7thText commenary: THAUSANDS OF BRITISH STUDENTS DECLARE THEMSELVES "ON STRIKE FOR THE WEATHER"

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Thousands of British students declare themselves "on strike for the weather"

Summary

The news refers to the demonstrations carried out by thousands of students in more than 270 cities around the world. The most important have occurred in the United Kingdom where it was decided to raise their voices for the problem of climate change and call a strike for this reason. The purpose of the mobilization is to put pressure on the national parliaments to motivate them to act moved by popular pressure and decide to act. The message of the students is shocking: there are only 12 years left to act because maybe after that time it will be too late to save the planet.

Link o Reference

https://www.elmundo.es/ciencia-y-salud/ciencia/2019/02/15/5c66df02fdddff4b4d8b45d9.html

Publication date

15/02/19

Scientific scope 

Environmental

Glosari

The subject of this news did not contain a very specific vocabulary that I did not understand.

Text commentary 

This news seems to me of special interest for several reasons. First, because of its social importance. It is evident that this is a problem that interests us all. Secondly, because it reflects the interest of young people to act in defense of society as a whole. Third, because it is a topic that we have dealt with lately in class and I think it is interesting to reflect this news here.

The news refers to the student strike initiated in the United Kingdom and extended throughout the world. It is basically an initiative of students, although probably this kind of struggle would be supported by the rest of the population and, especially, by the political parties and world leaders. It is about demonstrating that society is willing to act for  the important problems that humanity faces. It only takes someone to raise the torch and show us the process of change. It's great that in this case it's the young people.

The seriousness of the problem of climate change is evident. We probably do not know how old we are in order to solve the problem. Maybe it's 12 years as the students say. If so, it means that both myself and all my colleagues will be 28 years old when climate change can no longer be solved. It would be a tragedy like that. It seems clear that the solution is not to pretend that none of this is happening, when it comes to something very real, but that we can change between all of them.

In my opinion I think the change starts from oneself doing small things that improve the environment such as recycling, controlling the consumption of plastics, cardboard or paper or avoiding throwing garbage or waste out of the right places. Personal actions may seem like small grains of sand, but together they can create a worldwide change that can change this situation together. For that it is important to believe in it and know that the change begins in you.