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By Laura Fay

March 15, 2019

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Students around the world raised their voices Friday to call for stronger policies and practices to combat climate change.

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Thousands of young people turned out for the climate strike, many of them skipping school to march, chant, and demonstrate. Events were scheduled in 123 countries, according to , which helped organize the demonstrations.

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The protests were part of a growing movement started by Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old from Sweden who has received international attention for her climate activism.

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She started with a solo strike in August in front of the Swedish Parliament in Stockholm. Since then, she has spoken at the World Economic Forum in , and at United Nations climate talks in 鈥� and has even been for the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Thunberg鈥檚 movement initially gained traction in Europe, but protests were held on every continent Friday 鈥斅爀ven Antarctica.

In the U.S., marches were held in locations, from San Francisco to Salt Lake City to New York.

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Thunberg and six other student activists wrote an published Friday in The Guardian explaining the strike.

鈥淭his movement had to happen, we didn鈥檛 have a choice. We knew there was a climate crisis. Not just because forests in Sweden or in the U.S. had been on fire; because of alternating floods and drought in Germany and Australia; because of the collapse of alpine faces due to melting permafrost and other climate changes,鈥� they wrote. 鈥淲e knew, because everything we read and watched screamed out to us that something was very wrong.鈥�

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                <h2>鈥楾here Is No Planet B鈥�: Students Around the World Skip School to Protest Climate Change</h2>

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                <p class="sans">By <a rel="author" href="/contributor/laura-fay/">Laura Fay</a></p>

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                <p>This story first appeared at <a href="/">蜜桃影视</a>, a nonprofit news site covering education. <a href="/about/newsletters/?utm_source=republish-button&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=republish">Sign up for free newsletters from 蜜桃影视</a> to get more like this in your inbox.</p>
                <p>Students around the world raised their voices Friday to call for stronger policies and practices to combat climate change.</p>
<p>https://www.instagram.com/p/BvCc_O1hlcH/</p>
<p>Thousands of young people turned out for the climate strike, many of them skipping school to march, chant, and demonstrate. Events were scheduled in 123 countries, according to , which helped organize the demonstrations.</p>
<p>https://www.instagram.com/p/Bui5yIqnbp6/</p>
<p>The protests were part of a growing movement started by Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old from Sweden who has received international attention for her climate activism.</p>
<p>https://www.instagram.com/p/BvBRJQmhLFu/</p>
<p>She started with a solo strike in August in front of the Swedish Parliament in Stockholm. Since then, she has spoken at the World Economic Forum in , and at United Nations climate talks in  鈥� and has even been  for the Nobel Peace Prize.</p>
<p>https://www.instagram.com/p/BvBybDxBTHO/</p>
<p>Thunberg鈥檚 movement initially gained traction in Europe, but protests were held on every continent Friday 鈥斅爀ven Antarctica.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">They blocked our main  demonstration. They tried to discourage me from fighting 4 my future but I didn't give up. I chose to this instead on Entebbe road        </p>
<p>— Leah Namugerwa (@NamugerwaLeah) </p></blockquote>
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<p>In the U.S., marches were held in  locations, from San Francisco to Salt Lake City to New York.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">鈥淥h, when we pass the , how I long to be in that future…鈥�   </p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"> in brooklyn including  and her family!  Inspired to see these students leading the charge: 鈥淐limate change is not a lie, we won鈥檛 let our planet die.鈥�  They are doing their part to make  a reality!  Join them if around or just share! </p>
<p>— Victor Paredes (@paredes6699) </p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">RT+: Congresswoman  (D-Minn.) introduces her 16-year-old daughter, Isra Hirsi, an organizer with the , by telling the crowd how much she admires her. </p>
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<p>Thunberg and six other student activists wrote an  published Friday in The Guardian explaining the strike.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">"If Latvians take on the streets, it must be serious", –    </p>
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<p>鈥淭his movement had to happen, we didn鈥檛 have a choice. We knew there was a climate crisis. Not just because forests in Sweden or in the U.S. had been on fire; because of alternating floods and drought in Germany and Australia; because of the collapse of alpine faces due to melting permafrost and other climate changes,鈥� they wrote. 鈥淲e knew, because everything we read and watched screamed out to us that something was very wrong.鈥�</p>
<p>https://www.instagram.com/p/BvCTjdDlMOu/</p>
<p>https://www.instagram.com/p/BvBfTzkDm6c/</p>
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