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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.44,0:00:03.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dear Abuelita,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.10,0:00:05.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know I haven't been home for a while.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.38,0:00:07.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are in our lovely home in Mexico,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.71,0:00:10.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm here in the US,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.08,0:00:11.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fighting for our future.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.93,0:00:14.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're probably watering the roses,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.32,0:00:16.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taking care of the peaches
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.20,0:00:18.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and making sure your turtles are well-fed.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.47,0:00:22.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's one of the things\NI miss the most about home --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.28,0:00:24.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spending time with the flowers
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.29,0:00:26.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while you tell me stories\Nabout your childhood.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.00,0:00:31.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As you know, we have been living\Nin New York City since 2015.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.38,0:00:35.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But life has completely changed\Nover the past year.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.24,0:00:39.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At first, New York City was about museums
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.58,0:00:40.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and parks
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.81,0:00:42.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and school and friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.83,0:00:45.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now it serves as a web
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.42,0:00:47.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that connects me with all the other people
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.70,0:00:49.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are organizing to save the planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.79,0:00:52.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know how it started for me?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.98,0:00:54.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was Dad and his wisdom.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.95,0:00:59.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything you taught him,\Nhe went and taught the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.56,0:01:04.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of his words about\Nthe responsibility that we have as humans
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.47,0:01:06.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to live in balance with nature
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.54,0:01:08.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were passed down to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.58,0:01:11.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I noticed the universal\Ndisconnect to our planet
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.02,0:01:14.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and remembered what you once told me:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.90,0:01:17.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Leave everything better\Nthan you found it."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.62,0:01:21.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know you were talking about the dishes,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.67,0:01:24.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but of course, that applies\Nto the planet as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.97,0:01:26.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't know what to do at first.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.20,0:01:28.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The world is so big,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.54,0:01:30.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it has so many bad habits.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.77,0:01:35.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't know how a 15-year-old\Nwas supposed to change anything,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.11,0:01:36.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I had to try.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.18,0:01:39.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To put this philosophy into practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.34,0:01:41.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I joined the environmental club\Nat my high school.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.92,0:01:46.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, I noticed that my classmates\Nwere talking about recycling
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.61,0:01:48.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and watching movies about the ocean.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.95,0:01:51.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a view of environmentalism
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.39,0:01:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was so catered towards\Nan ineffective way of climate activism,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.86,0:01:59.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one that blames the consumer\Nfor the climate crisis
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.30,0:02:01.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and preaches that\Ntemperatures are going up
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.86,0:02:05.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we forgot to bring\Na reusable bag to the store.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.66,0:02:08.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You taught me that taking care\Nof Mother Earth
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.77,0:02:11.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is about every decision\Nthat we make as a collective.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.11,0:02:15.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am happy to tell you, Abuelita,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.39,0:02:18.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I changed everybody's\Nmind in that club.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.39,0:02:20.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead of talking about recycling,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.96,0:02:23.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we started to write letters\Nto our politicians
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.75,0:02:26.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to ban soft plastic altogether.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.50,0:02:29.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, the unexpected happened:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.87,0:02:32.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we started striking from school.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.58,0:02:35.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know you've probably\Nseen it on the news,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.87,0:02:37.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and maybe it's not that special anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.42,0:02:41.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But at the time,\Nit was a huge deal, Abuelita.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.65,0:02:45.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine kids not going to school,\Nbecause we want people to save the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.02,0:02:48.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video) Crowd: Another world\Nis possible! We are unstoppable!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.99,0:02:51.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Xiye Bastida: For the first\Nglobal climate strike,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.40,0:02:53.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was called on by Greta Thunberg,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.31,0:02:56.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got 600 of my classmates\Nto walk out with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.47,0:03:01.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Greta Thunberg is a teenager\Nwho first started striking for climate.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.25,0:03:04.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her boldness inspired me,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.67,0:03:07.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was shocked by the realization
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.58,0:03:11.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that youth could turn\Npublic opinion on social issues.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.20,0:03:13.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The movement exploded.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.37,0:03:14.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video) Crowd: Shut it down!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.74,0:03:16.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,XB: And I became\None of the main organizers
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.81,0:03:19.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for New York, the US and the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.46,0:03:21.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video) XB: What do we want?\NCrowd: Climate justice!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.93,0:03:23.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,XB: When do we want it?\NCrowd: Now!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.58,0:03:26.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,XB: I started speaking up about\Nclimate justice and Indigenous rights
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.88,0:03:28.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and intergenerational cooperation.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.98,0:03:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was only the beginning, though.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.14,0:03:32.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The busiest week of my life
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.78,0:03:36.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will forever be the week\Nof September 20, 2019.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.47,0:03:43.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Me and my friends got 300,000 people\Nto strike for climate in New York.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.02,0:03:45.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wish you could have been there.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.68,0:03:48.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We walked through Wall Street,\Ndemanding climate justice.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.64,0:03:51.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video) Crowd: No more coal, no more oil,\Nkeep the carbon in the soil!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.95,0:03:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,XB: That same month, I went\Nto the United Nations Climate Summit.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.07,0:03:57.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I spoke on a panel with Al Gore.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.66,0:04:01.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I met Jay Inslee and Naomi Klein\Nand Bill McKibben
