Green News – Kids Strike on Friday

Would You Let Your Kids Strike? March 15 Will See a Massive, Global Strike for Climate

What You'll Discover Here:

kids strike - like people power march for climate in NYC — Climate March in New York in 2014

If your child wants to strike on Friday for the Climate – play hooky or mitch from school, in other words – will you be pleased or annoyed? And how will your child’s school react?

These are the tricky questions being faced by many parents, schools and governments this week, as Friday, March 15th, is the day that kids strike – all over the world.

It may be one of the biggest environmental protests in history.

The kids want adults to act to slow climate change – after all, it’s our kids who will inherit the environment and live with the consequences of our mistakes.

What Will Schools and Governments Do When Kids Strike?

Some schools are supportive. Others are not. Some schools say they’re happy if they receive a note of support from parents, allowing their kids to strike.

An Australian education minister threatened to punish students who strike on March 15.
In the UK, Theresa May’s government says that the kids strikes “increases teachers’ workloads and wastes lesson time that teachers have carefully prepared for.”
In the US, well, even the words “climate change” are removed from many official documents. So it’s unlikely there’ll be any government support for the kids strike.

See where school kids will be striking, below.

Where Will The Kids Strike?

There will be over 1,000 strikes on Friday, including at least 95 in the United States.

This map highlights some of the upcoming strikes around the world (including on my tiny tropical island – hooray!

You can find a map of the US strikes here.

These strikes are part of the Fridays for Future protest movement, led by students who want adults — particularly those in the halls of government — to get serious about saving the planet.

What Will It Mean for Politicians?

Politicians will do well to remember that soon enough, these schoolchildren will be old enough to vote. Public officials will have to answer to highly-motivated young people about what they did to address the most serious problem we humans have ever faced.

Why Strike on March 15th?

It’s a fitting date.

It’s a Friday, and it’s on a Friday that founder Greta Thunberg strikes each week. Her movement is known as Fridays for Future.
March 15th is the Ides of March, the date on which Julius Caesar was assassinated.
It’s also the day in which ancients Romans settled debts.

What bigger debt is there than the theft of a future not plagued by climate-change-fuelled wildfires, rising sea levels, water shortages and increased severe weather?

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