Greta Thunberg is a Pain in the proverbial

Greta Thunberg is a Pain in the proverbial

Yes!
That's what the world needs.

this thread is unbelievable

all the celebs jumping on the band wagon, virtue signalling & preaching
I have to agree about that highlanddreams

The vitriol from some is truly shocking.

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I didn't get driven to school and walked, bussed or biked.
The reason was we didn't have a car.

My parents generation was greener because that is just how they and then we lived then.

No it’s not just you.
I switch the TV off whenever she comes on.
One of the best things about coronavirus was we didn’t have to put up with her whinging.

Elless

....... and we used to walk to school not get driven by our parents.

Yes and you can blame the parents for that too. They're far to busy with their lives and wanting to protect their darling little ones from all the nasties out there.

One reason why the baby boomers are relatively healthy is because the daily walk to and from school was good exercise and gave our young bodies a good grounding.

Yes, she is annoying. But that's great!

It's what the world needs - somebody to keeping pricking consciences like an irritating needle. She has every right to fight for the planet and I hope she continues.

I agree LilacChaser. She is very brave.

Yes, she has shown she can be happy and carefree too, the Never Gonna Give You Up dance to cheers in Stockholm.

Perhaps those who are telling us they understand the situation very well can enlighten us about the forecasts for global temperature rises in the next 100 years and how they relate to the pledges made at COP26? Then explain how that converts into sea level rises and the impact on global weather patterns. Then explain about how much we need to invest in renewables and how we are going to manage the economy during the transition to net zero?

Then I'd love to know all about how we are going to support the developing world during the next 50 years and what the plans are for the mass migrations that are about to happen.

Because unless you can then sorry, you don't understand at all.

Visgir1

Germanshepherdsmum

I understand the situation perfectly well and don’t need to be lectured and patronised by a rude little brat who assumes we all have the mentality of a gnat.

Ditto

And perhaps she is right about that.

I disagree with this thread - the heading at least. I think Greta is wonderful and speaks to the condition of so many of her generation.
I wish there was someone of my own generation I could admire.
I am in my 70s now and although I was always "alternative" and as green as I could be, the fears in my youth were concentrated on war, nuclear war, drought, poverty, starvation (not necessarily in that order) and very little on the planet itself which I think we always thought of as a self healing organism.

Now we know it isn't, our children and descendants are being left with a daunting crisis to deal with.
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Germanshepherdsmum

I understand the situation perfectly well and don’t need to be lectured and patronised by a rude little brat who assumes we all have the mentality of a gnat.

Ditto

Calmlocket

Not a very good role model for the younger generation in encouraging them to support climate change!

Please tell me this is sarcasm

This is Greta’s world and she and her friends will be living on this planet for a lot longer than us. I can quite understand her pain and dismay. Very few adults are taking the situation seriously. David Attenborough is one and he has been talking about global warming etc., and making programmes about it for years. But still the people with the power to do something, do nothing. They bleat on about cuts in this and cuts in that, but it is not enough. Our children’s children will have a difficult time. Greta is doing her best and I just hope that when she is on her death bed in 60 or 70 years time, her last words won’t be ‘I told you so.’

^ Just remind me how much that other girl earned for winning a tennis match….^

If you mean Emma Raducanu please afford her her name. She may not be an eco warrior but she has achieved something in the world of tennis never before achieved. You don't have to disrespect one in order to respect the other.

Not a very good role model for the younger generation in encouraging them to support climate change!

I'm afraid she seriously blotted her copybook for me over the yacht to USA business in 2019. She received a great deal of publicity over her refusal to fly, instead accepting a lift in a boat unavailable to the rest of us. She was acclaimed for her integrity. What wasn't publicised half as much was the two crew members who made way for Greta and her father who took a plane ride to USA in order to be there to crew the yacht on its return trip. So there was a carbon footprint involved just shelved off to somebody else's profile. Bit like those who condemn China for its carbon footprint churning out plastic rubbish, but are happy enough to buy it in this country and feel no responsibility. I can't deny that irritating as she is, she gets the message aired and does seem to prompt discussion. I'd like to see there be more emphasis on practical, reasonable solutions though.

So what did any of us achieve by the age of 18? It wasn’t till I had children that I started to care about the world I’d brought them into. I’m grateful that she is speaking for me and them. So she has got a million pounds? Just remind me how much that other girl earned for winning a tennis match….

I don’t warm to her style, that doesn’t mean I disregard her beliefs.

Alegrias1

Just listen to yourselves.

The older generation. She has a point.

I agree Alegrias1

... haven't any of us been young and idealistic? I know I was.

It's the job of the young to question the status quo, to question the world we are leaving them. It's the world THEY will inhabit.

As for her 'style', yes, she does scowl and remonstrate, but she does have a 'communication' problem and is I believe on the spectrum.

The point is whether she is right - she should not be condemned because she is young... and daring to have an opinion. I bet half the grans on here had one at her age.

It's so easy to be critical of the young, so easy to lump them altogether as 'entitled snowflakes' or slobs who leave litter all over the place. They are, like us, not a homogenous group, and I for one will not take part in this 'youth bashing'. I've met too many nice young people and, frankly, the world they are inheriting is not going to be an easy ride. Let them speak.

... and if anyone is really upset by Greta - they can always simply just not listen to her, or read articles about her. She will make mistakes like the rest of us did (and still do), but she has inspired young people to engage with environmental issues. Good for her.

Greta's campaign highlights the lack of adult leadership on this subject, I applaud her.

Some teenagers aren't carefree, for lots of reasons. It doesn't mean they don't have lovely childhoods. There seems a lot of projection going on

Me and my Mum have this conversation a lot. People are scared of strong women

I know, what a waste. She could have been at home playing with her dolls and her lego instead of changing the world and becoming a leadership figure for young people. What a pity.

Greta knows, respects and has worked with Sir David Attenborough, they worked together on her documentary.
I feel embarrassed to read some of the views on this thread. This young girl has got tremendous guts and drive to stand up for what she believes is right. It doesn’t matter if you like her or not, she deserves respect for what she has achieved - and she won’t be going anywhere, so it’s time to get used to her (even listen to what she has to say) because she will be a lifelong battler for the planet. Most importantly young people respect her and that will drive change.