Fridays for Future’s “No More Empty Promises”
By Grace Morrison
With scorching temperatures, rising sea levels, the loss of animals and their habitats, and constant natural disasters, it is clear that we are in the middle of a climate crisis that threatens life as we know it. Greta Thunberg recognized this when she began to skip school every Friday in an attempt to call for action combating climate change. Thunberg began this campaign in August 2018, quickly gaining support and attention from the media. Eventually, the movement became known as Friday’s For Future (FFF), which has been very active since the successful national climate strike it organized in September 2019 that gained the world’s attention. FFF’s main form of action includes issuing petitions, striking, and demanding action from governments. Their most recent campaig...