Greta Thunberg cut a frail and lonely figure when she started a school strike for the climate outside the Swedish parliament building last August. Her parents tried to dissuade her.
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| Greta Thunberg … ‘I have always been that girl in the back who doesn’t say anything.’ |
Classmates declined to join. Passersby expressed pity and bemusement at the sight of the then unknown 15-year-old sitting on the cobblestones with a hand-painted banner.
Eight months on, the picture could not be more different. The pigtailed teenager is feted across the world as a model of determination, inspiration and positive action. National presidents and corporate executives line up to be criticised by her, face to face. Her skolstrejk för klimatet (school strike for climate) banner has been translated into dozens of languages. And, most striking of all, the loner is now anything but alone.
Read the story from The Guardian by Jonathon Watts“ - "Greta Thunberg, schoolgirl climate change warrior: ‘Some people can let things go. I can’t’.”
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