The thing that's made me open my eyes to what was happening to the environment and climate was films and documentaries.
Interpretation
Films and documentaries can profoundly influence our awareness of environmental issues.
In the quote, Greta Thunberg emphasizes the transformative power of visual storytelling, particularly films and documentaries, in increasing awareness about the environmental crises and climate change. She suggests that such media can profoundly open people's eyes to the urgent realities of our planet's condition, inspiring action and consciousness towards protecting the environment.
In practice
Using this quote in a speech about the importance of environmental education.
We are not going to be satisfied by politicians saying 'we support you' and then walking away. We won't be satisfied until they meet our demands and act. That's why simply taking a selfie or posting support on Twitter isn't enough. That's why we have to keep striking.
When I was maybe eight or nine years old, I first learned about the climate crisis in school. My teachers taught me about it and we saw films and pictures of plastic in the ocean and extreme weather events. Those pictures were just stuck in my head; I thought, there is no point in anything.
I have been on the road and visited numerous places and met people from all over the globe. I can say that it looks nearly the same everywhere I have been: The climate crisis is ignored by people in charge, despite the science being crystal clear.
I want the politicians to prioritise the climate question, focus on the climate and treat it like a crisis.
We have to understand what the older generation has dealt to us, what mess they have created that we have to clean up and live with.
It felt like I was the only one who cared about the climate and the ecological crisis. My parents didn't care about it, my classmates didn't care about it, my relatives didn't care about this. I mean nobody I knew cared about this and I felt like I was the only one.
Nature is slow, but sure; she works no faster than need be; she is the tortoise that wins the race by her perseverance.
It is extraordinary to see the sea; what a spectacle! She is so unfettered that one wonders whether it is possible that she again become calm.
Nature Cure is so simple easy and cheap.....this system of treatment should be used.
The spring came suddenly, bursting upon the world as a child bursts into a room, with a laugh and a shout and hands full of flowers.
I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.
Among all researchers who have worked in the African field, I consider myself one of the most fortunate because of the privilege of having been able to study the mountain gorilla.
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