Gagaloo911 12,959 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 Anxious about their future on a hotter planet, angry at world leaders for failing to arrest the crisis, hundreds of thousands of young people poured into the streets on Friday for a day of global climate protest. Strikes were planned in each of the 50 United States. By late morning, protesters across the Eastern Seaboard were streaming out of schools and office buildings, pooling around steps of local city halls. In New York City the main demonstration got underway around midday, but participants began assembling early at Foley Square and it was clear that turnout would be large. By midafternoon, the New York City mayor’s office estimated the crowd at 60,000. Demonstrations in North and South America will be the culmination of a day of global strikes that began almost 24 hours earlier as morning broke in the Asia-Pacific region. More than 100,000 protested in Melbourne, in what organizers said was the largest climate action in Australia’s history. The rally shut down key public transport corridors for hours. In Sydney, thousands gathered in the Domain, a sprawling public park just a short walk east of the Central Business District — grandparents escorting their children holding homemade signs, groups of teenagers in school uniforms, parents handing out boxed raisins to their young children. Rarely, if ever, has the modern world witnessed a youth movement so large and wide, spanning across societies rich and poor, tied together by a common if inchoate sense of rage. Roughly 100,000 demonstrators gathered around the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on a bright but unseasonably chilly day in Berlin, according to the police. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2019/09/20/climate/global-climate-strike.amp.html People actually doing something with their lives and demanding action rather than only caring about posting selfies and getting likes on social media Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Gal 315 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 Climate change is inevitable, but at the rate it's going, it'll likely change the planet in ways we can't prepare for. So yes, it is something to worry about. We need the government to fund projects that combat or adapt to the changes in the foreseeable future. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkchylde 14,857 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
imnotyourbabe10 6,120 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 Now if only the rest of the US (and world) could get on board and strike against late stage capitalism (a part of the climate problem)... For questions about "Late Stage Capitalism," I find this subreddit particularly useful because sometimes images or short stories help articulate the concept more clearly... https://www.reddit.com/r/LateStageCapitalism/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
derpmonster 22,412 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 Happened at my university too. Unfortunately I didn't even know Check out iTunes data & graphs at CHARTPOP.live Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarstruckIllusion 53,564 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 40 minutes ago, Nice Gal said: Climate change is inevitable, but at the rate it's going, it'll likely change the planet in ways we can't prepare for. So yes, it is something to worry about. We need the government to fund projects that combat or adapt to the changes in the foreseeable future. and we are making it worse 🗣🗣 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwing 518 Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Leave it up to Gen X to be able to save the world. We Millennials were the bridge to that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Adarsh Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 18 minutes ago, Nightwing said: Leave it up to Gen X to be able to save the world. We Millennials were the bridge to that. Don’t you mean Gen Z? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Adarsh Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 I’m glad that we as a generation are way more educated about climate change. Sustainable lifestyle choices like recycling, thrift shopping and following a plant based diet are way more prevalent now than before and im proud of all of us Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwing 518 Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 2 minutes ago, Adarsh said: Don’t you mean Gen Z? Whoops, sure do! Didn't even catch that. Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
27monster27 15,859 Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 It is a shame the my school wasn't able to partake in this. he/him/his Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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