Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Sails Off UK Coast, Netizens React

16-year-old Greta Thunberg has set off on a month-long journey from Britain’s shores on 14 August.

In a world where there are some who still feel that climate change isn’t real, Greta Thunberg would say otherwise, and well, act upon it too.

The 16-year-old climate activist set off on a month-long emission-free journey from the shores of the United Kingdom on 14 August. This tour will take her to a UN summit on climate change in New York in September, and the COP25 conference in Santiago, Chile, in December. Thunberg refused air travel due to its huge carbon footprint.

Thunberg started off with her movement in August 2018 as she started skipping school to sit outside the Parliament of Sweden with placards proclaiming that climate change had reached a crisis point. Soon she started speaking along with like-minded allies who were inspired by students who had walked out of their classrooms to protest the lack of gun control after the Florida shooting in 2018.

At present, Thunberg’s voice is one among many in the mainly female-led movement. Her decision to sail to avoid flying is a strong one and she has been receiving all kinds of reactions on social media.

We 💙 You girl ! Keep going 🔥

— Laurent DIANA (@MisterLaurent) August 18, 2019

#GretaThunberg will have following winds soon. pic.twitter.com/CW6LAkD7Oy

— guy Fawkes in disguise 💥 (@iwashandsom) August 18, 2019

May you have fair winds, and following seas Greta. You are an inspiration to this old seaman.

— Dr Strangelove (@itsDrStrangelov) August 18, 2019

sometimes I wish I was isra hirsi or greta thunberg bc they’re doing such great things and getting others involved in really powerful movements and I wanna do the same thing but how

— Caleb DeBerry (@deberry2040) August 18, 2019

However Some Criticised Her Journey

#gretathunberg
Poor girl, it´s a cruel what is done to her. But of course: Money rolls, also for this kind of business.

— JetLag 🇩🇪🇪🇺 (@RaveMatti) August 18, 2019

Child with problems being exploited

— Cavin Shakesheave (@shakesheave) August 18, 2019

Brainwashed, traumatized, and used as political props. Sounds like child abuse to me. https://t.co/zVI6EIgihI

— Yake Hug (@HugYake) August 17, 2019

However, the detractors were called out by others for “bullying” Thunberg.

I suspect that in a hundred years, everyone will remember Greta Thunberg, but few will remember her detractors, and history will not be kind to them.

— 🚴CaryDeWeigh (@CaryDeWeigh) August 18, 2019

Certainly one of the bravest teenagers I’ve ever become aware of in these dark times. Note how the right wing pundits like to bully such a brave young soul. They have no shame. #GretaThunberg https://t.co/FjiXRJDHlT

— Tony Boorer (@tony_boorer) August 17, 2019