From Lonely Fighter to Person of the Year

From Lonely Fighter to Person of the Year For decades researchers and activists have struggled to get world leaders to take the climate threat seriously. In 2018, the photographer Adam Karls Johansson captured the image above of a lonely girl protesting outside the Parliament of Sweden with Vurderingseksemplarher handwritten board. He tried to sell the image to a known this strike would soon die out. Johansson remembers how grownups hurried by the young girl without even noticing her. This clearly emphasises Thunberg’s message that so many just carry on as before without reflecting on the consequences. Sixteen months

Search online for the TIME magazine article later she was made TIME's Person of the Year. on Greta Thunberg as the 2019 Person of the Year. In groups, study the article and note SOURCE Lindebø, K. 2019. BILDET: Adam Johansson down arguments to support how this unknown fotograferte skolestreikens ensomme førstedag. Et år senere har teenager got the world’s attention. bildet gått viralt. Journalisten, 18 October. Journalisten.no

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

By 2050, with a projected increased global population of 9.6 billion, we would need the equivalent of almost 3 planets worth of resources to sustain our way of living, if our current consumption and production patterns remain the same. The intensification of extreme weather events & climate change represents major threats to the health and well-being of youth, especially in developing countries, where the majority (almost 85%) of young people live.

HOW TO CONVINCE THE LISTENER

Climate change will continue to affect all aspects of food security in Africa, Asia and Latin America, where more than 1 BILLION young men & women live.

Some 84% of surveyed young people agree that they need more information to prevent climate change. About 73% of surveyed youth say they currently feel the effects of climate change.

Some 89% of youth respondents say young people can make a difference in climate change. “We are the first generation that can end poverty. We are also the last genereation that can slow global warming before it is too late.” TakeAction #YouthNow UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon SOURCE Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth 2019. Environment and Climate Change. UN.org.

Prepare: check sources and find correct information Catchy start: begin with a rhetorical question, an example, a personal experience Ethos: convince the recipient of the sender’s integrity and credibility Pathos: appeal to the recipient’s emotions Logos: appeal to the recipient’s reason and intellect One thing at a time: create one paragraph for each argument. Give reasons, facts and examples to support, but keep it short. End in style: write a clear statement that summarises your main message Practice makes safe and perfect: be prepared. Use a manuscript if necessary, make helpful note cards, own your words. ACTION 18 Use the tips above for how to convince Vurderingseksemplaryour listener and create a video where you call on your generation to take action. Use pages 214–219 and research recent news about climate change for content. Discuss the effects if world leaders do not listen to your generation and to Include the hopes and dreams for Student on strike outside the Norwegian Parliament, 2019. your future.

Have you ever participated in a protest? Why or why not?