With upward of 2 million supporters, Fridays for Future has eclipsed the solitary climate change protests started by Swede Greta Thunberg in August 2018.
regularly skip class on Friday and take to the streets to protest government inaction on climate change.
What is different this time around is just how young many female participants are, said Sherilyn MacGregor, a researcher specializing in environmental politics at the University of Manchester in England. Ariadne Papatheodorou of Athens said she looks up to her mother, Katerina Harvati, a prominent paleoanthropologist.
Isabelle Axelsson, 18, of Sweden has been walking out class weekly since December 2018 as part of the Fridays For Future strikes against climate change.Isabelle Axelsson,18, who has protested in Stockholm alongside Thunberg since December, said she understands why her friend has become a figurehead, although she says she sees her as more of a “catalyst.”
The issue of climate change also appeals to teens who fight for other causes because they say its consequences will undermine social progress of all kinds.
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