Greta Thunberg
Greta Thunberg
Greta Thunberg ・ 100cm x 100cm ・ Acrylic on Canvas
“I don’t care about being popular. I care about climate justice and the living planet. Our civilisation is being sacrificed for the opportunity of a very small number of people to continue making enormous amounts of money.ˮ
„Mir geht es nicht darum, beliebt zu sein. Für mich zählt allein die Klimagerechtigkeit und das Leben auf unserem Planeten. Unsere Zivilisation wird geopfert, damit eine kleine Anzahl an Menschen weiterhin die Möglichkeit bekommt, riesige Mengen an Geld zu verdienen.“
ˮJag bryr mig inte om att vara populär. Jag bryr mig om klimaträttvisa och den levande planeten. Var civilisation offras för att en liten grupp människor ska fa fortsätta att tjäna enorma mengder pengar.ˮ
The Swedish activist is the initiator of “Fridays For Future” and the face of a worldwide protest movement. When Greta Thunberg found out about climate change, she was only eight years old. As a result, the student begins to save energy at home. Later she switched to a vegan diet and convinced her parents not to fly anymore. “Skolstreijk För Klimatet” written on her cardboard sign with which she sat in front of the parliament building in Stockholm on August 20, 2018. She returned there with her sign every day for three weeks during school hours. She later announced online that she would continue the boycott of classes on Fridays until Swedish climate policy conforms to the Paris Agreement. Underneath, she used the hashtag #FridaysForFuture. Schoolchildren from all over the world join her project and go on the streets on Fridays to put pressure on politicians. Greta Thunberg herself spoke at the United Nations Climate Change Conference and met the most powerful heads of state in the world. In November 2019, the European Parliament declared a climate emergency. Less than two weeks later, Time Magazine named the then 16-year-old Greta Thunberg Person of the Year.
