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SDG 13: Fridays for future movement

#FridaysforFuture is a people's movement following the call from @GretaThunberg to school strike.

02.04.2020.

What is 'Fridays For Future'?

#FridaysforFuture is a people's movement following the call from @GretaThunberg to school strike.

Why are kids striking?

School children are required to attend school. But with the worsening Climate Destruction, this goal of going to school begins to be pointless.
- Why study for a future, which may not be there?
- Why spend a lot of effort to become educated, when our governments are not listening to the educated?

The basics of how/when/where to strike

Greta requests that people strike in front of their closest town hall, every Friday. With a sign, take a picture and post it with the hashtags
#Fridaysforfuture
#Climatestrike

How supporters can support

Many people do not think they can strike, i.e. they are worried about their school grades. The Belgium schools all used clocks which then 'struck' and then took a picture and this was their method to strike on November 30. Other groups have other ways to find a way to strike, even churches have their bells strike! Some empathy strikes. All support is welcome.

If you post your work with the hashtag #FridaysForFuture and #ClimateStrike we will be able to find and share your excellent work.

Inspiration for everyone

Fridays for future Vienna team presented their activities during the 1MillionStartups Global Conference 2019 where they participated in the panel The new face of power, How is GenZ changing the world. Anna Lindorfer spoke about the team activities and motivated our attendees to start fighting towards achieving the SDG13.

Coronavirus and climate activism

Listen to science and local rules and guidelines.
Prioritize health and safety.

If striking in public with others may put your health at risk, choose other kinds of climate activism, for instance:

• emailing politicians
• posting on social media
• #DigitalStrike
• #Silentstrike anywhere
• #ClimateHowl anywhere
• put a striking sign in your window and post a photo of it on social media. #climatestrike; #fridaysforfuture.
• online zoom strike with others
• prepare future activities, thinking about what may be effective approaches

Be creative and have fun.

Fridays for future Austria adjusted their activities, too.

Call for solidarity in the crisis: ❗ #Nachbarschafftschallenge #TogetherForFuture

Also, join the webinars instead of striking on the streets:

https://www.facebook.com/FridaysForFuture.org

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChb23_19GTIWDF7-zXNrT3g/videos

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