Roberts Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/15/climate/climate-school-strikes.html 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucker 67 Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Way to go kids! Sadly it probably won't change much though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 5 minutes ago, NUCKER67 said: Way to go kids! Sadly it probably won't change much though. The vast majority of the kids who are protesting for change today will be the very ones consuming, and making things worse tomorrow. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift-4 Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Is this why all these little buggers are on the ski hill today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofsurrey Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Great to see. Changes need to happen now.... Looks like JT 's purchase on the KM pipeline and stoppage of the project is looking more and more like a smart decision. Justin T can do no wrong this year... Liberals have pretty much sewn up the next Federal election. Liberals just seem to be ahead of public opinion... while the Tories seem to stuck in a 1950 Happy Days approach..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt.Clutch Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Now if only we can find this many people to actually take action rather than demand their governments to take action... 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanuck Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 22 minutes ago, NUCKER67 said: Way to go kids! Sadly it probably won't change much though. Part of me agrees with you. The other part thinks that's what people probably said back in the days of slavery and apartheid and now look at the progress made..... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bishopshodan Posted March 15, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted March 15, 2019 It's a start kids. Great to see. And, 'don't let the bastards grind you down.' Keep it up, stay positive, the future is yours. 2 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Vanderhoek Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 21 minutes ago, Alflives said: The vast majority of the kids who are protesting for change today will be the very ones consuming, and making things worse tomorrow. There may be some truth to this but I really think you underestimate our youth moving forward. My daughter is in grade 4 and taking part today, she is also in the Nest program in our community which is a regular curriculum teaching with an aim towards getting the class being out in our environment, observing and learning in nature while also observing and learning our impacts on the World around us, even at such a young age it is great to see how much our children are retaining and understanding their impacts on the World through our actions. 8 minutes ago, Cpt.Clutch said: Now if only we can find this many people to actually take action rather than demand their governments to take action... This is where parents, teachers, mentors, leaders give our youth the tools and empowerment to continue to push for and make changes without letting our youth fall into the general malaise of the day to day society of consumers and polluters. Great things are happening all around us, lending to much hope things will change, I truly believe just from seeing the way my daughter views the World and her place and impact in it that better days, better methods and ways to live our lives can be and are being achieved. New technologies are growing faster and getting into mainstream. There will always be doubters, those who are indifferent, or maybe don't care at the overall picture, you can't change that but you can build a better World around them.... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 5 minutes ago, Mike Vanderhoek said: There may be some truth to this but I really think you underestimate our youth moving forward. My daughter is in grade 4 and taking part today, she is also in the Nest program in our community which is a regular curriculum teaching with an aim towards getting the class being out in our environment, observing and learning in nature while also observing and learning our impacts on the World around us, even at such a young age it is great to see how much our children are retaining and understanding their impacts on the World through our actions. This is where parents, teachers, mentors, leaders give our youth the tools and empowerment to continue to push for and make changes without letting our youth fall into the general malaise of the day to day society of consumers and polluters. Great things are happening all around us, lending to much hope things will change, I truly believe just from seeing the way my daughter views the World and her place and impact in it that better days, better methods and ways to live our lives can be and are being achieved. New technologies are growing faster and getting into mainstream. There will always be doubters, those who are indifferent, or maybe don't care at the overall picture, you can't change that but you can build a better World around them.... Do you want your daughter to have a better life than you, or do you want her to struggle? Cleaning the climate would mean a huge change downward in our standard of living. The luxuries we have added (since the 50's) to make our lives more comfortable, and afforded us more free time, would have to be given up. Why would a young adult give up that lifestyle? It's easy for us as children to make a stance against the current direction, but as we get older, and our desires grow, we our stance against what was, changes. Of course we all want there to be a clean and happy future for our children, but can there be both, when happiness is so intertwined in our modern society with free time to enjoy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Money Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 15 minutes ago, Alflives said: Do you want your daughter to have a better life than you, or do you want her to struggle? Cleaning the climate would mean a huge change downward in our standard of living. The luxuries we have added (since the 50's) to make our lives more comfortable, and afforded us more free time, would have to be given up. Why would a young adult give up that lifestyle? It's easy for us as children to make a stance against the current direction, but as we get older, and our desires grow, we our stance against what was, changes. Of course we all want there to be a clean and happy future for our children, but can there be both, when happiness is so intertwined in our modern society with free time to enjoy? "Well...my city is underwater, but at least the new iPhone is coming out!" Perhaps you are not aware at the ramifications are to stick with the status quo. