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We Didn't Publish a Story About Youth Climate Activists to Be 'Nice.' We Did It Because It's Necessary.

We Didn’t Publish a Story About Youth Climate Activists to Be ‘Nice.’ We Did It Because It’s Necessary.

Eighth-graders from Haleakala Waldorf School demonstrate for climate action at UHMC on Sep. 20

While I was at the climate action demonstrations on Friday, someone told me that it was “nice” of MauiTime to have published a story about three local eighth-grade climate activistswho walked out of school to demonstrate for climate action (“We Can Make a Difference,” Sep. 19). It felt like a…

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Who Cares About Climate Change? Apathy is rampant, but not for these 7th-graders who ask, "Why go to school if we don't have a future at all?"

Who Cares About Climate Change? Apathy is rampant, but not for these 7th-graders who ask, “Why go to school if we don’t have a future at all?”

7th-grade climate activists Siena Schwartz, Sage Campbell, and Georgia Eyerman

As I was working on our annual Green Issue last month I became aware of a recent Pew Research Center surveyabout the US’s future. One particular question caught my attention. It asked respondents how worried they are about climate change when thinking about the country’s future. The results, at least to this…

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Maui Youth Strike for Climate Action at the Kalana O Maui (County) Building on May 3, 2019 On Friday May 3, a small group of 7th graders participated in a strike for the climate at the Kalana O Maui (County) Building.