The climate change activist already has murals in her honor painted in Bristol, England and Edmonton, Canada.
A large mural of the teenage activist Greta Thunberg is being painted in central San Francisco as a vivid statement about the climate change emergency.
The Swedish teenager has been giving speeches throughout the U.S. since her address at the United Nations Climate Action Summit in September where she demanded world leaders do more to combat global warming. The brainchild of the climate change advocacy group One Atmosphere, the image in the central Union Square neighborhood in her honor, by Argentinian muralist Andrés Petreselli who goes by the name Cobre, is expected to be completed next week, according toCobre said he is doing the mural for free, telling the publication:"Climate change is real. This girl Greta is awesome and she knows what she's doing. I hope with this mural people will realize we have to take care of the world.
Teenage Swedish activist Greta Thunberg attends a climate action rally in Los Angeles, California on November 01, 2019.One Atmosphere's executive director, Paul Scott, said his group hopes it will be the first of a number of works honoring climate-change activists. "If we can amplify her message and get more people involved and listening to what she's saying, then we're doing some good," he toldTeen climate activist Greta Thunberg is getting a huge mural in downtown San Francisco
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