Greta Thunberg quotes - page 5

We are at a time in history where everyone with any insight of the climate crisis that threatens our civilisation - and the entire biosphere - must speak out in clear language, no matter how uncomfortable and unprofitable that may be. (Greta Thunberg)
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. View quote
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You can rebel in different ways. Civil disobedience is rebelling. As long as it's peaceful, of course. View quote
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I have always been that girl in the back who doesn't say anything. View quote
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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. View quote
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It is hard sometimes to always be at the centre of attention, but when you talk about me you also have to talk about the climate. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Social media can be very effective in creating movements. In the beginning, that is how I first got attention. (Greta Thunberg)
The thing that's made me open my eyes to what was happening to the environment and climate was films and documentaries. View quote
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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. View quote
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When I was 11 I became very depressed. It had a lot to do with the climate and ecological crisis. I thought everything was just so wrong and nothing was happening and there's no point in anything. View quote
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Sweden is not a green paradise, it has one of the biggest carbon footprints. View quote
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I am an introvert; privately I am very shy, and I don't speak unless I have to. View quote
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Learning about climate change triggered my depression in the first place. But it was also what got me out of my depression, because there were things I could do to improve the situation. I don't have time to be depressed anymore. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I don't care about hate and threats from climate crisis deniers. I just ignore them. View quote
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Some people say that the climate crisis is something that we will have created, but that is not true, because if everyone is guilty then no one is to blame. And someone is to blame. (Greta Thunberg)
Nothing is being done to stop the climate and ecological emergency from happening and to secure the future wellbeing for future generations. View quote
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When I was maybe eight or nine years old, I first learned about the climate crisis in school. My teachers taught me about it and we saw films and pictures of plastic in the ocean and extreme weather events. Those pictures were just stuck in my head; I thought, there is no point in anything. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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