Tens of thousands of people tuned in to School Strike 4 Climate’s #BuildaBetterFuture livestream on May 15. Participants heard from those fighting on the frontline of the climate and coronavirus crisis and took action together asking our local MPs to take the crisis seriously and stand for a fairer future for us all.
“Together, in spite of these challenging times we showed we are organised and ready to keep fighting for climate justice,” said Arlie, striker from Armidale, and Elise, striker from Franklin, Tasmania.
“But the journey can’t stop there. If we are serious about creating the change needed to tackle the climate crisis we need to listen, learn, and skill up.”
School Strike 4 Climate is now running a six-week climate justice curriculum for everyone: #ClimateStrike School. This covers the basics of climate justice and climate science, with input also from social change experts on how to build movements and become community leaders.
The program includes:
Mondays: Back to basics on climate science and climate justice, including first nations justice and economic justice.
Wednesdays: A space to meet others, connect and share skills.
Thursdays: Going deeper into organising and social movements, in collaboration with the trainers from Organising in a Pandemic.
“While we strike from school to demand social change, we know the importance of education, and we also know there are things they don’t teach at school. Learning is activism, and without activism we cannot create change,” said Airlie and Elise.
All are welcome. Find out more and register at https://www.schoolstrike4climate.com/school.
School Strike 4 Climate and Fridays for Future Australia also invite supporters to sign an open letter to the Australian government calling for a “green recovery”. The letter asks the government to listen to the experts and design the Covid-19 response, recovery and stimulus packages to create new jobs in clean industries and renewable energy, instead of centring it around fossil fuel projects.
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Sign the open letter at https://greenrecovery.good.do/openletter/sign/.
