Dear valued members of the environmental movement, For over 53 years, we have been marching, striking, speaking, yelling and protesting in ingenious and creative ways; some sit on pavements, some walk on the street, some orate with utmost eloquent speeches, some host and organise discussion panels; we’ve all fought a most historic and legendary battle, partaking in what is arguably the most terrifically altruistic, righteous and conscious endeavour humans have ever undertook

Dear esteemed members of the environmental movement,             I know you all are tired, you've grown weary of the fight, you've just gotten sick of people's ignorance, and more patience-wreckingly, their pertinacious and perverse wilful determination to never change course and stay on that path they've been misguided and lulled into. However, I feel it behoves me to pose the question: Wouldn't it have been more auspicious and effective if we had embraced a path characteri

“Political failure, is at heart, a failure of imagination; Social failure, in essence, is a failure of heart; Economic failure, is at its core, a failure of mindset; And educational failure, is fundamentally, a failure of vision.” -Yusuf Kemal

Ever since I was a toddler, there have been eerie and prophetic moments in my life, wherein people whom I barely, or in most cases, not at all, knew, vaticinating that One day, "he’s gonna be a great man”. Now, I truly never realised, nor had I had the forethought to appreciate how that would play into my future or my upbringing. And when I would hear that from someone I would almost instantly get into thinking about being great at my work or dream job or whatnot, but I was n

Dear fellow humans, I apologise it took me so long to send this message, but I guess i just needed to take my time to carefully read, understand, empathise, and analyse the conversations I missed, and then diligently craft what I’m going to say and how I’m going to say it. So, please accept my sincerest apologies. But after many hours of forensic and diligent analysis and perusal of the two months worth of messages I missed, I think I am ready now to share this message, which

Greetings Greta, I’m Yusuf Kemal, from İstanbul, Türkiye. I’m 18-years-young, (or 1.55 years younger than you). Firstly, How’re you feeling today? I know you’re going through a lot right now, because of manifold reasons, -climate anxiety, studies or something completely different. I’d like to provide help, support, inspiration and solace, cuz I’ve been in a similar boat for many years, except I was somehow able to suppress it for all those years since … well.. I could explain

We’re unwittingly and inadvertently being hypocrites of some sorts .. you see.. We support climate action and fighting against the governments of the world, including western governments, and their never ending spate of mendacious lies and procrastination in terms of climate action.. which I agree on. However, some seem to be almost fanatical and avidly rabid and vociferous proponents of Ukraine, insofar as to sugarcoat Ukraine and put it on a pedestal.. I’m not sure what the

Step 1: Let us start first with laying out and re-enunciating the issue at hand here. I am sure that all of us are fully aware of the malady here, but it is usually helpful if we restate the problem, as to give us better clarity: There are some people like Mr. Ken S. and Ms. Janine whom are proponents of maintaining FFF as youth-led  but all-inclusive.  While others like Greta, Saoi, Ell and some other young people, are advocating for a change in FFF’s core structural and dem

It is evident that COP meetings aren’t bearing any fruit, and their track record has not been very promising so far. It is expected that COP 28 will be, at best, no different, if not less inclusive and less genuine. Activists have been denouncing these meetings and dismissing them as ‘PR events’, and rightfully so; because after 27 iterations of these sham meetings, we’re still not on track to stay under 1.5 C of warming to preserve and safeguard posterity’s future. But, we h

The problem is that we, apparently, don't  realise that what we're doing is almost futile and in vain attempts at getting the world into order and real decisive action on climate and ecological crises.. because, we can spend a whole decade being proponents of Climate justice, spend a lifetime being advocates and a voice for our fragile and dear planet. However, politicians won't listen. You ever wondered why? Well, it all boils down to the simple fact that politicians are NOT