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I mean, people aren't continuing like this and not doing anything because they are evil, or because they don't want to. We aren't destroying the biosphere because we are selfish. We are doing it simply because we are unaware.
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I know so many people who feel hopeless, and they ask me, 'What should I do?' And I say: 'Act. Do something.' Because that is the best medicine against sadness and depression.
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Many people, especially in the U.S., see countries like Sweden or Norway or Finland as role models - we have such a clean energy sector, and so on. That may be true, but we are not role models.
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I'm on the autism spectrum. I don't usually follow social coding and so therefore I go my own way.
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When I'm really interested in something, I get superfocused on that. And I can spend hours upon hours not getting tired of reading about it and still be interested to learn more about it.
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Sometimes it's Tune-berg, sometimes Thunn-berg. I mean, I think it's funny that everyone pronounces it differently. So, that is just - I don't mind anyone pronouncing it wrong. There's no wrong way to pronounce it. Everyone pronounces it in their own way.
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Some people can just let things go, but I can't, especially if there's something that worries me or makes me sad.
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I want the politicians to prioritise the climate question, focus on the climate and treat it like a crisis.
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I don't use any animal products, both because of ethical and environmental and climate reasons.
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I have been on the road and visited numerous places and met people from all over the globe. I can say that it looks nearly the same everywhere I have been: The climate crisis is ignored by people in charge, despite the science being crystal clear.
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For way too long the politicians and people in power have got away with not doing anything at all to fight the climate crisis and ecological crisis.
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We have to understand what the older generation has dealt to us, what mess they have created that we have to clean up and live with.
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Many people seem to have this double moral. They say one thing and then do another thing. They say that the climate crisis is very important and yet they do nothing about it.
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We can't just choose to tell some facts and not others because we don't want to upset people. We have to tell it like it is.
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I have Asperger's, I'm on the autism spectrum, so I don't really care about social codes. It makes you think differently.
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Solving the climate crisis is the greatest and most complex challenge that homo sapiens have ever faced. The main solution, however, is so simple that even a small child can understand it. We have to stop our emissions of greenhouse gases.
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Many people listen to what I have to say and I appear a lot in media, so therefore I influence a lot of people and therefore I have a bigger responsibility because I have a bigger platform.
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By stopping flying, you don't only reduce your own carbon footprint but also that sends a signal to other people around you that the climate crisis is a real thing and that helps push a political movement.
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The symbolism of the climate strike is that if you adults don't give a damn about my future, I won't either.
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Of course, individual change doesn't make much difference in a holistic picture... but we need both systemic change and individual change.
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I just want to be just as everyone else. I want to educate myself and be just like a normal teenager.
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The most common criticism I get is that I'm being manipulated and you shouldn't use children in political ways, because that is abuse, and I can't think for myself and so on. And I think that is so annoying! I'm also allowed to have a say - why shouldn't I be able to form my own opinion and try to change people's minds?
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You can rebel in different ways. Civil disobedience is rebelling. As long as it's peaceful, of course.
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People are unaware of what is going on. When I talk to people, they know the basics, they know the planet is warming because of greenhouse gases... but they don't know the actual consequence of that.
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I don't care about age. Nor do I care about those who do not accept the science. I don't have as much experience, and therefore I listen more. But I also have the right to express my opinion, no matter my age.
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At first when I heard about climate change, I was a climate denier. I didn't think it was happening. Because if there really was an existential crisis like that, that would threaten our civilisation, we wouldn't be focusing on anything else. That would be our first priority. So I didn't understand how that added up.
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If burning fossil fuels was so bad that it threatened our very existence, how could we just continue like before? Why were there no restrictions? Why wasn't it made illegal? To me, that did not add up.
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I want you to panic. I want you to feel the fear I feel every day. And then I want you to act.
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I am an introvert; privately I am very shy, and I don't speak unless I have to.
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For 25 years countless people have come to the U.N. climate conferences begging our world leaders to stop emissions and clearly that has not worked as emissions are continuing to rise. So I will not beg the world leaders to care for our future. I will instead let them know change is coming whether they like it or not.
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At places like Davos, people like to tell success stories. But their financial success has come with an unthinkable price tag. And on climate change, we have to acknowledge we have failed.
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I don't care about hate and threats from climate crisis deniers. I just ignore them.
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Social media can be very effective in creating movements. In the beginning, that is how I first got attention.
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I remember when I was younger, and in school, our teachers showed us films of plastic in the ocean, starving polar bears and so on. I cried through all the movies. My classmates were concerned when they watched the film, but when it stopped, they started thinking about other things. I couldn't do that. Those pictures were stuck in my head.
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Before I started school striking I had no energy, no friends and I didn't speak to anyone. I just sat alone at home, with an eating disorder. All of that is gone now, since I have found a meaning, in a world that sometimes seems shallow and meaningless to so many people.
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The real danger is not inaction. The real danger is when politicians and CEOs are making it look like action is happening when in fact nothing is being done.
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To do your best is no longer good enough. We now have to do the seemingly impossible.
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We should not underestimate ourselves, because if lots of individuals go together then we can accomplish almost anything.
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There are thousands of ways to take action. For example, plant trees, pick up litter, join an organisation or movement that makes a difference and especially try to influence adults and put pressure on people in power.
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We can't just continue living as if there was no tomorrow, because there is a tomorrow.
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