Groups inspired by Greta Thunberg plan Black Friday climate strikes

Climate strikes are scheduled to take place around the world on Friday

Climate strikes are also scheduled to take place around the world on Friday. The protests are part of Fridays for Future, a youth-driven movement that started after teenage Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg skipped school and staged sit-ins on Fridays outside the Swedish Parliament. Supporters hope to build off of the momentum of the Fridays for Future global climate strikes that took place in September."In September, 7.5 million people around the world took to the streets.

Organizers have encouraged would-be shoppers on Black Friday to boycott the holiday and focus on the degeneration of the planet by joining the climate strikes. "Consumerism is destroying our planet," Extinction Rebellion, an environmental group, said on social media."We do not have infinite resources, yet the system continues to persuade us all that we need to constantly buy more of everything.

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