EXPLAINED: 28 | Vintage Vibes

‘I had singular focus’: 30 years on from Severn Cullis-Suzuki’s Earth Summit speech

The then 12-year-old had diplomats squirming in their seats when she berated them at the 1992 gathering

The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2022

'Girls' education is a climate solution': Malala Yousafzai joins climate protest

The fight against climate change is also a fight for the right to education of girls, millions of whom lose access to schools due to climate-related events, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai told Reuters on Friday.

Reuters · Jun 10, 2022

Derry Girls: the riotous show that shifted the experiences of teenage girls to centre stage

It’s a summer evening in Derry in 1997, the night before four teenage girls and a wee English fella get their GCSE results. In between newsflashes and 90s dance hits, 16-year old Clare nervously explains just what is at stake and why these results are so vitally important: “We’re girls,…

The Conversation · May 25, 2022

Alexander Skarsgård says he ‘almost’ ran over Greta Thunberg while cycling on his bike

Incident nearly occurred in Stockholm

The Independent UK · Apr 4, 2022

Greta Thunberg aims to drive change with ‘The Climate Book’

Climate activist Greta Thunberg has compiled a handbook for tackling the world’s interconnected environmental crises, with contributions from leading scientists and writers

The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2022

Greta Thunberg to publish a ‘go-to source’ book on the climate crisis

The Climate Book will include contributions from scientist Katherine Hayhoe, economist Thomas Piketty and novelist Margaret Atwood

The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2022

Greta Thunberg condemns ‘racist’ decision to let UK firm mine on Sami land

Climate campaigner says Swedish government is violating indigenous rights and waging ‘war on nature’

The Guardian - UK · Mar 22, 2022

Ugandan activist Vanessa Nakate: 'Not all climate action is climate justice'

Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate began her activism back in 2019 by staging a solo climate protest at the gates of the Ugandan parliament, before going on to co-found both the Rise Up Movement and Fridays for Future Uganda. She is currently in Paris as part of a delegation of…

France 24 · Mar 22, 2022

African youth activists in French National Assembly over Total's oil pipeline in East Africa

Ugandan environmental activists hit out at a mega oil project by TotalEnergies in East Africa. Four leading youth activists were received by the French National Assembly yesterday (Wednesday) to pressure the government to take a stance on the project. Vanessa Nakate, nicknamed the “African Greta Thunberg”, was among them.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 17, 2022

Thinktank linked to tech giant Canon under pressure to remove ‘dangerous’ climate articles

Exclusive: Some Canon Institute for Global Studies posts call the climate crisis ‘fake news’ and compare Greta Thunberg to a communist

The Guardian - AU · Feb 27, 2022