Climate crisis and age

Ece Doğa Bayraktar

You may think you are old and say 'Climate crisis? What does that concern me?'
Ece Doğa Bayraktar, climate activist, Istanbul, 17 years

Adults! You may think you are old and say: "Climate crisis? What does that concern me?" But why should your children or grandchildren suffer. It's not the kids who set up factories that destroy nature, use fossil fuels, cut down trees! You adults don't do your job and stop this, we must try to do your job.

The effects of the climate crisis are not felt very much here yet, but we have to act now to avoid future effects. Let's start with what we can do: Let's recycle. Let's use less water when taking a shower, let's clean the dishes in a different way than passing them under running water before putting them into the dishwasher. These are very simple, but important acts!

My peers! Maybe you think you cannot join our climate strike because of lessons or other reasons. But our future is disappearing. We go to school for a future that won't happen. We must resist together.

Ece Doğa Bayraktar
Ece Doğa Bayraktar