bag from sweden. the goal to force politicians to take action on climate change you know lindner is planning to take the protests to his small hometown of horn in pittsburgh in northern germany and he s hoping for a big turnout. oh. right no i or what are our. oh ok we turn the clock back two weeks. oh my god there might be an owner and his friends luna and james ought to be at school right now instead they re in hamburg for their fridays for future climate strike a generation of high school students taking to the streets graded to barrack their role model is due to come to be on all is also looking forward to meeting her. everything that s looking at the posters you can see that many are here because of climate change. or the fact that they re not just wanting to skip school or see gretta obviously some just want to see gretta but most are here to call for action
still many. have them feel like a lone voice. in the us you know trying the only one in our school who s even slightly motivated to do something about climate change so i m here to take a stand. that doesn t. normally the activists keep in touch through whatsapp and video conferences most of them only know each other from the internet now in small groups they discuss how to organize the strikes and how to deal with the poorest and politicians they also brainstorm for new ideas. for coming up and you can easily spend an entire weekend just on this do you think you can fathom what you achieve more than in several weeks worth of what s up chats what ever said. a few days later i visit you i know it at home he s supposed to be doing homework for biology but fridays for a future keeps getting in the way. he s preparing for the next big demo it s being
role model is due to come to you on only is also looking forward to meeting her. everything that s looking at the posters you can see that many are here because of climate change. or the fact that they re not just wanting to skip school or see gretta obviously some just want to see gretta but most are here to call for action on the climate of the smile but it could be a bit louder yes definitely. yes all is sixteen years old and first got involved in the fridays for future initiative three months ago he set up a group for his district if. during the hamburg rally it s his job to report for the group s instagram account. so how s it going you re gonna school good the first story has already had thirty nine hundred views. on young old from put it back i m going to take you along to the demo in hamburg enjoy your
he s right i have to drive a lot for my job and my car is bigger than it needs to be which i m now ashamed of but i drive forty thousand kilometers a year from my job so there s conflicting priorities. of the balance for. preparations for the big international action day and all and his fellow activists are hoping to get five hundred students out on the streets in their small town. two hundred demonstrations have been registered throughout germany thousands of posters have been painted and posted on instagram registering the demo organizing suitable loudspeakers handing out flyers it all takes time the young activists are investing many hours of their free time and still some politicians accuse them of simply wanting to skip school. as if the desired mycenae i d say that most of the students at the protests don t want to just miss school gotti offensiveness the voice they
a number of them come along. others are more interested in enjoying their break time. the set is it s mega so far it s exceeded all our expectations are way more people than last time more people are coming from each school it s an amazing atmosphere totally awesome i just can t stop smiling right now. the oh oh oh oh oh oh. i m a crew for the and i just have your attention we ve counted up and we have over five hundred people here that s mega you re all amazing is i die. in the end the penny big march reaches nearly a thousand people worldwide students and adults in one hundred twenty three countries took part in the strike marching for the climate and the future of the planet. the