Youth Strike 4 Climate (YS4C)
The rights of children are often overlooked in debates over climate change and what this means for the future of our planet.
On 15 March 2019, inspired by the international movement, School Strike 4 Climate, instigated by Swedish student, Greta Thunberg, more than 150,000 schoolchildren and adult supporters in over sixty cities throughout Australia took part in an historic nationwide strike and march.
Worldwide, children from more than a hundred countries demanded action by Government and politicians to prevent further climate change.
Extinction Rebellion
Abbreviated as XR, Extinction Rebellion is a socio-political movement that uses nonviolent action to protest climate breakdown, biodiversity loss, and the risk of human extinction and ecological collapse.
Drawing on the simplicity of previous iconic symbols – think, 1960s symbols for peace and nuclear disarmament – the Extinction Rebellion symbol features a stylised hourglass, representing time running out, surrounded by a circle, symbolising the earth.