“The political system that you have created is all about competition. You cheat when you can, because all that matters is to win, to get power. That must come to an end, we must stop competing with each other, we need to cooperate and work together and to share the resources of the planet in a fair w…”— Greta Thunberg, eesc.europa.euTagged: Global Warming, Climate Change, Air, Ocean, Soil
“You can't just sit around waiting for hope to come, you're acting like spoiled irresponsible children. You don't seem to understand that hope is something you have to earn. And if you still say that we are wasting valuable lesson time then let me remind you that our political leaders have wasted dec…”— Greta Thunberg, eesc.europa.euTagged: Global Warming, Climate Change, Childish, Denial, inaction
“Many people are trying to make the school strikes a question of whether we are promoting truancy or whether we should go back to school or not. They make up all sorts of conspiracies and call us puppets who cannot think for ourselves. They are desperately trying to remove the focus from the climate…”— Greta Thunberg, eesc.europa.euTagged: Global Warming, Climate Change, truancy, Conspiracies
“Tens of thousands of children or schools are striking for the climate on the streets of Brussels. Hundreds of thousands are doing the same all over the world. We are school striking because we have done our homework. And some of us are here today. People always tell us that they are so hopeful. They…”— Greta Thunberg, eesc.europa.euTagged: Global Warming, Climate Change, School Strike, Brussels