How educators can encourage more Greta Thunbergs in their quest to save the planet | The Indian Express

How educators can encourage more Greta Thunbergs in their quest to save the planet | The Indian Express

Written by Janani Iyer |Updated: September 29, 2019 9:37:17 am

Iyer is a teacher trainer and teacher at The Shri Ram School, Maulsari Avenue, Gurgaon

How educators can encourage more Greta Thunbergs in their quest to save the planet

Importantly, like Greta, schoolchildren across the globe are talking about the approaching doom because they are worried, afraid and think that they can bring in a positive change and start a youth-driven global movement around climate change.

Calling out to world leaders, Thunberg thundered, “We are at the beginning of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth. How dare you!” (Source: File Photo)

It has become common to see news with screaming headlines like ‘Rising sea-levels could sink Mumbai, Surat, Kolkata and the Andamans, latest UN report warns’ or ‘Oceans and ice are bearing the brunt of climate change’. While the naysayers and sceptics continue with denials, and their beliefs about climate change conspiracy theories and that the “world is just doing fine”, there is little doubt about the impact climate change is wreaking across the planet, countries, cities and individuals, especially adolescents. The recently released report by the United Nations-led Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change talks about the impact of carbon pollution on oceans and ice sheets and the consequential impact on humanity flourishing as a species.