Time magazine just elected young Swedish activist Greta Thunberg as “personality of the year 2019” and chosen a beautiful portrait of her by Evgenia Arbugaeva as the last cover of this decade.
“In the 16 months since, she has addressed heads of state at the UN, met with the pope, sparred with the president of the United States and inspired 4 million people to join the global climate strike on September 20, 2019, in what was the largest climate demonstration in human history,” the magazine said.
“Margaret Atwood compared her to Joan of Arc. After noticing a hundredfold increase in its usage, lexicographers at Collins Dictionary named Thunberg’s pioneering idea, climate strike, the word of the year,” Time said. More Info here.
Thunberg writes in her journal on the train as she travels from Lisbon to Madrid for a U.N. climate conferenceEvgenia Arbugaeva for TIME
Manhattan, NY – March 15, 2019: High school and middle school students perform a ‘die in’ in a plaza in front of the United Nations building during the Youth Climate Strike in Manhattan. Photo: Christopher Lee/VII Mentor Program
Manhattan, NY – March 15, 2019: High school and middle school students perform a ‘die in’ in a plaza in front of the United Nations building during the Youth Climate Strike in Manhattan. Photo: Christopher Lee/VII Mentor Program
Beata, Greta, their mother Malena Ernman and father Svante Thunberg with their two dogs Roxy and Moses; Greta, right, with her younger sister Beata in an undated family photoCourtesy of Thunberg-Ernman Family
Climate activist Greta Thunberg photographed on the shore in Lisbon, Portugal December 4, 2019Photograph by Evgenia Arbugaeva for TIME
