snoop1130 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 Young climate strikers "drop dead" at Thai environment ministry By Patpicha Tanakasempipat Environmental activist play dead as they participate in a Global Climate Strike near the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment office in Bangkok, Thailand September 20, 2019. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun BANGKOK (Reuters) - More than 200 young people in Thailand stormed into the environment ministry on Friday and dropped to the ground feigning death as they demanded government action on climate change along with thousands of strikers around the world. The young strikers were chanting “Save our Earth” as they marched into the government compound, before lying down on the ground to play dead. “This is what will happen if we don’t act on climate change now,” said one of the strike leaders, Nanticha Ocharoenchai, 21. “Today we are demanding that the Thai government declare a climate emergency and stop using fossil fuel.” Young children were seen carrying colored placards in one hand and holding a parent’s hands in the other. One teenager also held a poster that read, “The planet is getting hotter than my imaginary boyfriend.” “We’re young, but we’re not dumb. We know it’s happening. We need change. We demand better,” said activist Ralyn “Lilly” Satidtanasarn, 11, to cheering crowds. The Bangkok strike was part protests taking place in some 150 countries on Friday, inspired by the 16-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, who urged students and others from around the world to speak in one voice about the impending effects of climate change on the planet. “We’re skipping school because teachers teach us how to work in the future, but if we don’t do this, there will be no future for us to work in,” said Peem Prasertsuntarasai, 11. Peem joined the strike with two schoolmates, Ari and Jay, holding placards featuring drawings of melting icebergs and power plants emitting dark smoke. “So what’s the point of studying in school if the world’s gonna be gone?” A senior official at the Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment came out to accept a letter from the students, saying he was supportive of the student action. “This is how young people express their concerns, which we deem as a good sign and not at all a nuisance,” Adisorn Noochdumrong, deputy permanent secretary of the ministry, told Reuters. “We encourage it.” -- © Copyright Reuters 2019-09-20 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRToMRT Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 Good for them, well done I say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fforest1 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 They are getting the kids brainwashed at a young age these days....Sorry kids but global warming is a hoax....And the #1 solution to global warming is raising lots and lots of taxes.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 The climate thing is turning into a religion. And as we've seen those never work and deviate far, far from any practicality. Starting to become a teenie girl emotional trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scavenger Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 Environmental awareness, and as part of a global community effort to boot! I hope this also translates into concrete actions, such as refusing plastic bags, walking rather than take a motorcycle taxi, switch to a vegetarian diet, bring their reusable bottle to the coffee shop and enjoy that iced coffee without a straw, and so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickBradford Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 5 minutes ago, scavenger said: I hope this also translates into concrete actions, such as refusing plastic bags, walking rather than take a motorcycle taxi, switch to a vegetarian diet, bring their reusable bottle to the coffee shop and enjoy that iced coffee without a straw, and so on. I think it's more likely to translate into concrete solutions such as new shopping malls, condos and elevated highways. The world is really in trouble if we start taking instructions from ignorant narcissists like these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainNemo Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 1 hour ago, scavenger said: Environmental awareness, and as part of a global community effort to boot! I hope this also translates into concrete actions, such as refusing plastic bags, walking rather than take a motorcycle taxi, switch to a vegetarian diet, bring their reusable bottle to the coffee shop and enjoy that iced coffee without a straw, and so on. 1 hour ago, RickBradford said: I think it's more likely to translate into concrete solutions such as new shopping malls, condos and elevated highways. The world is really in trouble if we start taking instructions from ignorant narcissists like these. My experience work, and it is related is that environmental stuff has made an impact. Ironically, on oceanographic ships, full of scientists, people chuck things over the side without caring a toss; but move to an oil & gas industry ship and try the same thing, and you're toast. This, I think, is indicative of where the solutions lie. Countries that do well out of tourism need to stay pretty or they feel it in the wallet when people go elsewhere. In Thailand you get your bins emptied and your recycling picked up very frequently; in the UK they bleed you dry with tax and leave it a fortnight. Some of the solution is about compelling manufacturers to change their packaging and manufacturing, and that's where legislation comes in, but individuals are incredibly lazy and most of the domestic recycling you do in the west is a complete waste of time, as it's contaminated anyway. Young activists aren't foregoing the lifestyle and the pollution it brings; but at a job, you need or want the money, or if a business you don't want to pay fines or extra costs, and money talks. It's not clear what specific policies these protesters want changed, but they might not like the price of environmentalism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumbastheycome Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 Yes. General concensus of reply is a negative to proactive young people. A hoax? Who is hoaxing who? The world is running out of sensibility faster than resources ! Love your children to death then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 17 minutes ago, CaptainNemo said: In Thailand you get your bins emptied and your recycling picked up very frequently; Alaiwah? Once a week if