Youth to Power: In the words of Greta Thunberg

Date/Time: Sunday, July 11 from 3-4:30 PM over Zoom

Topic: The words of youth climate leader Greta Thunberg

NOTE: Once you RSVP, we will provide the zoom link.

Facilitator: Paul Litwin

Back in 2018, the climate movement was searching for a leader and out of nowhere emerged a 15-year old girl from Sweden, Greta Thunberg. Greta started skipping classes on Fridays to sit outside the Swedish Parliament to protest her country's inaction on climate change. Later that year, she spoke at the UN Climate Action Summit in Poland and since that time has given speeches to the EU, Davos, the UN, and the US Congress. In 2019, she was named Time Magazine Person of the Year.

Greta is famous for pulling no punches and calling out leaders' lies, inaction, and intransigence. In this session we will watch several of Greta's speeches and videos including Greta's speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2020, her Earth Day message in April of 2021, and a few other gems. We can learn a lot from this amazing young woman.

Hope to see you there! Please try and spread the word and if you have kids, encourage them to join us as well.

Video Agenda

1. Climate March in Stockholm
   https://youtu.be/lgt_D-6sGHU
   Talk to climate march, Stockholm, Sweden, 9/13/2018. Age 15; 1:59

2. How Greta Thunberg Ignited Climate Strikes Around the World
   One Small Step, NowThis
   Interview/profile from that covers the beginnings of her activism. 12/2020. Age 17. 7:46
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BNvj7VwIM8

3. Greta Thunberg speech at UN Climate Change COP24 Conference in Poland.
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFkQSGyeCWg
   12/12/2018. Age 15; 3:29
   Transcript: https://www.lifegate.com/greta-thunberg-speech-cop24

4. Our House is on Fire at Davos 2019
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7dVF9xylaw
   Speech to Davos World Economic Forum 2019, 01/25/2019; Age 16; 6:03
   Transcript: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/25/our-house-is-on-fire-greta-thunberg16-urges-leaders-to-act-on-climate

5. Greta Thunberg and George Monbiot make short film on the climate crisis
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q0xUXo2zEY
   Short film on the climate crisis with George Monbiot; 09/19/2019; Age 16; 3:40

6. Greta Thunberg's speech to world leaders at UN Climate Action Summit 2019
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAJsdgTPJpU&t=47s
   Speech at UN Climate Action Summit 2019 09/23/2019; Age 16; 5:19
   Transcript: https://www.npr.org/2019/09/23/763452863/transcript-greta-thunbergs-speech-at-the-u-n-climate-action-summit

7. Speech to European Parliament, Brussels, March 4, 2020
   https://youtu.be/ztQzW4qfKEs
   Speech to European Parliament, Brussels, 3/4/2020; Age 17; 8:19
   Transcript: https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/eu-climate-law-and-targets-exchange-of-views-opening-statement-by-with-greta-thunberg-climate-activist_I185413-V_v

8. Earth Day 2021 Message
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MByglKAlbP4
   Message to the world from Greta for Earth Day 2021; 4/22/2021; Age 18; 4:23

See full agenda and resources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xdK4tRBCHCRKgrKulGCFn4EjEjxw9Yv3O2duRsgHbC4/edit?usp=sharing