Who supports Greta Thunberg?

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Article from 2021 says originally she was supported by her parents in Sweden, but now she is on her own. I notice she has a series on the PBS World side channel.

https://www.greenmatters.com/p/who-supports-greta-thunberg

Article says she has used funds she receives in awards to create her own foundation.

She has become a figurehead for the environmental movement. You would think environmentalists everywhere including their organizations would be supporting her. She needs to cover her living expenses but also travel and participation in environmental events.

So far looks like she has no commercial interests behind her.

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One doesn’t need much to live on when young and part of a movement (or two). She probably isn’t traveling as much as she used to.

Interesting that all of the pictures in the article are of her as a child rather than a twenty-something.

DB2

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Greta Thunberg is as culturally significant these days as Colin Kaepernick.

Just my opinion…

_ Pete

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You can’t do a lot of travel when you go by sailboat, I would think.

Mike

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She is a figurehead for the environmental movement and global warming etc. She is probably welcome to speak at almost any meeting. You might suspect the inviting organization pays her travel expenses. Sailboat or not. Ocean liner?

She may even get an honorarium for appearing. But covering daily living expenses has to be a problem. She could probably work as a waitress. But would be better used writing books and articles etc.

She attracts attention and that gets media coverage and donations.

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When did climate activists start wearing Keffiyehs? When it comes down to it, the broader theme is simply anti-capitalism and hubris that pursuit of individual freedom should be set aside and society reorganized in some other fashion.

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I think we agree on the basics–

  1. We all benefit from a clean environment
  2. Some environmentalists are extreme in their views
  3. Views on global warming differ
  4. Each of us has to decide for ourselves whether to participate, how, and how much.
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You can disagree with what Greta stands for, even sometimes argue on the methods. But going after their individual life is cheap. You are not against the individual but against the idea they stand for.

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