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Mr. Rhys wrote what the students shared to make this script when we met on April 1st:

In Padlet we collected our creations, inventions, poems, pictures, and videos of ourselves reading poetry, or dancing.

We put our thoughts, and creations: Ways to stop climate change, facts about climate change, our feelings about climate change, the effects of climate change.

We looked at how other activists use video, photos, and different art forms to create their voice for change.

We even interviewed an artist and activist, Alixa Garcia and made a podcast out of it. In that episode we also recorded a song that we wrote about being activists.

We created a poem together one line at a time on Padlet about saving the Earth, then we recorded it using Soundtrap.com…  Ephraim is our main sound engineer. It is a masterpiece.

We also made a video out of the poem we wrote together.

After we collected so much material in Padlet, we used Canva, to made presentations with pictures, video clips and... anything! to inform people about what is going on with climate change. To show the effects it has on people, animals and everything.

We made our messages intimidating at first, and then showed positive images and messages. For example, Isaiah tried to scare people with animals losing their home so that people would pay attention and think it was terrible. THEN he left them with the message that it’s possible to change.

We are trying to save the earth, showing videos and images of overflowing trash, and that we have to stop. Then sharing facts about climate change.

Since we learned how to create our voice, we have also made messages on other things we want to change. For example:

MARTIN: Used Canva to make videos for a women’s history month, on Rosa Parks.

Kai and Crew: Made Gender Awareness messages in Canva.

Yesterday we added facts to our Padlet, sometimes they were scary, like how we are going to lose 12 Trillion tons of ice in the next 10 years…  Then we gave each other feedback on Padlet.

We want to also show people how to stop climate change, for example eating more veggies, and donating to funds that help clean the Earth.

We are going to add facts like that to our Canva productions… "people are just sitting there, grabbing popcorn, and are watching as the world burns… So we have to tell them to get up and go help, or else you won’t have any place to sit: THERE IS NO PLANET B. "

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We can stop climate change by use bikes or walk because if you use cars the just putting gas into the air

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Speak up, reduce water waste, keep fossil fuels in the ground and plant more trees

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ways to save so they are no humans on earth due to climate change -randy                

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ways to save so they are no humans on earth due to climate change -randy                

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water is important to human life and without it every human will die and we need to save water because we running out of water

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water flowing rivers, streams through rocks

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we can do funraisers to donate money to stop climate change

for example there is this youtuber called mrbeast and they planted 20 mil trees and that helps and they are cleaning the ocean and we can do that to help the earth

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How We Can Help Stop Climate Change -Kailee Findlay

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How We Can Help Stop Climate Change -Kailee Findlay

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How we can stop climate change is we can stop using any type of fossle fuel like coal,gases on stove tops,and ect cause when we use things like this they can hurt our earth really bad cause earth is the only place us humans can live so if we destroy it we'll all be dead including animals,all different types of animals are becoming exstinced like polar bears or the rino,so everything will be gone if we do destroy this earth so lets try our best to save/protect it.

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we can stop using some transportation such as cars,trains or anything that needs fuel/fossel fuels -jayden

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stop using cars and public transportation and walk more and use more bikes and things that dont polute the air

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stop using cars and public transportation and walk more and use more bikes and things that dont polute the air

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how we can make that happen is we can limit how much we use  gas and ipublic transportation f its not so far away the place were going to we can go walking to try to stop poluting the air-rachel

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turning off a light when you leave a room can save a lot of energy. its a simple and quick thing to do, to help and protect the environment.-jaidaa

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There are hundreds of ways to help against climate change, these ways include: planting trees, walking whenever possible, using less electricity, saving water, making videos of podcasts to spread the word, eating less red meat,and eating more greens and fruit. - tyler

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Stop burning fossil fuels and use cars and other vehicles that run on gas less often. If we take care of earth then the picture on the right will be earth but if we do not then the picture on the left will be earth

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we can instead of using cars we can bike to where we need to go-taylor

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we can instead of using cars we can bike to where we need to go-taylor

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we can stop wasting to much water insteda of using to much like the picture-rachel

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Climate change threatens people with food and water scarcity, increased flooding, extreme heat, more disease, and economic loss. Human migration and conflict can be a result of human extinction if we dont stop right now

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temperatures are rising world wide due to greenhouse gases trapping more heat in the atmosphere.

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by eating a lot of veggies you can stop climate change!

