The Future, Telling Us To Listen and Act Now

[ancianita]

"... I'm sure that the moment we start behaving as if we were in an emergency, we can avoid climate and ecological catastrophe. Humans are very adaptable; we can fix this. But the opportunity to do so will not last for long. We must start today. We have no more excuses.

We children are not sacrificing our education and our childhood for you to tell us what you consider is politically possible in the society that you have created. We have not taken to the streets for you to take selfies with us and tell us that you really admire what we do.

We children are doing this to wake the adults up. We children are doing this for you to put your differences aside and start acting as you would in a crisis. We children are doing this because we want our hopes and dreams back."

[wasupaloopa]

1. I read about her this morning. At one point in her childhood she wouldn't even speak to people

She became mentally ill. She had voluntary mutism. She worked her way out of it. A lot to do in 16 years.

She is a very impressive person

[ancianita]

2. At age 16, very impressive, indeed.