Greta Thumberg

Greta Thumberg holding a sign saying, “School Strike For Climate”Wikipedia Greta Thumberg grew up in Stockholm, Sweden. She saw how not many people were doing something about global warming so she did. She was diagnosed with OCD and selective mutism. When she was 11 she stopped talking at all. She was diagnosed depression and about 4 years later, she started advocating for the environment. Since then she has been known for advocating for the environment and for advocating against wars.

FacebookGreta Thumberg holding a sign to help the environmentIn August 2018 Greta started Fridays For Future. Greta and other people would skip school on Fridays and instead advocated for the environment. She won the noble peace prize after that every year from 2018-2023. She also spoke out about how the war between Russia and Ukraine had consequences on the environment. She has been targeted on social media by political leaders and responded by saying that it's funny how someone so powerful can feel intimidated by a teenager. And how it says more about them than her. She suffered depression after hearing about climate change and that caused her to act upon it.

Inside Climate NewsA protest started by Greta ThumbergGreta Thumberg was inspiring to help the environment and with war even after politicians have targeted her and had to give up some of her school education. We can learn to voice our concerns to the world when something feels wrong even when other people do not support it and to inspire other people to do the same.