Vanessa Nakate

The basic human right to live on a sustainable, equitable planet is being threatened by a global climate crisis. How do we stop the loss of ecosystems, displacement of communities and destruction of livelihoods?

I declare, I was irritated by the gesture of a person who throws a tomato on a shrine or defaces monuments, even if not irreparably.Then I decided to delve deeper into the reasons and try to understand.I spoke at length with my twenty-year-old daughter, climate activist, Carlotta Sarina aka Struggle  who, introducing me to his activist friends from Extinction Rebellion, Fridays for Future, Ultima Generazione, made me reflect. I talked to them, I went to the their meetings, I tried to take off the weight of the presumption of truth, of the judgmental approach and I was literally left speechless by the depth of their ideas, their ability to network, their openness to discussion and their incredible ability to communicate and inform oneself. My initial approach was that of a person who professionally deals with communications and therefore I imagined I could help them communicate by making my experience available.A somewhat paternalistic approach that I gradually toned down until it...