Thousands of teenagers from around the world rallied to claim climate change – 15/03/2019

It's an alarm clock and, as such, it does not stop to bode well. During the first serious walk that took place in Buenos Aires and other cities in the interior, hundreds of children and young people between the ages of 13 and 25 made contact with the Congress. Friday to express their concern about climate change and ask for an answer. on the part of the rulers, "who seem to have interests elsewhere", say to the choirs Violeta (15), Felicitas (16) and Carlota (15), promoters – among others – of the vernacular march Friday for the future, a global campaign that has spread widely in countries such as Chile, the United States, El Salvador, Spain, Italy, Finland, Sweden, Australia, Kenya and even the United States. India, among others.

"Adults are going to leave us a world of shit, they do not care, but the UN has already issued an ultimatum: if before 2030, there is a radical change in our heads and our attitudes, the planet "We have no return and we have no other place to live", surprises with its vehemence and fervor Milena (17 years), arrived from Ituzaingó.

Mariana (18) from Padua provokes with her cardboard: What green do you see? "It seems that what matters are the dollars, and we will see if, when the last tree is dead, the last poisoned river and the last fish caught, they will realize that you can not eat the dollars."

The blue handkerchiefs, which one tries to impose on the causes of the environment, are also hinted, there are also greens and oranges, but a politicized atmosphere is not breathed. And the number of teenagers under 16 is surprising. "My daughter missed school and I ended up in the bank because climate change needs small actions, minimal actions, a change of attitude," comments Zulma (43), who recognizes her daughter Luz (17 years) an important influence. "Politicians say we are the future and salvation, but global warming undermines our aspirations," the young woman from San Miguel consistently suggests.

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The young people who populated Congress Square used the ingenuity and search for parades in other latitudes to "talk" on their placards, like Luciana who looks at the Senators House s & # 39; s. 39; calls: Why study if politicians do not listen to those who know. "As a society, we must make an effort to force sensitive issues such as climate change to touch Congress, because politicians have made it clear that this was never on the agenda" .

A group of vegans Marisol (21), Juliana (23), Carlos (21) and Candela (20), of Olivos, do not doubt: "Veganism is the future, the only way to go out, "they exclaim almost like a declaration of principles. "The production of food of animal origin multiplies by ten the environmental impact of vegetables," they justify.

For Juliana (23 years old) and Francesca (20 years old), this march is just the beginning, "an example of a button to know that we can go further, we need perseverance, perseverance and rigor", said the taller. "We have our guide, a real leader, who started alone, claiming in front of the Congress of his country," he said, referring to the Swede Greta Thunberg (16), a girl with firm and unthinking beliefs. .

The congress surroundings offer a different landscape than the other steps. Everything is at peace, wisdom and feelings reign and those who believe do so knowing the cause. "We are the kind on the verge of extinguishing everything," stabs the poster on which stands Milagros (13), which surprises by its maturity. "My old people may not live it, but I think of my development and that of my children, I do not want a planet on fire." His father, Caesar, listens silently.

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Small actions multiplied by many people lead to big changes, says the shirt of the platense Ivana (26 years old), graduate in environmental chemistry, who makes it known that her message addresses to "a government that does nothing or almost nothing for the environment , who relativizes everything, who leaves him for later and no He understands that we are in an emergency situation, that tomorrow is late.

"I have come to add, so that this march spreads, because if we do not make a figure, it dies, it falls apart," thinks Martín (19), from Capital, a student at IUNA. "We need to have younger politicians, who understand this kind of problem, climate change is also generational, we are a society used to excessive consumption and we do not care about what and how we dispose of garbage."

For Florencia (22), from Hurlingham, "there is no saving in a dead country." And the young people here, we understand that it depends on us, because the seniors here in Congress do not care. That's why we have to make this problem visible at all costs. "

Fall Friday night and multiply the hundreds of young people who continue to march to Congress. There is no festive climate, but worry and worry prevail. They are boys, mainly high school students, who want to express their uneasiness at the lack of answers from the authorities, about starting to think about the planet. It makes sense, because the future will belong to them. And the planet too.