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The Dalai Lama Says That Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Gives Him Hope
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3:33Now PlayingThe Dalai Lama says that climate activist Greta Thunberg gives him hope and that he's counting on her generation to fix the problems of his.
"I heard this young girl from Sweden. I really felt, 'Oh, there is real hope from our younger generation," said the Tibetan spiritual leader. "Past is past now, now future depend on younger generation ... Our generation create a lot of problem - sufficient problem. Now let them solve."
He spoke during a conversation with Thunberg and leading climate scientists over the weekend, streamed live online. The conversation is among others helping launch a series of educational films narrated by Richard Gere called "Climate Emergency: Feedback Loops."
The 18-year-old Thunberg said she had a call to action during the conversation.
"We are right now at a time where we need to start to speak clearly and we need to educate ourselves. What we need the most right now is, of course, climate action. But in order to achieve that, we need awareness and we need for people to understand these kinds of global mechanisms and what is happening right now with the planet and maybe also what is not happening," she said.
She further urged people to educate themselves and "spread that knowledge."
"We need to create a social movement. We need to shift the social norm, because if we are enough people who demand change and who are advocating for these things, then we reach a critical mass and then we will no longer be possible to ignore," she said before thanking the Dalai Lama for his support. "Although we may be very different in terms of age span and many other things, we share the same goal. We share a common goal, and that is to protect our planet and life on Earth and humanity."
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