get a grip and contribute to #ClimateJustice worldwide #FridaysForFuture @GretaThunberg\u201d— SussiLillelund (@SussiLillelund) 1582283584
\u201cIt's our responsibility\n#FridaysForFuture\n#ClimateCrisis deepens poverty\nThreaten food and water supply\nMakes people homeless\nReduces #AirQuality\n@GretaThunberg\n@Greenpeace @Fridays4future @Fridays4FutureU @FoundationVeer @cookswelljikos\u201d— Patricia kombo (@Patricia kombo) 1582310000
Villasenor, in a Friday tweet sharing the climate action she spearheaded in New York, underscored her steadfastness in her demand for urgent and bold action to tackle the ecological crisis.
"It's cold, we're tired, and we're not stopping," she wrote.
\u201cWEEK 63 #ClimateStrike at the @UN - and then at NYC City Hall! Today I was joined by @MarielS1115 from @Montessori_MUN and again by @JacobHB2005. Then we met up with @F4F_NYC. It's cold, we're tired, and we're not stopping.\u201d— Alexandria Villase\u00f1or is at #COP27! (@Alexandria Villase\u00f1or is at #COP27!) 1582315926
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U.S.-based youth climate activists on Friday drew attention to the climate protest in Hamburg, Germany, where organizers said roughly 60,000 people took part, and hoped that Americans took inspiration from their European counterparts.
Among those taking part in the large Fridays for Future action in the northern German city was school strike for climate founder Greta Thunberg of Sweden.
Fridays for Future organizer Alexandria Villasenor of New York City shared Thunberg's tweet showing the massive crowd and asked, "Where are you USA?"
\u201cWhere are you USA\ud83d\ude2d\u201d— Alexandria Villase\u00f1or is at #COP27! (@Alexandria Villase\u00f1or is at #COP27!) 1582308257
"The United States needs these types of numbers on a regular basis," said Jerome Foster II, a high school senior and Fridays for Future organizer in Washington, D.C.
"What is it going to take for the U.S. to rise up like this?" wondered the Durham, N.C. branch of Extinction Rebellion. "We are in a climate catastrophe and people around the world, particularly in the global south are facing the brunt NOW! January 2020 was the warmest since we've recorded temperatures."
Thunberg, who's in her 79th week of Fridays for Future actions, noted in her remarks to the Hamburg crowd that the weekly actions have spread globally.
"For almost one and half years young people have been striking from school all over the world," she said.
"The world is failing on ensuring us a future. And I honestly don't understand how the people in power can continue like now. How they can look their children in the eyes while they are stealing their future?" she asked.
"We are facing an existential crisis," said Thunberg, "but we must keep on pushing."
While the Hamburg march drew attention for it size Friday, other youth-led climate actions took place in communities across the globe, which many documented on social media:
\u201cThe youth of Kenema have joined us to fight for the climate. They are adding adding their voices in demand for urgent #ClimateAction Now. \n@GretaThunberg @IsataRoseline @Fridays4future\u201d— Fridays For Future - Sierra Leone (@Fridays For Future - Sierra Leone) 1582277385
\u201cWeek 6 of the climate boycott! We sat through the blazing heat and the lightening today. But no big change happened without sacrifice. \n\nNext week: MEETING WITH THE MINISTER! WE DEMAND ACTION!\n\n#schoolstrike4climate #FridaysForFuture @vanessa_vash @GretaThunberg @LicypriyaK\u201d— Rae wants to burn the system to the ground (@Rae wants to burn the system to the ground) 1582295686
\u201cWeek 6 of the climate boycott! We sat through the blazing heat and the lightening today. But no big change happened without sacrifice. \n\nNext week: MEETING WITH THE MINISTER! WE DEMAND ACTION!\n\n#schoolstrike4climate #FridaysForFuture @vanessa_vash @GretaThunberg @LicypriyaK\u201d— Rae wants to burn the system to the ground (@Rae wants to burn the system to the ground) 1582295686
\u201cDanish activists marching to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to demand #ClimateAction now. Denmark needs to get a grip and contribute to #ClimateJustice worldwide #FridaysForFuture @GretaThunberg\u201d— SussiLillelund (@SussiLillelund) 1582283584
\u201cIt's our responsibility\n#FridaysForFuture\n#ClimateCrisis deepens poverty\nThreaten food and water supply\nMakes people homeless\nReduces #AirQuality\n@GretaThunberg\n@Greenpeace @Fridays4future @Fridays4FutureU @FoundationVeer @cookswelljikos\u201d— Patricia kombo (@Patricia kombo) 1582310000
Villasenor, in a Friday tweet sharing the climate action she spearheaded in New York, underscored her steadfastness in her demand for urgent and bold action to tackle the ecological crisis.