lucky and never seen a recycling truck, just the usual truck with somchais hanging off the side. In the sticks there's no service whatsoever, they just burn the stuff. This is closer to the truth than the rosy picture you paint: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdong Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 The problem is the world has too many people on it,tackle the disease not the symptons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 20 minutes ago, kingdong said: The problem is the world has too many people on it,tackle the disease not the symptons. The western countries are doing fairly well there, birth rate starting to drop under replacement rate. Feminism solved it, nobody wants to touch them with a barge pole. It's seeping into Asia slowly, but it's coming. The main problem is Africa and it's population explosion. https://populationmatters.org/the-facts/the-numbers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chazar Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 1 hour ago, DrTuner said: Feminism solved it Balls, higher standard of living sorted it. excuse the bluntness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chazar Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 2 hours ago, DrTuner said: In the sticks there's no service whatsoever, they just burn the stuff. Nah they are starting to offer rubbish collection, where I lived " in the sticks" ( True Brit) they brought it in 2 years ago, the previous 5 they would burn it, even so some of them are so tight they wont pay the 20 baht for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxYakov Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 The Marching Morons - CM Kornbluth, 1951 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 9 minutes ago, MaxYakov said: The Marching Morons - CM Kornbluth, 1951 Ah! Didn't know Idiocracy was inspired by that. The most precise prediction ever made about the future of human kind, from the Great Prophet, praised be Mike Judge, the all knowing: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thechook Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 They had a rally in Melbourne yesterday also and you should have seen the piles of rubbish they left behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snackbar Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 What a bunch of clowns, haven’t a clue what they are demanding. All have smart phones, consumer multinational garbage, pollute the environment with their consumption and think they’re rebellious. Nothing could be further from reality, sheeple conformists. Pathetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennb6 Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 pretty sad that some people are targeting young head of mush to play out this charade. Most are too young to make intelligent decisions or learn they are but pawns in the huge scam. And for any 'adults' who actually listen to this drivel, I suggest you also ask them for their expert financial planning advise. absolute nuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borzandy Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Did they take away all their garbage when they left? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowboat Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 11 hours ago, DrTuner said: Alaiwah? Once a week if lucky and never seen a recycling truck, just the usual truck with somchais hanging off the side. In the sticks there's no service whatsoever, they just burn the stuff. This is closer to the truth than the rosy picture you paint: No kidding . Demonstrate against litter, plastic bag production and deforestation. Climate change is a political too for controlling Muppets. Try something that benefits everyone excluding politicians and crazy far left professors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 15 hours ago, snoop1130 said: “So what’s the point of studying in school None in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotpoom Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 It makes a lie of the stories I have heard, and I must admit agreed with, that Thais live in their own "cucoon" and know nothing and care less about issues outside Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmartyMarty Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 a telling photo of Thais at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bender92 Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Poor little sheep, brainwashed already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clancy Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Good for them. There were brillaint crowds in Australia, but I doubt our federal government will give a rat's ass about their activism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxcorrigan Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 It's all very well saying you have regular rubbish collections, but the important thing is where does it go, is it sorted into re-cycling good stuff, or is it as i suspect dumped on waste ground somewhere out of sight (for a while) or even worse in the sea rivers etc.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toofarnorth Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 4 minutes ago, maxcorrigan said: It's all very well saying you have regular rubbish collections, but the important thing is where does it go, is it sorted into re-cycling good stuff, or is it as i suspect dumped on waste ground somewhere out of sight (for a while) or even worse in the sea rivers etc.? I hope the re-cycling is working up here. on one day we are asked to put out hardware , bottles tins etc, another collecting day is garden waste etc. Of course it may well end up in a pile at the local tip. Oh garden waste does not apply to a house 10 metres away as yesterday some trees were cut down and they right now are being burnt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deli Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 They should e treated like red shirt protesters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 16 hours ago, snoop1130 said: “Today we are demanding that the Thai government declare a climate emergency and stop using fossil fuel.” reality check please.....The Earth's axis is tilted 23.5 degrees from the plane of its orbit around the sun. But this tilt changes during a cycle , The tilt of the axis varies between 22.1 and 24.5 degrees. Because this tilt changes, the seasons as we know them become exaggerated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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