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Into the Night (01-28-2023)
Sir, she has accomplished so much more than you have in her 20 years of life, much more than you ever will!
Time's 25 most influential teens of 2018, December 2018, an annual list compiled by Time magazine of the most influential teenagers in the world that year.
Fryshuset scholarship, 2018, for Young Role Model of the Year.
Nobel Peace Prize nomination, 2019, by three deputies of the Norwegian parliament. Again in 2020 by two Swedish lawmakers. Nominated in 2021 and 2022.
Swedish Woman of the Year (Årets Svenska Kvinna), March 2019, awarded by the Swedish Women's Educational Association to "a Swedish woman who, through her accomplishments, has represented and brought attention to the Sweden of today in the greater world."
Rachel Carson Prize, March 2019, awarded to a woman who has distinguished herself in outstanding work for the environment in Norway or internationally.
Goldene Kamera film and television awards, March 2019, special Climate Action Award. Thunberg dedicated the prize to the activists protesting against the destruction of the Hambach Forest, which is threatened by lignite mining.
Fritt Ord Award, April 2019, shared with Natur og Ungdom, which "celebrates freedom of speech". Thunberg donated her share of the prize money to a lawsuit seeking to halt Norwegian oil exploration in the Arctic.
Time 100, April 2019, by Time magazine, an annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world for that year.
Laudato si' Prize, April 2019, awarded by the Milarepa Foundation of Chile and selected by the International Laudato Si' Group members under the second encyclical of Pope Francis, "on care for our common home".
Honorary degree of Doctor honoris causa (dr.h.c.), May 2019, conferred by the Belgian, University of Mons (Mons, Belgium) for "contribution*... to raising awareness on sustainable development".
Ambassador of Conscience Award, June 2019, Amnesty International's most prestigious award, for her leadership in the climate movement, shared with Fridays for Future.
The Geddes Environment Medal, July 2019, by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, for "an outstanding practical, research or communications contribution to conservation and protection of the natural environment and the development of sustainability."
Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, July 2019, automatically conferred with the Geddes award.
Right Livelihood Award, September 2019, from the Right Livelihood Foundation and known as Sweden's alternative Nobel Prize, one of four 2019 winners, "for inspiring and amplifying political demands for urgent climate action reflecting scientific facts."
Keys to the City of Montréal, September 2019, by Mayor of Montréal Valérie Plante.
International Children's Peace Prize, October 2019, shared with 14-year-old Divina Maloum from Cameroon, awarded by the KidsRights Foundation.
Maphiyata echiyatan hin win (Woman Who Came from the Heavens), Lakota tribal name conferred, October 2019, at Standing Rock Indian Reservation, following support for the Dakota Access pipeline opposition, after being invited by Tokata Iron Eyes, a 16-year-old Lakota climate activist.
Nordic Council Environment Prize, October 2019. Thunberg declined to accept the award or the prize money of DKK*350,000 (€47,000 as of October 2019) stating that Nordic countries were not doing enough to cut emissions.
Time Person of the Year, December 2019, by Time magazine, the first recipient born in the 21st century and the youngest ever For succeeding in "creating a global attitudinal shift, transforming millions of vague, middle-of-the-night anxieties into a worldwide movement calling for urgent change."[269] And: "For sounding the alarm about humanity's predatory relationship with the only home we have, for bringing to a fragmented world a voice that transcends backgrounds and borders, for showing us all what it might look like when a new generation leads."
Glamour Woman of the Year Award 2019, 12 November 2019, by Glamour magazine. Accepted by Jane Fonda, quoting Greta as saying "If a Swedish, teenage, science nerd who has shopstop, refuses to fly and has never worn makeup or been to a hairdresser can be chosen a Woman of the Year by one of the biggest fashion magazines in the world then I think almost nothing is impossible."
She was recognized as one of the BBC's 100 women of 2019.
Nature's 10, 2019, December 2019, an annual list of ten "people who mattered" in science, produced by the scientific journal Nature, specifically, for being a "climate catalyst: A Swedish teenager [who] brought climate science to the fore as she channeled her generation's rage."
Forbes list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women, 2019.
Forbes 30 under 30 Europe 2020 - Social Entrepreneurs
Human Act Award, on Earth Day, 22 April 2020, by the Human Act Foundation, for "her fearless and determined efforts to mobilize millions of people around the world to fight climate change." The USD100,000 prize money was donated to UNICEF and doubled by the Foundation.
Best in Activism (from Tech & Innovation category) at the 12th Shorty Awards, on 3 May 2020.
Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity, in July 2020, the first recipient of this prize. Through her foundation, Thunberg donated the €1 million prize money "to charitable projects combatting the climate and ecological crisis and to support people facing the worst impacts, particularly in the Global South."