Livestock such as cows account for some of the world's heat trapping gas emissions. Eating more plants cuts down on the need for so much livestocks

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did you know that more than a million speices are at risk to extinction by climate change-taylor

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did you know that more than a million speices are at risk to extinction by climate change-taylor

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water a beutiful sorce... SLAUTERED water we slauter because we don't care we can bare the thought of burnig in an inferno because no one said no. oceans flowing fire glowing people don't know what is happening most are just napping.
"Sea levels are rising faster today than ever before"
floods blood falls and people aren't okay but we can help and save the world so it won't melt.

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Melting ice sheets and glaciers, and warming oceans lead to higher sea levels -jayden

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1 million species are at risk of extinction due to climate change. -jaidaa

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Climate change threatens people with food and water scarcity, increased flooding, extreme heat, more disease, and economic loss. Human migration and conflict can be a result. so we can do our part in ending climate change by
:stop using fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas to generate electricity, run cars and other forms of transport, and power manufacturing and industry. Deforestation – because living trees absorb and store carbon dioxide.

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did you know that we are losing 1.2trillion tons of ice a year,that means that in a decade we will be losing 12trillion tons of ice-taylor

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did you know that we are losing 1.2trillion tons of ice a year,that means that in a decade we will be losing 12trillion tons of ice-taylor

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Air pollution is both good and bad

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Climate change encompasses not only rising average temperatures but also extreme weather events, shifting wildlife populations and habitats, rising seas, and a range of other impacts. - Arjen

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The last 7 years have been the warmest on record

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Most of the increase in global temperatures since 1950's has been caused by human activity -Tyler

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water is soon running out and that is fresh water we drink in the world  and soon we will run out of fresh water to drink -randy

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water is soon running out and that is fresh water we drink in the world  and soon we will run out of fresh water to drink -randy

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climate change is heating the earth but now it has started to make us run out of water to drink

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These changes in polar sea ice are a result of climate change.But this isn't just affecting polar bears-climate change affects everyone.

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We are losing 1.2 trillion tons of ice each year.

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Heavy rain is also more common because of climate change -jayden

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Arctic sea ice is rapidly diminishing-Ephraim

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dreadful mistakes and advantages we take climate rising like a raging bull think about this
" Humans have already caused 1.07C of warming " heat swarming because we won't but can stop GLOBLE WARMING

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The planet's average surface temperature has risen about 2 degrees Fahrenheit (1 degrees Celsius) since the late 19th century
Jedidiah

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there is more carbon dioxide in our atmosphere  than at any time in human history

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there is more carbon dioxide in our atmosphere  than at any time in human history

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-rachel

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we have caused climate change

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Humans have already caused  1.07C of global warming-Ephraim

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a change driven largely by increased carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere and other human activities.
Jedidiah

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Extreme heat events have become more frequent and severe-Ephraim

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Example: A 2 degree change in Fahrenheit in global temperature is enough to cause major changes to the world - Ms. Juliet 

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Example: A 2 degree change in Fahrenheit in global temperature is enough to cause major changes to the world - Ms. Juliet 

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the world is blank. we have the colors. no we are the colors. the world... our mother burns as she must turn for we don´t care we bare the fact the world is our pearl but we are wrong we think to live long we must eat healthy get a goods rest be the best. but...wrong!!! we must protect mother earth and only then will we ¨live longer¨ but thats not why we save mother earth she gave birth so we give birth we save the world put down your devices pick up your brush no need to rush you will not rust for you must have trust in mother. litter every where the world hurt but we sit down and go ON OUR phone every day and we pay the price the earth..us...her melting like ice and that's not nice. so artist make mom better help her because mother provides us a canvus and we fill it with us...them... better...her.

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The video of our dance moves are up here!

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Click the link in the lower right to open the video

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5th graders at PS 32 are learning about climate change, activism and

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Link to the video: https://vimeo.com/675903498

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click the link to see the video on Vimeo.

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All the fuels we burn and the earth is forced to absorb it, if we don't stop we won't be able to ignore it. -tyler

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climate is our whether sorce mother nature is a force... to be recon with

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climate is our whether sorce mother nature is a force... to be recon with

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the earth is dieing and thats not fun we need to befor it turns into dust

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Is there anything we can do anymore

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The heavens bleed the earth cries

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i the water to go down and to be back to had it was and the heat to go down and the cold. back has the cold and hot to be the best buddy`s the world has seen

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climate change is not funny all people think about is money not the place they live forever.

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The earth has struggled and so did we but we can make the earth shine if we try!

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We need to to stop cutting down trees and leaves and leave the trees and bees to be or we wont be able to breathe

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climate is our whether source mother nature is a force to recon with

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Stop burning fossle fules stop using oil cause soon our world is gonna crumble just like soil.

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theres no planet b

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our sky's are sad because of us!

