Greta Thunberg and School Strike

Greta Thunberg, a 16 years old Swedish Environmental Activist has been conducting School Strikes demanding the stoppage of fossil fuels use and climate justice. He began her protest in August 2018. Since then she has been widely covered by the media and got her the global recognition. 

She used to skip going to school and instead stayed outside of the Swedish Parliament trying to pressurize them for strongly act upon the global climate change. Soon after, more students joined her and later, it turned out to be a global environmental campaign as well. It was commonly known as “Fridays For Future”.

In her protest, she demanded that the Swedish Government should be reducing the Carbon Emission as per the understanding mentioned in the Paris Agreement. The reason why she began the protest is because she says that the adults who are supposed to be the caretakers have become ignorant and are doing nothing to protect the environment.

Millions of students throughout the globe are inspired by Greta’s work. A lot of them have changed their lifestyles in a way which result in lesser carbon footprint. An example can be transitioning into veganism and opting public transport over private vehicles.

Fridays For Future in Nepal

The school strikes for Climate were held in different parts of the world. In Nepal as well, there were various protests marking the global call for action against threatening climate change. This photo-blog is from the Fridays For Future strike that was held in front of the UN House, Pulchowk. 

This picture speaks a volume to me. The kid seems to be worried but I am not sure if he knows why is he there for.  Are we securing his rights to clean and healthy environment? *Sighs*

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According to a climate activist, Luisa Neubauer, the number of people involved in the school strike were
~500 000 in Montreal
~50 000 in Barcelona
~150 000 in Madrid
~80 000 in Vienna
~40 000 in the NL (Netherlands)
~70 000 in Sweden
~170 000 in NZ (New Zealand)
~ 1 M in Italy
This is millions of people deciding to not be part of the problem but part of the answer to this crisis. This is change. #FridaysForFuture

~500 000 in Montreal
~50 000 in Barcelona
~150 000 in Madrid
~80 000 in Vienna
~40 000 in the NL
~70 000 in Sweden
~170 000 in NZ
~1m in Italy
This is millions of people deciding to not be part of the problem but part of the answer to this crisis.
This is change#FridaysForFuture pic.twitter.com/5qHkOVFVwh

— Luisa Neubauer (@Luisamneubauer) September 27, 2019

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Hundreds of school students, youth, environment activists and stakeholders were present there during the protest.

A protester demanding for Climate Justice right now!

A group of school students actively protesting against the global climate crisis. “Killing Tree is Killing Us!”

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“DEVELOP, DON’T DESTROY!”

This is a very powerful quote. Everyone of us is responsible for what’s happening in the world right now. “It’s only 1 straw, 1 plastic bag, 1 plastic cup said 8 billion people.”

“Fridays For Future”

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The enthusiastic and vibrant school students marching on towards the UN House, Pulchowk, Lalitpur.

Bikash (Development) is Right, Binash (Destruction) is wrong.

The construction of Nijgadh Airport is on the rise and so the very protest was emphasized against it as well. They were against the idea of construction of airport at Nijgadh because of massive destruction of forests (around 2.5 million trees) and also serious impact on flora and fauna. 

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“ONE NATION, ONE PLANET!”

“DESTRUCTION OF NIJGADH FOREST IS IRREPAIRABLE! #WeStandWithNijgadh”. 

“ANIMALS ARE FRIENDS, NOT FOOD!”. This was very striking. One of the prime reasons why we are in the 6th phase of mass extinction is also because of global warming. And the animal farming is the biggest contributor for that. Maybe a high time that we stop the consumption of meat?

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Globally, ice is melting and it’s the time we take some serious actions to mitigate this. Don’t you think so? 

“What are you waiting for? I am here because OLDER GENERATION has FAILED!”

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“Nisedhit Kshetra (Restricted Area)”. The students were in the protest outside of UN House and they were denied by the police. Isn’t it an irony? 

“Dui Arba Rupaiyaa OXYGEN ko Naash, ani kasari ferne Saash! #SaveNijgadh (Nijgadh Bachau)” The translation is something like this: If Oxygen worth 20 billion rupees is cut down, how are we supposed to breath fresh air? #SaveNijgadh

More power to Greta, her global campaign; Fridays for Future campaign and her supporters throughout the world. May the global leaders recognize the urgency to change the existing situation of climate change and environmental crisis that we are undergoing.