climate strike

demonstration

Public display of opinion

• marchRhythmic group walk
• rallyGathering for a cause
• picketingOrganized protest outside workplace

placards · chanting · sit-in · blockade · megaphone · banner · disruption · walkout · protesters · grievances

Greta Thunberg

• studentsThose receiving instruction
• school walkoutCoordinated pupil departure protest
• Generation ZPost-millennial demographic cohort

teenagers · adolescents · young voices · future generations · campus · intergenerational · children

grassroots

Common people as political base

• organizingSystematically putting in order
• coalitionTemporary alliance for action
• campaigningActively pursuing political support

lobbying · petition · boycott · solidarity · collective action · advocacy · mobilization · empowerment · social change · volunteer

emissions

Substances released into air

• carbonSixth element, atomic symbol C
• fossil fuelsCombustible prehistoric organic deposits
• greenhouseClimate-controlled plant enclosure

global warming · rising temperatures · sea levels · melting glaciers · deforestation · biodiversity · extinction · pollution · sustainability · renewable

crisis

Decisive dangerous moment

• emergencySerious sudden danger
• tipping pointThreshold triggering major change
• deadlineTime limit for completion

countdown · existential threat · irreversible · catastrophe · alarm · wake-up call · critical · unprecedented

• environmentalismecology, conservationism, recycling bins, campaigner, environmentalism
• protestdemonstration, walkout, picket, protest march, sit-in
• eco eventsEarth Day, Earth Hour, Arbor Day, beach cleanup, park cleanup
• Student Protestssit-in, walkout, demonstration, campus activism, student movement
• conservationconservation, wildlife, endangered, habitat, sanctuary
• youth organizationsBoy Scouts, Girl Scouts, 4-H, Cub Scouts, 4-H Club