Whether it’s clean rivers, flourishing native forests, thousands of wind turbines, etc, we want you to draw it out to our leaders.

Half a billion native wildlife perished.

Two years on from her first school strike, activist attacks ‘ignorance and unawareness’ Published: 19 Aug 2020 Another two years lost to climate inaction, says Greta Thunberg Those in Adelaide planned to march to Origin Energy’s headquarters to protest its plans for fracking in the Northern Territory, and students in Tasmania set up their own “classroom”, structured like a school day with a series of talks on how climate change is affecting the state. Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. “It’s worth it to safeguard our future, which impact could last thousands of years, rather than the HSC that could last a few years during university,” she said.

"We've lost most of our precious kelp forests to climate change, and the devastating recent bushfires had a huge impact on people's lives — including mine. We are united by our concern about our planet. Find out how you can take action. “In some ways it’s even better, there are more than 500 events,” Veronica said. For as long as it takes".

Despite some tension, no fines were issued today, potentially because this was an action put together by school children in addition to similar actions occurring without police repression across the country. "It's also more expensive to be producing gas and exporting more gas than it is to be investing in renewables — change won't happen until we invest in the resources needed to build our country up into a renewable powerhouse. The 17-year-old was one of 20 students who attended a rally in the Sydney CBD to mark the day of action despite coronavirus restrictions. ​We are striking from school to tell our politicians to take our futures seriously and treat climate change for what it is - a crisis. Source: School Strike 4 Climate.Source:Supplied. Students in Hobart have set up a "climate classroom" outside Parliament, "structured like a school day", with a series of lessons for today's strike. School strikers are calling for the Federal Government to spend economic stimulus money on clean energy to create thousands of jobs, rather than propping up the failing gas industry. • Creation of jobs that fast track solutions to the climate crisis and help communities recover. SRC President Liam Donohoe spoke about how this ties in with education organising. Gen Z TikTok users unwittingly roped into racist tattoo tren... Takata airbag class action: Two million Aussies encouraged t... Sony SRS-XB43 review: Wireless portable speaker defies lockd... How much room to give cyclists quiz devolves into debate ove... Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out.

The school strikers listened to speakers for about an hour, before most dispersed through Hyde Park, passing the USyd contingent as they did so.

Veronica said it was important for her to make time to attend this morning’s protest, despite the disruption to her last day of high school.

“Although the pandemic has brought the world to a halt, it certainly hasn’t brought the climate crisis to a halt and that is why we cannot stop protesting this and demanding that the government prioritise our futures over anything else,” she said. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. Climate kids go from protests involving hundreds of thousands to campaigning from their bedrooms, Australian scientist names tiny Antarctic creature after Greta Thunberg, EU is 'pretending' to tackle climate crisis, Thunberg says, 'Jenny's made the right choice': Victorian Premier says resignation of Health Minister is appropriate, After weeks of deflecting questions, Andrews gave an answer that killed a political career, The highs, lows and sudden demise of Jenny Mikakos's political career, Mum chose to die at home rather than alone in hospital when COVID-19 hit, Victoria's 14-day case average remains under 30 for fourth day in a row, ahead of restrictions easing further, China denies destroying thousands of mosques, dismisses Australian report as foreign slander, Benji Marshall injured in Wests Tigers farewell as Eels claim third spot, Gardner stars as Australia defeats New Zealand in T20 series opener, The first man cured of HIV infection now has terminal cancer, Bollywood drug probe shocks India's film industry, Boy allegedly raped while on rugby trip teased by some teammates from elite Catholic school, Seven more crew members test positive for COVID-19 on ship off WA coast, Coronavirus deaths are nearing 1 million — but they don't tell the whole picture, NRL launches investigation into alleged racial abuse of Titans' Tyrone Peachey, 'They will kill my wife if I will not return their money': When Bitcoin businesses go under, Darwin man faces 12 years imprisonment for allegedly trafficking wife into India, 'Bound to fail': Lebanese Prime Minister-designate quits amid political crisis, 'Incredible' Jemma Mi Mi in tears after helping Firebirds to Super Netball win, 300,000 people in Australia attended last year's global climate strike.

“I think it has always been in the background in people’s minds, and soon it will come to the foreground, I think a lot of people have been busy with the HSC and that’s what’s on people’s minds the most but there’s always climate change — no one has forgotten that, even in the Shire (in Sydney’s south east), which is typically a climate denialist area, I think most people want things to change.”. “I’m obviously disappointed that he’s my member and that he’s pushing an expansion of fossil fuels that is already out of date.

Veronica, a year 12 student in Scott Morrison's electorate, is heading to her graduation right after this action.

Source: School Strike 4 Climate.Source:Supplied.

After her graduation she will also lead another small protest at Mr Morrison’s electorate office. The demonstrators marched towards Origin Energy's headquarters to protest plans to frack in the Northern Territory. "We have the means to do it.

“We demand that there be no new fossil fuel, uranium or nuclear projects and importantly we demand First Nations justice. “According to the Department of Home Affairs, more than 12.6 million hectares of bush burned. Australian school students striking from school to call for political action on climate change.


“Giving billions of taxpayer dollars to the polluting gas industry is putting the interests of the gas industry ahead of the public interest,” she said.

Sign up as an individual and/or register your school, workplace or community!

a BARGE sailing across sydney harbour saying #FundOurFutureNotGas !!!
We’ve raised the bar and elevated climate breakdown high on the agenda, but we know there’s still so much to do.

“Our generation should be able to live and work in a future that’s orientated to the future that addresses climate change and jobs,” she said. Australian protest organisers said more than 500 events were expected to take place across the nation today. The IPCC’s latest report confirms the suspicion that many held: we are not taking action fast enough. A School Strike 4 Climate protest took place in Perth on August 21.

news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site, Incredible scenes at 2019 School Strike 4 Climate.