My generation trashed the planet. So I salute the children striking back | George Monbiot
by George Monbiot from on (#4971G)
Across the country today, children left their classes to protest against climate change. This is my message to them
The Youth Strike 4 Climate gives me more hope than I have felt in 30 years of campaigning. Before this week, I believed it was all over. I thought, given the indifference and hostility of those who govern us, and the passivity of most of my generation, that climate breakdown and ecological collapse were inevitable. Now, for the first time in years, I think we can turn them around.
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