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| Thu, 14th May 2020 16:28:00 |
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The 18-year-old activist changing the climate conversation in the UK |
To protest is to believe in a cause, to demand action, to march. But what happens when you can no longer take to the streets, when you’re cooped up at home without the placards or the chanting? How do you unite, how do you carry on?
Once upon a time, in a life before lockdown, kids and teens all over the world walked out of school and took part in a global climate strike, inspired by teenage environmental campaigner, Greta Thunberg. Thunberg kicked off the movement, soon to be called Fridays for Future, in August 2018 when she stood outside the Swedish parliament and demanded that the government listen to her plea. While the youth strike has since evolved to take on many forms, the end game is simple, to demand action from political leaders, to prevent climate change and transition away from fossil fuels towards clean, renewable energy.
By March 2019, 2,200 strikes were organised to take part across 125 countries. Over one million strikers took over city centres, blockading roads and standing together in peaceful protest. This is where the story of Noga Levy-Rapoport begins, the 18-year-old who would change the climate conversation irreversibly in the UK, by bringing young people together.
The North London teen captivated the masses after borrowing a megaphone from a nearby protestor and yelling, "FOLLOW ME."
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