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Jaslyne

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there are to many factorys burning our earth this earth is our home take care of it help it when u need help nyour have people to help NOW help the earth its ur job to clean after your dogs etc do whatever you can to save the earth

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rachel

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What we found is big and bold

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news and newspaper now i wonder days later is there anything we can do? Yes

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what we found is big and bold and stop burning fossle fules stop using olis cause soon our world is gonna crumble just like soil.

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there are to many factorys burning our earth this earth is our home take care of it help it when u need help nyour have people to help NOW help the earth its ur job to clean after your dogs etc do whatever you can to save the earth

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[Example] I want to show a picture of the melting planet with the fact: "the average global temperature on Earth has increased by at least 1.1° Celsius (1.9° Fahrenheit) since 1880... human activities—particularly emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases—are mostly responsible for making our planet warmer." - NASA

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[EXAMPLE] Plan of Action: Student Protest

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[EXAMPLE] Plan of Action: Student Protest

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The short video I want to make is to show a plan for how students can come together to protest.

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H*ll is close and is here well thats what it feels like more drought and hurricanes, pain, and heatwaves. did you know australlia had its hottest day in the middle of winter. winter not spring not fall winter. is this not a wake up call so WAKE UP! now for you may not have another chance, or dance,song,...............................................................................................................................................................................................................LIFE>

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Kai -earth is a beautiful globe so many tress so many plants  we are like plants we all need food and water to survie we are soft like a flower we are strong like a stem were delict like snow people do not relise how important humans  and plants are we sayb we love the earth but were hurting the earth take the time to save the earth ande stop climate change 

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Kai -earth is a beautiful globe so many tress so many plants  we are like plants we all need food and water to survie we are soft like a flower we are strong like a stem were delict like snow people do not relise how important humans  and plants are we sayb we love the earth but were hurting the earth take the time to save the earth ande stop climate change 

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the earth is sick the earth it's said that 8 million tons of plastic are in our waters and only 2% of that water is drinkable. we are 75% water. so in a way when you throw junk in your ocean... you throw it into yourself. so stop littering in your body why are you polluting yourself. I think the polluted water in your self is the reason for our sickness this is where it all coming from us not air,us it all us so save yourself by saving the ocean.

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the earth will crumble as soon as we do, as soon as we keep burning fuels and stop recycling, The beauty of the earth is what we protect but we struggle while we Burn fuels. The earth is crumbling, and so are we.

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I got the model but I have to re make them once more for the 3d so 3d is back

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I got the model but I have to re make them once more for the 3d so 3d is back

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bad news I can't make it 3d because the model I did not get to save before it crashed so after the software crashed I lost everything so  I am making the animation in 2d with stick figures 

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bad news I can't make it 3d because the model I did not get to save before it crashed so after the software crashed I lost everything so  I am making the animation in 2d with stick figures 

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I just need to add the color then I will get to the animation
model number 1 almost done

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this is what I have so far for the animation not done

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the world is blank. we have the colors. no we are the colors. the world... our mother burns as she must turn for we don´t care we bare the fact the world is our pearl but we are wrong we think to live long we must eat healthy get a goods rest be the best. but...wrong!!! we must protect mother earth and only then will we ¨live longer¨ but thats not why we save mother earth she gave birth so we give birth we save the world put down your devices pick up your brush no need to rush you will not rust for you must have trust in mother. litter every where the world hurt but we sit down and go ON OUR phone every day and we pay the price the earth..us...her melting like ice and that's not nice. so artist make mom better help her because mother provides us a canvus and we fill it with us...them... better...her.

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factory's destroying the earth

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Earth is a beautiful glob so many tress so many plants we are like plants we all need food and water to survie we are soft like a flower we are srong like a stem

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Greta Thunberg Has Given Up on Politicians

"All political and economic systems have failed, but humanity has not yet failed."

