With remarkable grace and startling speeches, 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has inspired millions of young people into action.Thunberg discovered climate change in grade school and did not understand why “everyone was not talking about it.” A few years later she became depressed and stopped eating and talking. Gradually, she was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome, and select mutism.

Extinction Rebellion Takes To The Streets Kim Osborn Mullen Ignited by London-based Extinction Rebellion (XR), thousands of protesters mobilized world-wide to take part in non-violent Climate Crisis actions last month, including Colorado. The protests, many infused with creative costumes and props, were called, “The Week of Action”  by XR and resulted in activists from Dublin to Denver disrupting daily routines in the name of climate crisis awareness.