“Time is running out. This decade is our last chance to stop the destruction of our people and our planet… This is why we strike.”
By Julia Conley, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 8-20-2019
Organizers behind the global climate strike movement—from teenage students to adults who have fought for climate action for decades—on Tuesday called on all people who want to halt the climate crisis to join the worldwide action on September 20.
350.org, one of dozens of international, national, and local groups organizing the strike, announced Tuesday that with a month to go before the demonstration, thousands of people have already signed up to take part in the strike and the Week of Action that’s planned for the days that follow. Continue reading