{"id":24474,"date":"2019-09-21T13:02:50","date_gmt":"2019-09-21T11:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/?p=24474"},"modified":"2020-03-08T15:04:17","modified_gmt":"2020-03-08T14:04:17","slug":"the-best-signs-from-the-global-climate-strike-on-september-20th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/24474\/the-best-signs-from-the-global-climate-strike-on-september-20th\/","title":{"rendered":"The best signs from the Global Climate Strike on September 20th\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Four million. That\u2019s how many of you turned out last Friday to stand up for our planet and all the lifeforms who call it home. <\/span><\/p>\n\n

It was the biggest climate protest the world has ever seen. And it was truly global; from Jakarta to Johannesburg, Bogot\u00e1 to Berlin, Wolverhampton to Washington DC – it even reached <\/span>Antarctica<\/span><\/a>. One 15 year-old\u2019s simple act of courage last year launched a movement big enough to get the world\u2019s attention. <\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Thousands of students in the Czech Republic united with adults to joined the Global Climate Strike on September 20th.
\u00a9 Petr Zewlakk Vrabec \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

We couldn’t all take the day to strike at Greenpeace; someone has to stay behind their desks and share these stories with the world. I<\/span>t was one of the most inspiring days I\u2019ve ever spent at work. The passion and energy and creativity and humour on display had me in tears at one point. <\/span><\/p>\n\n

Here are some of our favourite signs from a day that will go down in history. <\/span>We can\u2019t wait for the next one on September 27th. <\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Don’t we all? – Johannesburg, South Africa.
\u00a9 Bantu Kgaje \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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Hells yeah – New Delhi, India.
\u00a9 Avinash Kumar \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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You’re never too young to fight for your future – S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil.<\/span>
\u00a9 Barbara Veiga \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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Now is not the time to be quiet – Marrakech, Morocco.
\u00a9 Anas Bouraoui \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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Can’t pick a favourite from these – Birmingham, UK.
\u00a9 Rowan Williams \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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This had us in fits of laughter – Sydney, Australia.
\u00a9 Dean Sewell \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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‘Climate’ isn’t a singular issue, it’s connected to human rights struggles everywhere. To save the world, we need everyone – Edinburgh, UK.
\u00a9 Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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We’re all for eating more greens, but not that kind of green – Luxembourg.
\u00a9 Anais Hector \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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We do too \u2764\ufe0f – Berlin, Germany.
\u00a9 Kevin McElvaney \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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March now, or swim later – Washington DC, USA.
\u00a9 Tim Aubry \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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Exactly! – Manchester, UK.
\u00a9 Lucy Cartwright \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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Sex sells! – Budapest, Hungary.
\u00a9 Bence Jardany \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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The best puns are often the simplest – Vienna, Austria.
\u00a9 Mitja Kobal \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here are some of our favourite signs from a day that will go down in history.\u00a0We can\u2019t wait for the next one on September 27th.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":24475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_planet4_optimize_post_is_variant":false,"_planet4_optimize_experiment_name":"","_planet4_optimize_variant_name":"","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"p4_og_title":"","p4_og_description":"","p4_og_image":"","p4_og_image_id":"","p4_seo_canonical_url":"","p4_campaign_name":"not set","p4_local_project":"","p4_basket_name":"not set","p4_department":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[89],"p4-page-type":[59],"class_list":["post-24474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-and-economic-systems","tag-climate","p4-page-type-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24474"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29211,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24474\/revisions\/29211"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24474"},{"taxonomy":"p4-page-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/p4-page-type?post=24474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}