. . SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT . .
by CPNN Coordinator
I had a chance to go to the march and demonstration of school students in New York against climate change on Friday, March 15. There were a series of demonstrations ending up with a big enthusisastic crowd at the Museum of Natural History.
The average age was under 20. I’d have to back to the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s to remember big demonstrations with majority youth. Are we seeing the dawn of a global youth movement?
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Here are some of the chants that they sang out loud and clear :
Stop the pollution; We have the solution!
Show me what democracy looks like; This is what democracy looks like!
Hey Hey Ho Ho, Fossil fuels have got to go!
We speak for the trees; we speak for the trees!
What do we need: a system change; When do we need it? NOW!
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Are we seeing the dawn of a global youth movement?
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Here are some of their colorful, hand-lettered placards :
There is no plan(et) B
One people One planet
I always wondered why somebody didn’t do something. Then I realized I was the somebody!
“I want you to act as if the house is on fire – because it is! – Greta Thunburg
It’s not nice to frack with Mother Earth
No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that ceated it – A. Einstein
Respect existence or expect resistance !
Dear T-rump, climate change will get you too ! (with the image of a Tyrannosaurus dinosaur)
Break the climate silence !
Youth strikes harder when climate change strikes !
Change is coming whether you like it or not !
And here’s one from the next generation:
Marching with these kids becuse I’m too scared to have children of my own.