Greta Thunberg

A New York Times Bestseller Time's 2019 Person of the Year The groundbreaking speeches of Greta Thunberg, the young climate activist who has become the voice of a generation, including her historic address to the United Nations In August 2018 a fifteen-year-old Swedish girl, Greta Thunberg, decided not to go to school one day in order to protest the climate crisis. Her actions sparked a global movement, inspiring millions of students to go on strike for our planet, forcing governments to listen, and earning her a Nobel Peace Prize nomination. No One Is Too Small to Make A Difference brings you Greta in her own words, for the first time. Collecting her speeches that have made history across the globe, from the United Nations to Capitol Hill and mass street protests, her book is a rallying cry for why we must all wake up and fight to protect the living planet, no matter how powerless we feel. Our future depends upon it.

No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference

Ryan 

I read more than half of the speeches on here and i would say that they are similar to each other, not just the details that Thunberg repeats on her speeches but her rhetoric and outcry for the push for action that I find repetitive. I commend Thunberg for her job on trying to convince the world that the environmental and ecological crisis is THE biggest problem out there and yet, the world doesn't have the urge to make a move, whether it's because we don't know what to do, as a citizen, or because we feel powerless against the government that they have the power to pursue the laws and policies to make a change. It's so interesting that even though reading the "same thing" made the book a bit redundant, I have came to the realization that the fact that a year has passed between the first and last speech and how congruent Thunberg's message is shows that we STILL have to make a move. The government doesn't listen so we should have the power to do it if they don't want to listen.

jess

This book hits me with immense realization that the world is going to be in an irreversible chain reaction soon. And the generations following, Zs, and afters, with not even a tiny speck of hope to be able to change if things are still the way they are, will face the consequence of irrational and selfish behaviors of human beings particularly politicians and governments. To blame the whole general idea would be to blame capitalism for this to happen. The world is ending. If teens out there even need to march and spread awareness of what's happening, then it's tad obvious that something is wrong with the system. The fact that many people out there hating on Greta for being a asperger teen who should be studying instead on marching shows how scared they are to solve and provide the solution of climate change, which is to eradicate capitalism and start on listening to the scientists. Indeed, excessive complains won't do anything, merely spreading hate. I believe that right now, people are starting to move forward and change, even if it was a miniscule action, if one person did it, then the impact of another 7 billion person will be immensely conspicuous. I hope people can start to spread more awareness and if one has the power to do so, I hope some actions about this alarming matter will be conducted, and should be.

No rating, important topic. A collection of speeches, powerful. 

jaz ☁️

Audiobook

No rating, important topic. A collection of speeches, powerful. 

The history-making, ground-breaking speeches of Greta Thunberg, the young activist who has become the voice of a generation 'Everything needs to change. And it has to start today' In August 2018 a fifteen-year-old Swedish girl, Greta Thunberg, decided not to go to school one day. Her actions ended up sparking a global movement for action against the climate crisis, inspiring millions of pupils to go on strike for our planet, forcing governments to listen, and earning her a Nobel Peace Prize nomination. This book brings you Greta in her own words, for the first time. Collecting her speeches that have made history across Europe, from the UN to mass street protests, No One Is Too Small to Make A Difference is a rallying cry for why we must all wake up and fight to protect the living planet, no matter how powerless we feel. Our future depends upon it.

tahmida tasmia

As it is a collection of her speeches, some of the content it repeated. However, it is a quick and easy but informative and inspiring read.

Stef

" Because the climate and the biosphere don't care about our politics and our empty words for a single second."
  


Really short and powerful essay, thank you for the kind of reminder that our earth need help to stay much longer and how as home sapiens we change our climate more worse and worse every year.

Aditi

Must read, must act 

Slightly repetitive but with all the food things all of us need to hear anyway. Must read, must act. Thank you Greta!

olivia musick

the content is eye-opening. greta's rhetoric is deeply effective and led me to contemplate my impact on climate (and thus, led me to make real changes). you really feel to power and passion behind her words. she is truly and inspiration.

Aditi Verma

cenk karagören

“Adults keep saying: “ We owe it to the young people to give them hope.”
But I don’t want your hope.
I don’t want you to be hopeful.
I want you to panic.
I want you to feel the fear I feel every day.
And then I want you to act. 
I want you to act as you would in a crisis. 
I want you to act as if our house is on fire. 
Because it is.”

Alexa Jade

It was a bit repetitive but I loved this!

Vedant Jain

Everyone should read this, takes just an hour. Since this is a collection of speeches, it gets repetitive.

Sabrina D. 

Very passionate and inspiring, but one speech is enough to gather her talking points. It’s pretty repetitive, hence the three stars.

Ava Shaffer

Being young & not knowing a lot about climate change (besides the fact that it is important to address), I am insanely glad I read this book. Not only did Greta’s speeches convey a necessary sense of urgency to the current climate crisis but they also explained some of the logistics and hardcore numbers behind the science of climate change. A very straight forward & eye opening book that everyone should read.

StaticWaffle

This collection of Greta Thunberg’s speeches was easy to read and consistently clear in the message that was portrayed. Her speeches were backed up with undeniable facts and her message was constant and loud. I applaud Greta Thunberg for her activism and commend her for her bravery because as she says consistently throughout her speeches, someone has to stand up for this issue and make this crisis known. I believe this is an important issue and would recommend that everyone read it. It was a very quick read for me, but if you are short on time—read any one of her speeches and you will get the message.

No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference

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