Greta Thunberg

---Watch: The latest ‘I Am Greta’ documentary film trailer---Greta Thunberg’s climate protests and transatlantic boat journey feature in the trailer for a forthcoming documentary about her life.The two-minute teaser for I Am Greta sees the teenage climate activist issue a warning about the fate of the planet.“People always tell us…

Filmmaker Nathan Grossman has followed Greta Thunberg’s remarkable journey from the earliest stages of her school strike for climate in 2018 to the United Nations Climate Action Summit last September, often operating as a one-man band shooting quietly in the background with fairly basic camera equipment. “As the movement grew…

Last month, the United Nations set off a furor in the climate community when it clumsily tried to raise awareness about the global problem of meat consumption. “The meat industry is responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions than the world’s biggest oil companies,” it wrote on Twitter. “Meat production contributes…

Climate activist Greta Thunberg to Twitter to join the movement to "postpone JEE NEET" saying conducting exams during coronavirus pandemic and extreme floods were "deeply unfair" on students. She said: "It’s deeply unfair that students of India are asked to sit national exams during the Covid-19 pandemic and while millions…

Greta Thunberg inspired young people all over the world to stage climate strike rallies and her infectious enthusiasm prompted ‘school’s out’ demos in Oxford throughout 2019 - halted only by the coronavirus lockdown. The first protest took place in the city centre in February 2019 and they were still being…

It’s been a big week for yacht news. Yesterday, white supremacist shirt-layering aficionado Steve Bannon was arrested on a $28 million, 150-foot yacht in Connecticut for defrauding donors to his Build the Wall crowdfunding page.* Also yesterday, Politico reported that the boat from which Evangelical Liberty University President Jerry Falwell…

The Week’s daily round-up highlights the five best opinion pieces from across the British and international media, with excerpts from each.1. Martha Gill in The Timeson the idea that toil equals successYoung people get it - hard work doesn’t pay“For the young... the workplace might look much as it does…

As many of us navigate Zoom meetings and makeshift offices, Alexandria Villaseñor is dealing with a different kind of "work from home." The 15-year-old climate change activist is continuing her tireless efforts to bring attention to the environmental crisis happening across the globe — virtually. She's accustomed to striking alongside…

Going by headlines and poll results, climate change awareness has never been higher. While social media provides fertile ground for propaganda techniques, smear campaigns, fake experts, and conspiracy theories, the increasingly visible proof of climate disruption, along with movements such as Fridays for Future and Extinction Rebellion, seem to be…

Greta Thunberg donates $1M in prize money Greta Thunberg donates $1M in prize money 01:13 Greta Thunberg has pledged to donate 1 million euros — more than $1.14 million — in prize money. The 17-year-old climate activist was awarded the inaugural Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity, which recognizes people for their contribution…