Greta Thunberg

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…

The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday - Friday plus breaking news updates Greta Thunberg has pledged a €1m prize win to groups working to protect the environment. The climate activist won the Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity for her work mobilising "younger generations for the cause of…

She was awarded the Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity for the way she “has been able to mobilise younger generations for the cause of climate change. Greta Thunberg. File   She was awarded the Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity for the way she “has been able to mobilise younger generations for the…

Updated 2 weeks ago · Published on 21 Jul 2020 9:30AM · Greta Thunberg is awarded the Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity for the way she 'has been able to mobilise younger generations for the cause of climate change and her tenacious struggle to alter a status quo that persists'. –…

published : 21 Jul 2020 at 07:45 Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has won the Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity. STOCKHOLM: Climate activist Greta Thunberg was on Monday awarded a Portuguese rights award and promptly pledged the million-euro prize to groups working to protect the environment and halt climate change."That is…

By AFP     Jul 20, 2020 in World Climate activist Greta Thunberg was on Monday awarded a Portuguese rights award and promptly pledged the million-euro prize to groups working to protect the environment and halt climate change."That is more money than I can begin to imagine, but all the…

By Shannon Connellan2020-07-16 12:10:10 UTC Greta Thunberg has launched an open letter signed by thousands of activists and celebrities, and hundreds of scientists demanding global leaders take measurable, immediate action to genuinely tackle the climate crisis. "The race to safeguard future living conditions for life on Earth as we know…

This essay is adapted from the transcript of a radio program produced for Swedish Radio and broadcast in June. This is the first time the text has been published in its entirety. Chapter 1: UN speech and New York The first thing I see when I enter the United Nations…