Then in August 2018, Thunberg began her strike outside the Swedish parliament building, an action that soon launched her message worldwide. Thats four flights to keep Greta from making two. You've successfully subscribed to this newsletter! Greta Thunberg, in full Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg, (born January 3, 2003, Stockholm, Sweden), Swedish environmental activist who worked to address the problem of climate change, founding (2018) a movement known as Fridays for Future (also called School Strike for Climate). Regardless of your personal thoughts on what Greta believes is a climate catastrophe, its rather plausible that Greta believes what shes saying. But lets look at her carbon footprintthe amount of greenhouse gases produced to support her activist lifestyle. if(window.innerWidth<=1023){var write_html='