Same reason their teachers don't go on strike during their 17 weeks holidays; then it wouldn't be a strike.Call me cynical, but why is a day off school needed? Why not a Saturday or Sunday?
Presenting them with facts which their parents selfishly choose to ignore is child abuse? Really?Using kids in this manner is indoctrination and child abuse.
I was marched to mass from school. I prefer this sort of march. This march is optional and they won't be told they will go to hell if they don't participate.Down through the ages they are deployed like this by religions and totalitarian ideologies.
They seem to know more than their parents, judging by some of the posts here so far.A ten year old knows nothing about this issue or any other.
I avoid plastic packaging where possible. My green bin goes out once a month. My black bin once every 6 weeks. There are 4-5 people in the house. No wet-wipes, no clingfilm etc.Just wondering....has anyone here made any measurable changes to their day-to-day activities to reduce their footprint? More from a plastic-reduction perspective than CO2 I have recently ditched the showergel for soap. I find it cleans a lot better and costs a fraction too.
Presenting them with facts which their parents selfishly choose to ignore is child abuse? Really?
I'd say that saddling them with our debts, providing them with very expensive but substandard health and education and screwing up the worldn't climate is closer to child abuse.
I was marched to mass from school. I prefer this sort of march. This march is optional and they won't be told they will go to hell if they don't participate.
They seem to know more than their parents, judging by some of the posts here so far.
Maybe for some but the ones that turn up at the protests aren't bunking off.Its meaningless nonsense. A strike? By schoolkids for schoolkids to bunk off.
How do you know?The only fact they are interested in is how much dossing off they can do.
Very easy to be selfish when someone else has to face to consequences of your actions. Very easy to be lazy and pretend that minor day to day changes are major issues.Very easy to be 'unselfish' when you arent the ones that havs to be responsible for paying bills, keeping house warm, getting kids to school and you to work.
Maybe their parents could lead by example, you know, parent them.Will they be unselfish by not flying or getting lift to school or friends house?
Or wearing fleeces indoor so thermostat can go down a notch?
Are they going to take on a part time job to pay for house to be insulated?
Oh, it's all a conspiracy is it?They are kids. When I see them deployed as propaganda tools like this I know an agenda being peddled.
We grow our own food, producing enough fruit to mean we never need to buy jams again, enough tomatoes to see us in soup for the winter, cooking apples to reduce how many we need to buy and also make chutneys with beetroot. Obviously we still need to buy fruit and veg but at least it's a reduction and hopefully we can add to it over the years.Just wondering....has anyone here made any measurable changes to their day-to-day activities to reduce their footprint? More from a plastic-reduction perspective than CO2 I have recently ditched the showergel for soap. I find it cleans a lot better and costs a fraction too.
where I reckon they are already inspired to join trade union.
Trade Unions represent their members, not the environment.What have our wonderful trade unions ever done for the environment?
The only involvements I can think of are trying to protect their own interests like protesting the cutting back on peat extraction and burning for electricity generation.
So why would they join vested interest groups which seek to damage the climate for their own selfish ends?Trade Unions represent their members, not the environment.
Trade Unions represent their members, not the environment.
What have our wonderful trade unions ever done for the environment?
Raise awareness?
Trade unions around the world support global climate strike
Adults, businesses and trade unions asked to join youth climate campaignwww.theguardian.com
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