Climate Change Strike

My name is Harriet. I am in Year 8 and I live in Central Victoria.

This Thursday, I am going on strike from school in protest over our politicians’ inaction on climate change and the Adani coal mine. And I’m not alone. My entire class is joining me, along with kids aged 6 - 17 from cities and towns across Australia. Click here to learn more about our plans and join or support us. On November 30, we’ll join with kids from across the country to strike together as part of Big School Walk-Outs in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. Kids are invited to join us and adults invited to support us:* Melbourne: 12 noon, Friday November 30, outside VIC Parliament RSVP Sydney: 12 noon, Friday November 30, outside NSW Parliament RSVP Brisbane: 12 noon, Friday November 30, outside QLD Parliament RSVP Most of us have never met one another, but we all share the same concern: our politicians are not doing enough to protect our futures from dangerous climate change. Instead, they are approving massive new coal mines that will wreck our future. We don’t want to live in a world where 50 degree days are the norm, where the Great Barrier Reef is dead, where rain is a novelty, raging bushfires and severe storms the status quo. Kids didn’t create this problem, but we are going to do all we can to help fix it. And our politicians should too. In Australia, education is viewed as immensely important, and a key way to make a difference in the world. But just going to school isn’t doing anything about climate change. And it doesn’t seem that our politicians are doing anything, or at least not enough, about climate change either. So, as our contribution to the changes we want to see, we are striking from school. We are temporarily sacrificing our education to tell our politicians to save our futures from climate wrecking projects like Adani’s coal mine. Can you share this email and our website with kids and parents to help us spread the word? Many of us will be striking throughout November as well. Whilst we’re on strike, we will visit our MPs to tell them what we’re doing and what we expect in return: urgent action to move Australia beyond fossil fuels to 100% renewable energy. We’ll also meet with other kids to spread the word. All we are asking is for our politicians to start treating climate change for what it is -- a crisis -- and for them to act to stop more damage, so that we don’t inherit a miserable future. I hope to see you on November 30. With hope, Harriet PS: If you’re planning to go on strike during November, please drop us a line here and join or facebook group here. *Adults are encouraged to come and support us but this is a kids' event, so we won’t be having any adults speak.