Before her famous appearance at the U.N., she started a climate strike in her native Sweden. On the first day, she stood alone outside the Swedish Parliament holding a homemade sign. The next day someone else joined her. The day after that a few more people showed up and less than a month later thousands of people stood beside her protesting climate change. Greta has inspired thousands of young people to fight against the policies that fail to protect our planet. She organized four million people’s participation in a climate strike across the globe on September 20, 2019. She may be small in size, but Greta has a forceful presence when speaking on a topic she CARES so deeply about. As a teenage girl, she could easily be intimidated by the powerful adults she addresses, but that’s not Greta. She never backs down and is not afraid to disagree. Her passion and perseverance have inspired thousands of other young people to take a stand and work to reverse the climate crisis.