Sophie Handford, the National Coordinator for the School Strike 4 Climate and Billy Berek, climate psychologist, discuss the intersections between mental health, our Earth's ecological breakdown and the uprising of revolutionary youth! 

Unfortunately, in the last five minutes, the audio begins to muddle. Here is a transcript of some of the inspiring closing words.

Sophie: "It's an international movement, we're all connected. I talk to kids from places throughout Africa, England, the UK, India, US, Germany, Italy and Everywhere. 

Billy: So you guys are like a model UN?

Sophie: Yeah just more informal... We have a big group chat that goes off everyday, all day. It's awesome, you read through and someone goes, 'We just had a school strike and 30,000 people are there!'
It's just crazy that these kids are leading marches of 30,000 people.

Billy: Remarkable, and I think there is also, in this culture certainly, a general element of ageism. Where people downplay the amount that young people can accomplish. Here, it's quite obvious that our youth are already the most successful politcal activist on climate change.

Sophie: Yes & we are not going to stop anytime soon. This definitely won't be our last strike for the climate. Weare committed to continuing on until we can see  our demands are being met. And until we can see that our government is really committed to taking meaningful action on climate change. 
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Produced by The Anthropozine
for Issue 2, Voices of the Rangitahi