{"id":7902,"date":"2019-03-15T08:00:36","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T12:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/?p=7902"},"modified":"2025-07-02T04:20:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:20:37","slug":"12-questions-with-youthclimatestrike-organizer-rebecca-hamilton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/story\/7902\/12-questions-with-youthclimatestrike-organizer-rebecca-hamilton\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Questions with #YouthClimateStrike organizer Rebecca Hamilton"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Stories<\/p>\n

Welcome to #12For12, our new blog series designed to fight apathy and inspire change. In this series, we\u2019re asking 12 courageous climate champions from across Canada 12 questions about how they stay motivated, get creative, and mobilize others to take action in their communities.<\/em><\/p>\n

Why? Last year, climate scientists delivered their gravest warning yet. And with it, they gave us our greatest opportunity to act. In telling us that we had only <\/em>12 years left to stop catastrophic climate change<\/em><\/a>, they not only gave us a clear timeline to stop global temperature increases but also a clear playbook for the type of holistic ambition we need to get our emissions to zero \u2014 and save people and our planet. <\/em><\/p>\n

So climate despair, be gone. Ecological grief, we have your cure. Meet the ordinary people doing extraordinary things to save the climate. Get inspired.<\/em><\/p>\n

Up first, we got to know one of the unstoppable young voices behind the movement inspired by Swedish teen Greta Thunberg. The movement has seen hundreds of kids across Canada skip school on Friday to <\/strong>lobby for climate action<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 and their futures \u2014 in their communities.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rebecca Hamilton<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Age:<\/strong> 16<\/p>\n

Organizes with:<\/strong> sustainabiliteens<\/p>\n

Twitter Handle: <\/strong>@sustainteens<\/p>\n

City\/Hometown:<\/strong> Vancouver<\/p>\n

Province: <\/strong>British Columbia<\/p>\n

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@rebecca_p_h<\/a> tells us why she is #climatestrike<\/a> – ing on March 15!<\/p>\n

Are you with her? Film yourself explaining why YOU strike and tag us for a RT!#vancouver<\/a> event info here: https:\/\/t.co\/Hwmbwt9p05<\/a>#whywestrike<\/a>#vanpoli<\/a> #bcpoli<\/a> #cpoli<\/a> #fridaysforfuture<\/a> #canclimatestrike<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/WV69m6iiMS<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 #climatestrike March 15! – sustainabiliteens (@sustainteens) March 8, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n