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Giving up cannot be an option.
I believe that one person can make a difference.
People are underestimating the force of angry kids.
I don't really like being in the centre of attention.
We can no longer save the world by playing by the rules.
Not having hope is not an excuse for not doing something.
Why should I be studying for a future that soon may not exist?
I thought I couldn't make a difference because I was too small.
I see the world in black and white, and I don't like compromising.
I personally have stopped flying. I have stopped eating meat and dairy.
I don't fly because of the enormous climate impact of aviation per person.
Sweden is not a green paradise, it has one of the biggest carbon footprints.
I am an introvert; privately I am very shy, and I don't speak unless I have to.
I have promised myself that I'm going to do everything I can for as long as I can.
It's empowering to know I am doing something, I am taking a stand, I am disrupting.
I don't care about hate and threats from climate crisis deniers. I just ignore them.
To do your best is no longer good enough. We now have to do the seemingly impossible.
We are living in the beginning of a mass extinction and our climate is breaking down.
We can't just continue living as if there was no tomorrow, because there is a tomorrow.
Most emissions aren't caused by individuals, they're caused by corporations and states.
I don't think I would be interested in the climate at all if I had been like everyone else.
I want you to panic. I want you to feel the fear I feel every day. And then I want you to act.
I don't use any animal products, both because of ethical and environmental and climate reasons.
I'm on the autism spectrum. I don't usually follow social coding and so therefore I go my own way.
I just want to be just as everyone else. I want to educate myself and be just like a normal teenager.
I do not see myself as a celebrity or an icon or things like that... I have not really done anything.
You can rebel in different ways. Civil disobedience is rebelling. As long as it's peaceful, of course.
I'm not saying that people should stop flying. I'm just saying it needs to be easier to be climate neutral.
The symbolism of the climate strike is that if you adults don't give a damn about my future, I won't either.
Social media can be very effective in creating movements. In the beginning, that is how I first got attention.
The best thing about my protest has been to see how more and more people have been coming and getting involved.
The thing that's made me open my eyes to what was happening to the environment and climate was films and documentaries.
My message to the Americans is the same as to everyone - that is to unite behind the science and to act on the science.
I have Asperger's, I'm on the autism spectrum, so I don't really care about social codes. It makes you think differently.
We should not underestimate ourselves, because if lots of individuals go together then we can accomplish almost anything.
We can't just choose to tell some facts and not others because we don't want to upset people. We have to tell it like it is.
Being young is a great advantage, since we see the world from a new perspective and we are not afraid to make radical changes.
Once we start to act, hope is everywhere. So instead of looking for hope, look for action. Then, and only then, hope will come.
It is hard sometimes to always be at the centre of attention, but when you talk about me you also have to talk about the climate.
I'm very weak in a sense. I'm very tiny and I am very emotional, and that is not something people usually associate with strength.
I'm telling you there is hope. I have seen it, but it does not come from the governments or corporations. It comes from the people.
We have to understand what the older generation has dealt to us, what mess they have created that we have to clean up and live with.
Of course, individual change doesn't make much difference in a holistic picture... but we need both systemic change and individual change.
Nothing is being done to stop the climate and ecological emergency from happening and to secure the future wellbeing for future generations.
Avoiding climate breakdown will require cathedral thinking. We must lay the foundation while we may not know exactly how to build the ceiling.
For way too long the politicians and people in power have got away with not doing anything at all to fight the climate crisis and ecological crisis.
We should no longer measure our wealth and success in the graph that shows economic growth, but in the curve that shows the emissions of greenhouse gases.
The real danger is not inaction. The real danger is when politicians and CEOs are making it look like action is happening when in fact nothing is being done.
I really miss having a routine because now I've been on the road constantly for several months. I like routines, so it would be nice to get those routines back.
There's always going to be people who don't understand or accept the united science, and I will just ignore them, as I'm only acting and communicating on the science.