So why are you striking? I'm striking for us to take the climate crisis seriously and treat it like a crisis. Yes, but what do you want the politicians to do? I want them to listen to and act on the science. How are we going to solve this climate issue? Just the fact that this question is asked to me, a teenager, over and over is absurd but not as absurd as the fact that the climate and ecological emergency is being reduced to a problem that needs to be fixed. This is the biggest crisis humanity has ever faced. We demand a safe future. Is that really too much to ask? I don't want you to be hopeful. I want you to panic. I want you to act as if our house is on fire. All political and economic systems have failed, but humanity has not yet failed. A year before my U.N. speech, the thought of seeing pictures of myself everywhere would have been unthinkable. If you would care about this kind of attention, then you'd probably develop a self-image that is far from sane. Presidents, prime ministers, kings and princesses suddenly see their opportunity to get a selfie, which later they can post on their Instagram with the caption hashtag #savetheplanet. Perhaps it makes them forget the shame of their generation letting all future generations down. "You all come to us young people for hope. How dare you! You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words. Yet I'm one of the lucky ones. People are suffering. People are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing. And all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth. How dare you!" "And if you choose to fail us, I say we will never forgive you. The world is waking up. And change is coming whether you like it or not." On the subway home, some come forward to congratulate me. Someone suggests that we should celebrate. But I don't understand what their congratulations are for. And I understand even less what we're supposed to be celebrating. Yet another meeting is over. And all that is left are empty words. It gets a bit repetitive after a while. Politicians are pretty much the same no matter where you are in the world. I urged them to listen to the science and act now before it's too late. They say that they think it's so amazing that I'm so active and committed and that, when I grow up, I too can become a politician and make a real difference. I then explain that when I've grown up, it will be too late to act if we are to stay below the 1.5 or even 2 degree Celsius target. Then they laugh nervously and start talking about something else. Washington, D.C. I'm called to testify in the U.S. Congress. "I am submitting this report as my testimony because I don't want you to listen to me. I want you to listen to the scientists. Thank you." In the latest update from the I.P.C.C., scientists underline keeping the global temperature rise to below 1.5 degrees Celsius. We have today already passed about 1.2 degrees of global heating. On January 1, 2018, we had 420 gigatons of CO₂ left to emit globally. This is the carbon budget which gives us the best odds of staying below the 1.5 degree target. We emit about 42 gigatons of CO₂ every year. So today, the world is down to lower than 280 gigatons of CO₂ left. That is the equivalent of less than six and a half years of today's business-as-usual emissions until that budget completely runs out. Do you remember "Gangnam Style"? That happened about eight years ago. That's longer than the amount of time we are talking about. And that is to give us the best possible chance to avoid passing tipping points or feedback loops, irreversible chain reactions beyond human control. The climate crisis is not a fair crisis. The ones who'll be hit hardest from its consequences are often the ones who have done the least to cause the problem in the first place. The climate crisis cannot be solved within today's political and economic systems. That's not an opinion. That's a fact. And since the truth is uncomfortable, unpopular and unprofitable, the truth doesn't stand much of a chance. The emperors are naked, every single one. It turns out our whole society is just one big nudist party. "And if you belong to that small group of people who feel threatened by us, then we have some very bad news for you. This is only the beginning." Every Friday, I continue to strike wherever I find myself to be at that moment. Everywhere, lots of people show up, people of all ages. We are facing the need to make changes which are unprecedented in human history. Things may look dark, but I'm telling you there is hope. And that hope comes from the people, from democracy, from you. "What do we want?" "Government action." "When do we want it?" "Now!" We have passed a social tipping point. We can no longer look away from what our society has been ignoring for so long. It is an existential crisis. We must now do the seemingly impossible. And that is up to you and me because no one else will do it for us. But who really is Greta? I think people want to get to know Greta. I'm not important. This has got nothing to do with me. I'm simply doing this because no one else is doing it.

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Video: Opinion | Greta Thunberg Has Given Up on Politicians

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new video loaded: Greta Thunberg Has Given Up on Politicians transcript "All political and economic systems have failed, but humanity has not yet failed." So why are you striking? I'm striking for us to take the climate crisis seriously and treat it like a crisis. Yes, but what do you want the politicians to do?

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The earth has struggled and so did we, but we can make the earth shine if we try.

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Some people want to be saved but they do not think of saving the Earth, for without the Earth where would we live

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When i first heard about climate change i thought about it but it started getting badder bit by bit . On the news and newspaper now i wonder days later is there anything we can do? yes there is. You can stop littering and start picking up trash before it gets bad and turn off lights when not needed. We will all not be defeated by this warm climate we will fight it so it can stop getting hotter.

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Poets: Use a a fact on the beauty of the Earth or the Struggle to protect it, and make it into a line of poetry.

Animators and Storyboard Artists: Create or find images that express something about the beauty of Earth and the struggle to protect it. OR Draw a storyboard that we can film or create.

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tremaine

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new and newspaper now i wonder days later is there anything we can do? Yes

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in this mess the more people don't know about climate change and the mess the earth is in.

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in this mess the more people don't know about climate change and the mess the earth is in.

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randy

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when you think about globel warming you think about hot and cold.

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Earth is peaceful it has everything we need but if we keep polluting the Earth where will we go???

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Earth is peaceful it has everything we need but if we keep polluting it where will we go???