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.56,0:04:04.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the president of the United Nations.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.74,0:04:07.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the most amazing week of my life,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.06,0:04:10.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because everyone I knew came together --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.17,0:04:12.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all my teachers, all my classmates ...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.78,0:04:17.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even some of my favorite stores\Nclosed down to strike for climate.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.64,0:04:21.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you had asked me why I did all of that,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.20,0:04:23.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my only answer would be,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.17,0:04:24.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How could I not?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.85,0:04:29.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's been one year\Nsince it all started for me,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.20,0:04:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it gets a little tiring at times.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.69,0:04:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if there is one thing\Nthat you taught me, it's resilience.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.92,0:04:40.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember that you went to Mexico City\Nevery day for 30 years
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.23,0:04:42.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get money for the family.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.18,0:04:46.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I know that Abuelito\Nhas been going out for 20 years
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.15,0:04:49.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to protect sacred land from big companies\Nthat want to take it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.08,0:04:51.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A year is nothing
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.51,0:04:54.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,compared to the struggles\Nthat our family has been through.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.86,0:04:58.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if our struggles\Nmake the world a better place,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.13,0:05:00.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they will make us better people.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.67,0:05:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There have been some hardships, Abuelita.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.14,0:05:04.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Out there in the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.57,0:05:07.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people expect us kids to know everything,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.83,0:05:09.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or at least they want us to.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.57,0:05:12.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They ask questions and I give answers,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.42,0:05:14.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as if I really knew how the world works.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.97,0:05:17.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They want hope, and we give it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.62,0:05:23.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have organized, written, spoken\Nand read about climate and policy
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.93,0:05:26.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,almost every day for the past year.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.20,0:05:28.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm just a little worried
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.97,0:05:31.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I won't be able\Nto do enough, Abuelita.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.48,0:05:36.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, being 18 years old\Nand trying to save the world
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.32,0:05:38.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,means being a climate activist.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.62,0:05:41.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before, maybe it meant\Nstudying to be a doctor
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.19,0:05:43.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a politician or a researcher.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.80,0:05:46.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I can't wait to grow up\Nand become one of those things.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.51,0:05:49.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The planet is suffering,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.37,0:05:51.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we don't have the luxury\Nof time anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.47,0:05:57.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Saving the world as a teenager\Nmeans being good with words,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.23,0:06:00.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,understanding the science\Nbehind the climate crisis,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.12,0:06:03.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bringing a unique perspective\Ninto the issue to stand out
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.73,0:06:06.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and forgetting about\Nalmost everything else.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.33,0:06:10.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But sometimes, I want to care\Nabout other things again.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.37,0:06:13.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to be able to sing\Nand dance and do gymnastics.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.21,0:06:18.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I truly feel that if all of us\Ntook care of the Earth
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.11,0:06:19.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.44,0:06:21.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a culture,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.27,0:06:24.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,none of us would have to be\Nfull-time climate activists.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.36,0:06:27.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When businesses turn sustainable,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.39,0:06:30.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the power grid\Nruns on renewable energy,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.65,0:06:33.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the school curriculum teaches us
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.68,0:06:36.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that taking care of the Earth\Nis part of our humanity,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.01,0:06:40.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe I can do gymnastics once again.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.94,0:06:42.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't you think so, Abuelita?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.97,0:06:44.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can do this.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.57,0:06:46.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All I'm trying to do with my work
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.18,0:06:49.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is give that optimistic mindset\Nto other people.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.88,0:06:51.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's been a little hard.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.87,0:06:53.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is greed,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.07,0:06:54.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's pride,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.51,0:06:55.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's money,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.79,0:06:57.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's materialism.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.32,0:07:00.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People make it so easy\Nfor me to talk to them,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.50,0:07:03.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they make it so hard\Nfor me to teach them.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.50,0:07:07.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want them to have the confidence\Nto always do their best.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.24,0:07:10.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want them to have\Nthe heart and the courage
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.82,0:07:11.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to love the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.77,0:07:14.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like you taught me.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.55,0:07:16.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wrote this letter to thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.90,0:07:19.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you for inviting me\Nto love the world
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.70,0:07:21.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since the moment I was born.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.95,0:07:23.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you for laughing at everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.86,0:07:25.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you for teaching me
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.37,0:07:29.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that hope and optimism\Nare the most powerful tools we have
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.75,0:07:31.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to tackle any problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.77,0:07:34.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do this work because you showed me
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.88,0:07:36.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that resilience, love and knowledge
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.90,0:07:38.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are enough to make a difference.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.26,0:07:41.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to go back to Mexico and visit you.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.87,0:07:45.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to show you the pictures\Nof the things that I have done.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.16,0:07:47.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to show you the climate legislation
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.51,0:07:49.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we've been able to pass.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.26,0:07:50.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to smell the flowers
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.99,0:07:53.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and fight for climate justice\Nalongside you.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.18,0:07:55.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Te quiero mucho.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.38,0:07:56.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love you.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.58,0:07:57.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Xiye.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.27,0:08:01.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Te quiero mucho. Xiye.]