Women in Youth Activism Award at the 2021 Women of Europe Awards on 2 December 2021, for "courageous leadership in support for climate justice, social change and youth community organising".
Honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD), 31 May 2021, conferred by the University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, for "her international recognitions for challenging world leaders to take immediate action against climate change."
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Into the Night (01-28-2023)
The Arctic isn't melting (other than seasonal melts). It is not possible to measure the global sea level. Coral reefs are fine. Making up numbers (like 'a million species') is a fallacy, dude. Argument from randU fallacy. Weather is not a habitat.
You are obviously not fine. You are living in fear, brought on by your ridiculous belief in the Church of Global Warming and the Church of Green and the Church of Covid. You probably believe in the Church of the Ozone Hole too.
"The atmosphere is among the factors that determines the Earth's atmosphere." --ZenMode
"Donald has failed in almost every endeavor he has attempted. " --floridafan
"Abortion is not a moral issue. " --BidenPresident
"Propaganda can also be factual." --Flash
"Even after being vaccinated, you shed virus particles." --Jerome
"no slavery is forcing another into labor" -archives
"Evs are much safer from fires" -- Nordberg
"Abortion has killed no one." -- LurchAddams
"The atmosphere is among the factors that determines the Earth's atmosphere." --ZenMode
"Donald has failed in almost every endeavor he has attempted. " --floridafan
"Abortion is not a moral issue. " --BidenPresident
"Propaganda can also be factual." --Flash
"Even after being vaccinated, you shed virus particles." --Jerome
"no slavery is forcing another into labor" -archives
"Evs are much safer from fires" -- Nordberg
"Abortion has killed no one." -- LurchAddams
ExpressLane (02-01-2023)
"The atmosphere is among the factors that determines the Earth's atmosphere." --ZenMode
"Donald has failed in almost every endeavor he has attempted. " --floridafan
"Abortion is not a moral issue. " --BidenPresident
"Propaganda can also be factual." --Flash
"Even after being vaccinated, you shed virus particles." --Jerome
"no slavery is forcing another into labor" -archives
"Evs are much safer from fires" -- Nordberg
"Abortion has killed no one." -- LurchAddams
It's amazing what happens when it gets very cold. Even at much warmer temperatures, voice carry very well over the snow and ice.
We call that kind of snow 'sugar snow' because it looks like granulated sugar. Not even the sound of cars to drown it out (they won't start).
If this kind of thing happened today, the Church of Global Warming would call it 'climate change'. They started using this buzzword instead so they could claim extreme cold events like this as 'proof'.
Their 'solution' is always the same, of course. Implement tyranny to shut down industry to limit CO2...because CO2 apparently causes warming...which causes extreme cold...which causes drought...which causes floods...which....
No, it doesn't have to make sense. This is a fundamentalist style religion.
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"The atmosphere is among the factors that determines the Earth's atmosphere." --ZenMode
"Donald has failed in almost every endeavor he has attempted. " --floridafan
"Abortion is not a moral issue. " --BidenPresident
"Propaganda can also be factual." --Flash
"Even after being vaccinated, you shed virus particles." --Jerome
"no slavery is forcing another into labor" -archives
"Evs are much safer from fires" -- Nordberg
"Abortion has killed no one." -- LurchAddams
ExpressLane (02-01-2023)
You've never given the kid credit for making herself a celebrity.
This surprises me in a way.
You're the ultimate chauvinist America-phile, Oom.
Nothing is more American than being famous for being famous.
This little girl pulled it off not in gullible America but in sophisticated Europe!
I've got to give the kid dap for that.
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Samuel Johnson, 1775
Religion....is the opiate of the people. Karl Marx, 1848
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose. Kris Kristofferson, 1969
She didn't make herself a celebrity. She spoke her mind and the public spotlight focused upon her. It's not like she's the first to speak out about global warming and it's not like she has any special knowledge about the subject known only to her.
Greta is a good example of being in the right place at the right time.
Here's something you don't understand, neef; people who put others up too high on a pedestal will ultimately find out the person is human...and then roundly condemn the person for failing.
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
I don't put her on a pedestal at all.
I just give her some of the credit for "getting over" as she's gotten.
She's not in a position to succeed or fail, because the survival of the planet as a habitable place for humans won't depend on her;
and beyond that, not having grandchildren of my own, I don't even care that much about the final outcome!
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Samuel Johnson, 1775
Religion....is the opiate of the people. Karl Marx, 1848
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose. Kris Kristofferson, 1969
That's contrary to your claim about her making herself a celebrity.
Not sure what your "getting over" comment means, but I would agree she's worked hard to use her celebrity status to push the issue.
She can succeed or fail as a person. Over 8 Billion people have little input on whether our planet survives an impact event, super volcano or polluting ourselves back to the Stone Age.
Agreed; you strike me as someone who doesn't give a shit about the future of mankind.
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
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