Young people take part in a school strike for climate in London on February 15, 2019. (Photo: DAVID HOLT/flickr/cc)
She’s just 13 years old, but she’s “a threat.”
That’s climate activist Alexandria Villaseñor, who explained in an interview Friday morning, “My generation is going to have to live in a climate-changed world, and the fact that nothing was done in order to make sure that we don’t live in planetary catastrophe—it’s very disappointing and it’s upsetting.”
A recent New York City transplant, Villaseñor—taking inspiration from Swedish teen Greta Thunberg—has been standing in front of the United Nations every Friday for 11 weeks. She’s also co-leading the U.S. Youth Climate Strike movement, which is organizing to get thousands of students to take part in a global day of climate action on March 15.
— source commondreams.org | Feb 22, 2019