In 30 Years, Will Anyone Remember Her Name?
Everyone’s Talking about Greta Today
And they should be. What she’s done — what she’s doing — is not a small thing.
It’s courageous.
It’s important.
It’s so much more than most people are doing.
And in a week, or a month, or a year, it won’t matter.
Not to those with the power to really exact universal changes.
Not to white men in white robes.
“She’s just a child”, they’ll say. “She doesn’t really understand the way things work.”
They’ll be wrong. And it won’t matter.
Why am I being so negative about such a wonderful effort?
Because folks, we’ve been right here before. Only no one seems to be talking about that.
I know this is true because it took me half an hour to even find the topic anywhere on the internet. A topic that, along with Greta’s speech at the UN summit, should be trending.
About another young girl, standing in front of the same audience, saying the same things.
If you’ve never heard of Severn Suzuki, here is her speech:
No one with any power changed a single thing after this speech. And since the power structure hasn’t changed, I doubt anyone with any power will lift a finger this time, either.
Of course, the rest of us will do our best. But it won’t matter.
Because if we really wanted to save ourselves, we needed to start the first time a brave, wise child stood up in front of the United Nations and told the truth.
All we have time for now is damage control, on a planet ridding itself of our existence day by day.
“If you don’t know how to fix it, please stop breaking it.” — Severn Suzuki, 1992, UN Summit
God,help us to get our shit together enough to do at least that much.
