{"id":306830,"date":"2019-03-15T07:10:17","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T06:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/school-strike-for-climate\/"},"modified":"2024-05-15T20:39:05","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T18:39:05","slug":"school-strike-for-climate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/school-strike-for-climate\/","title":{"rendered":"School strike for climate"},"content":{"rendered":"

The teens for unity of the Focolare Movement and the members of Prophetic Economy support \u00abFridaysForFuture\u00bb, the global initiative for environmental protection promoted by Greta Thunberg<\/em> \"IMGThis morning in the garden of the international headquarters of the Focolare Movement in Rocca di Papa (Italy), Focolare President Maria Voce and co president Jes\u00fas Mor\u00e1n planted a tree<\/strong> (live facebook of the event<\/a>) in support of the international initiative #FridaysForFuture<\/a> promoted by Greta Thunberg. Greta is a sixteen year old from Sweden who has recently become a symbol of environmental activism. The world first began to notice Greta when she decided to go on strike from attending school every Friday morning at the beginning of the Northern Hemisphere\u2019s school year last September. Her strategy was to sit in front of the Stockholm Parliament with her home made sign that said \u201cSchool Strike for Climate.\u201d She went there to protest against the failure of political leaders to take a position on what is happening to the environment. Then in late January, in the town of Davos in Switzerland, Greta became the focus of the world\u2019s media when she spoke in front of the world\u2019s business leaders, political leaders, economists, celebrities and journalists at the World Economic Forum. “You are destroying my future! I don’t want you to hope, I want to see you in panic,” she told them. The Teens for the Unity<\/a> of the Focolare Movement, together with the groups involved in Prophetic Economy<\/a>, have decided to join the international initiative scheduled for today, Friday March 15th 2019<\/strong>. Their goal is to demand that international conventions to safeguard the planet are respected, and that world leaders stop just talking and start acting decisively. \u201cThe positions taken by many politicians show that the top-down approach is not enough,\u201d explains Luca Fiorani, the coordinator of EcoOne<\/a><\/strong>, the international Focolare network for those who work in the fields of ecology and sustainability. The UN’s major international climate conferences demonstrate how difficult it is to make decisions together about how to combat global warming. So this is where the bottom-up approaches come into play – where the people put pressure on those in power to make effective decisions to avoid climate change. These initiatives of the young people are vitally important because they are the ones who will suffer the most from the effects of climate change in the future. That\u2019s why it\u2019s important that these young people act globally – so they can stir up the consciences of everyone around the world. If we don\u2019t act now, within 20 or 30 years it may be too late. Pope Francis often reminds us of this. His 2019 message for Lent is focused on ecological conversion. He encourages us to pray, fast and give alms, but always with care for creation in mind. So, too, the commitment of the Focolare children and young people to reach the “Zero Hunger”<\/a> goal heads in the same direction as Greta Thunberg\u2019s initiative. <\/p>\n

Lorenzo Russo<\/em><\/p>\n

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