Greta Thunburg Quotes

Greta Thunburg

Profession : Environmentalist

Birth : January 3, 2003

I'm very weak in a sense. I'm very tiny and I am very emotional, and that is not something people usually associate with strength.

Greta Thunburg

The symbolism of the climate strike is that if you adults don't give a damn about my future, I won't either.

Greta Thunburg

I'm on the autism spectrum. I don't usually follow social coding and so therefore I go my own way.

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I don't use any animal products, both because of ethical and environmental and climate reasons.

Greta Thunburg

I think that once you fully understand the climate and ecological emergencies, then you know what you can do as well. And, of course, there's a lot of things you can do in your everyday life, but we cannot be focusing on these individual things you can do. We have to see the full picture.

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Many people say that this is not an easy issue, we cannot just say that this is how it is, it's not black and white. But I say that this is black and white. Either we stop the emissions or we don't. There are no gray areas when it comes to survival.

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Learning about climate change triggered my depression in the first place. But it was also what got me out of my depression, because there were things I could do to improve the situation. I don't have time to be depressed anymore.

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The most common criticism I get is that I'm being manipulated and you shouldn't use children in political ways, because that is abuse, and I can't think for myself and so on. And I think that is so annoying! I'm also allowed to have a say - why shouldn't I be able to form my own opinion and try to change people's minds?

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So when I speak in front of thousands, tens of thousands of people, I don't really get nervous because I know what I want to say and I know what message I want to give.

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If burning fossil fuels was so bad that it threatened our very existence, how could we just continue like before? Why were there no restrictions? Why wasn't it made illegal? To me, that did not add up.

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Some people can just let things go, but I can't, especially if there's something that worries me or makes me sad.

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I have Asperger's, I'm on the autism spectrum, so I don't really care about social codes. It makes you think differently.

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I want the politicians to prioritise the climate question, focus on the climate and treat it like a crisis.

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Some people say that I should study to become a climate scientist so that I can 'solve the climate crisis.' But the climate crisis has already been solved. We already have all the facts and solutions. All we have to do is to wake up and change.

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When I'm really interested in something, I get superfocused on that. And I can spend hours upon hours not getting tired of reading about it and still be interested to learn more about it.

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I have promised myself that I'm going to do everything I can for as long as I can.

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People tell me that they are so hopeful when they see me and other children 'school-striking,' and they say, 'Oh the children are going to save us.' But no, we aren't. We are too young to be able to do that. We don't have time to wait for us to grow up and fix this in the future.

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Social media can be very effective in creating movements. In the beginning, that is how I first got attention.

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We can't just choose to tell some facts and not others because we don't want to upset people. We have to tell it like it is.

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