, a powerful greenhouse gas which can leak into the atmosphere from drilling, shipping, and distribution. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nminden said zero hour is creating an educational program <\/span>that advocates for an immediate termination of lng use. the ultimate goal: inspire more action. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
a young marcher holds up a sign at the july 23, 2018, zero hour march in pittsburgh. (mark dixon\/cc by 2.0 deed)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\u201chopefully, we\u2019ll recruit people to take action in their local cities, or in their nations once they see the presentation and are galvanized to take action,\u201d minden said. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nminden, who began her environmental advocacy at 13 years old, said growing up in mountain lakes, california, was a constant reminder of the worsening conditions of climate change. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201ci have literally never lived in a world without climate chaos,\u201d minden said.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nthis, according to lele, is a common sentiment among young people today. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cthere is so much fear around ‘what the world is going to look like when i grow up,’\u201d lele said. \u201c’what is it going to look like when i’m my parents’ age? what is it going to look like when i am going to college, when i’m looking for a job, when i’m thinking about raising a family? what does all of that look like?’ i think that [fear] made it hard for young people to even conceptualize the rest of their lives.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nartis said the only way this crisis can be stopped from worsening is if there is \u201cbold climate action\u201d and a total phase-out of fossil fuels. though that seems daunting, artis believes young people have the power to achieve that. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201ci think over time we\u2019ve seen how much young people can actually influence the political system from the outside,\u201d artis said. \u201ci think expectations were that this group of young people were naive and inexperienced, but there are protests all around the world now. young people are leading the climate movement everywhere.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cwe’re the ones we’ve been waiting for. and there is no other course that is going to save us. and we have the power to make a lot of change,\u201d artis said. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"as a teenager, amelia southern-uribe remembers feeling intense eco-anxiety and fear for their future. then they found zero hour, a youth organization fighting for a sustainable path forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18687,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4902,5195],"tags":[],"storyfest_categories":[],"class_list":["post-34875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-colleges-education","category-justice"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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