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BPA Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 59 minutes ago, Cpt.Clutch said: Now if only we can find this many people to actually take action rather than demand their governments to take action... In April, I'll be cycling to work. Found out that it takes me almost the same time to bike to work as it does to drive to work. Luckily my work has a shower so I can freshen up when I arrive. Doing my part. Lol. But it's mainly to save $$ as cost of gas is going up (apparently $1.65/L in the summer). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gaudette Celly Posted March 15, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted March 15, 2019 Just goes to show the effect of rampant indoctrination of government, media, and public schools. They can effectively convince them of anything if they so choose, matters not if it's entirely based upon logical fallacies. Scare people enough and they'll believe anything you want and enslave themselves for you. Please, remove our liberties and tax the air that we breathe. 2 1 1 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 (edited) This narrative that always seems to pop up in climate threads, saying things like "if you drive a car, you can't complain about Climate Change" is disingenuous garbage. For many people, a vehicle is a necessity. It doesn't mean that you can't do your part by taking public transportation when available, riding a bike when you can, (like @BPA) recycling, installing LED lights etc., etc.... I also completely disagree that we can't combat Climate Change without turning into some third-world dystopia. There's money to be made in Green Technology. What has to happen is some short-term pain for some long-term gain and governments need to stop bending over for powerful lobbies that want to maintain their bottom line by maintaining the status quo. Edited March 15, 2019 by RUPERTKBD 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BPA Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Growing up, there was no such thing as recycling. Everything went into the garbage. Now it's part of our daily lives. It'll take time but we all can make significant changes. I'm looking at composting as well. My buddy says it works great for his garden. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 1 hour ago, bishopshodan said: It's a start kids. Great to see. And, 'don't let the bastards grind you down.' Keep it up, stay positive, the future is yours. Ha literally listening to Machine Head right now 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Warhippy Posted March 15, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted March 15, 2019 Boomers and deniers: Kids these days don't know how to work, what they want or how to change things Kids take to the streets in the hundreds of thousands and more world wide demanding action promising to change things as they grow and start voting Boomers and Deniers: Look at all those whiners if only they put their energy to something useful 1 3 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EoH Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Let’s not kid ourselves. All the kids are out so they don’t need to do schoolwork... practically like a field trip. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Vanderhoek Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Alflives said: Do you want your daughter to have a better life than you, or do you want her to struggle? Cleaning the climate would mean a huge change downward in our standard of living. The luxuries we have added (since the 50's) to make our lives more comfortable, and afforded us more free time, would have to be given up. Why would a young adult give up that lifestyle? It's easy for us as children to make a stance against the current direction, but as we get older, and our desires grow, we our stance against what was, changes. Of course we all want there to be a clean and happy future for our children, but can there be both, when happiness is so intertwined in our modern society with free time to enjoy? Are you a parent ? the bolded line above should be pretty obvious but to answer your question, I do want my daughter to have a great life, I work day and night so she can have a better opportunity at life than I had growing up and I will support her all the way. there is an element in your post re: " as we get older, and our desires grow, we our stance against what was, changes. " that is in human nature, like the person who says " if I was mayor I would fix this and that and do things right " only to see them elected and be caught up in the day to day life and being enslaved in the politics of it all. But so many of our youth are growing up now cognizant of what is going on around them and seeing first hand what is happening with our seasons, weather, and weather extremes and so on. As in maybe people could use the argument 20 years ago that people will grow older and lose interest or not fight the good fight ( because they could afford to years ago, it was only warnings and theories not actuality ) but that's not the case now. Sure some high school kids will just make this an easy out for Spring Break, others what ? on the ski hill, staying home playing video games and so on. But you are kidding yourself if you think there is no real traction being gained. Its a little disappointing to see so many comments brushing this off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naslund.is.king Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Why would you skip class to protest? Really?? Maybe thats the excuse but you're supposed to go find someone to practice anatomy on..go get high Protest? Kids these days 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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