Greta Thunberg

This week, environmental activist and founder of the Youth Strikes for Climate movement (and 15-year-old girl!) Greta Thunberg is in London speaking to politicians and inspiring action on climate change.  The Swedish schoolgirl received a standing ovation fro…

16-year-old Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg is on the cover of i-D‘s Summer 2019 “The Voice of a Generation” issue. Thunberg first started her school strike to demand climate change action back in August 2018. Her initially solo protest eventua…

Greta Thunberg took her climate message to MPs at the Houses of Parliament on Tuesday. The 16-year-old Swedish climate change activist told a packed room in the Palace of Westminster her future and those of her fellow children had been 'sold'. She said: 'We p…

Greta Thunberg is the Swedish teenager whose climate change school-strike spread around the world, leading to her addressing the COP24 conference, the World Economic Forum, and many other forums where she has distinguished herself with her brilliant oratory a…

One thing that immediately struck me in Lauren Gambino's excellent analysis of the Democratic nomination campaigns in The Guardian: a quote from GOP never-Trump political consultant Rick Wilson, who counseled Democrats not to select Bernie Sanders and make th…

As wave of protests enter their second week and Greta Thunberg backs calls for a climate 'general strike', leading green business figures welcome launch of XR Business The Extinction Rebellion (XR) protests have entered their second week with campaigners poi…

Climate change activist Greta Thunberg: 'Listen to climate scientists'

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Greta Thunberg sparked an international movement fighting against climate change A teenage climate change activist has urged British politicians to "listen to the scientists" on climate change. Greta Thunberg, 16, …

In just over a week of direct action against the governments inaction on climate change, the BBC reports that more than 1,000 people in London have been arrested for protesting what they see as a pressing global crisis. Since April 15, climate activists led …

Confession: I hate Earth Day. The first handful of Earth Days in the 1970s helped galvanize support environmental policies, which is in part why we ended up with the Environmental Protection Agency and laws like the Clean Air Act. For that, I salute you, 19…