"It's cold, we're tired, and we're not stopping," she wrote.
\u201cWEEK 63 #ClimateStrike at the @UN - and then at NYC City Hall! Today I was joined by @MarielS1115 from @Montessori_MUN and again by @JacobHB2005. Then we met up with @F4F_NYC. It's cold, we're tired, and we're not stopping.\u201d— Alexandria Villase\u00f1or is at #COP27! (@Alexandria Villase\u00f1or is at #COP27!) 1582315926
U.S.-based youth climate activists on Friday drew attention to the climate protest in Hamburg, Germany, where organizers said roughly 60,000 people took part, and hoped that Americans took inspiration from their European counterparts.
Among those taking part in the large Fridays for Future action in the northern German city was school strike for climate founder Greta Thunberg of Sweden.
Fridays for Future organizer Alexandria Villasenor of New York City shared Thunberg's tweet showing the massive crowd and asked, "Where are you USA?"
\u201cWhere are you USA\ud83d\ude2d\u201d— Alexandria Villase\u00f1or is at #COP27! (@Alexandria Villase\u00f1or is at #COP27!) 1582308257
"The United States needs these types of numbers on a regular basis," said Jerome Foster II, a high school senior and Fridays for Future organizer in Washington, D.C.
"What is it going to take for the U.S. to rise up like this?" wondered the Durham, N.C. branch of Extinction Rebellion. "We are in a climate catastrophe and people around the world, particularly in the global south are facing the brunt NOW! January 2020 was the warmest since we've recorded temperatures."
Thunberg, who's in her 79th week of Fridays for Future actions, noted in her remarks to the Hamburg crowd that the weekly actions have spread globally.
"For almost one and half years young people have been striking from school all over the world," she said.
"The world is failing on ensuring us a future. And I honestly don't understand how the people in power can continue like now. How they can look their children in the eyes while they are stealing their future?" she asked.
"We are facing an existential crisis," said Thunberg, "but we must keep on pushing."
While the Hamburg march drew attention for it size Friday, other youth-led climate actions took place in communities across the globe, which many documented on social media:
\u201cThe youth of Kenema have joined us to fight for the climate. They are adding adding their voices in demand for urgent #ClimateAction Now. \n@GretaThunberg @IsataRoseline @Fridays4future\u201d— Fridays For Future - Sierra Leone (@Fridays For Future - Sierra Leone) 1582277385
\u201cWeek 6 of the climate boycott! We sat through the blazing heat and the lightening today. But no big change happened without sacrifice. \n\nNext week: MEETING WITH THE MINISTER! WE DEMAND ACTION!\n\n#schoolstrike4climate #FridaysForFuture @vanessa_vash @GretaThunberg @LicypriyaK\u201d— Rae wants to burn the system to the ground (@Rae wants to burn the system to the ground) 1582295686
\u201cWeek 6 of the climate boycott! We sat through the blazing heat and the lightening today. But no big change happened without sacrifice. \n\nNext week: MEETING WITH THE MINISTER! WE DEMAND ACTION!\n\n#schoolstrike4climate #FridaysForFuture @vanessa_vash @GretaThunberg @LicypriyaK\u201d— Rae wants to burn the system to the ground (@Rae wants to burn the system to the ground) 1582295686
\u201cDanish activists marching to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to demand #ClimateAction now. Denmark needs to get a grip and contribute to #ClimateJustice worldwide #FridaysForFuture @GretaThunberg\u201d— SussiLillelund (@SussiLillelund) 1582283584
\u201cIt's our responsibility\n#FridaysForFuture\n#ClimateCrisis deepens poverty\nThreaten food and water supply\nMakes people homeless\nReduces #AirQuality\n@GretaThunberg\n@Greenpeace @Fridays4future @Fridays4FutureU @FoundationVeer @cookswelljikos\u201d— Patricia kombo (@Patricia kombo) 1582310000
Villasenor, in a Friday tweet sharing the climate action she spearheaded in New York, underscored her steadfastness in her demand for urgent and bold action to tackle the ecological crisis.
"It's cold, we're tired, and we're not stopping," she wrote.
\u201cWEEK 63 #ClimateStrike at the @UN - and then at NYC City Hall! Today I was joined by @MarielS1115 from @Montessori_MUN and again by @JacobHB2005. Then we met up with @F4F_NYC. It's cold, we're tired, and we're not stopping.\u201d— Alexandria Villase\u00f1or is at #COP27! (@Alexandria Villase\u00f1or is at #COP27!) 1582315926
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