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Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.70,0:00:17.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good evening.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.10,0:00:25.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Earlier this year, I did something\NI have never done before in my life,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.94,0:00:29.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something I never thought I would do.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.00,0:00:32.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got arrested.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.05,0:00:34.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause) (Cheers)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.82,0:00:46.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yep, that's me up there,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.12,0:00:52.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being carried away by four policemen\Nfrom Oxford Circus
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.30,0:00:56.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during the Extinction Rebellion \Nprotests this April.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.94,0:01:03.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I suspect that, some of you\Nmay be wondering why on earth
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.66,0:01:09.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a respectable, middle-class, 71-year-old,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.32,0:01:10.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.74,0:01:14.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,granny like me would do such a thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.76,0:01:21.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially at a time of life when many\Nmy age are settling into retirement,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.37,0:01:26.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enjoying the grandkids\Nand maybe planning the odd cruise.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.41,0:01:31.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, the answer is really very simple.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.15,0:01:36.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am afraid, and I am angry.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.24,0:01:42.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am afraid because I've been\Nlistening to the climate scientists,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.06,0:01:45.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who tell us that time is running out
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.29,0:01:49.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to stop this beautiful\NGoldilocks planet of ours
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.65,0:01:56.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from tipping over into irreversible\Nclimate and ecological disaster.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.65,0:02:00.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I fear for the future\Nof children now alive,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.05,0:02:06.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let alone those still to be born,\Nand I am angry, very angry,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.77,0:02:12.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with those in positions of power,\Nwho could do something about it
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.21,0:02:15.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but who seem to lack all political will
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.60,0:02:20.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and absolutely any sense of urgency.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.74,0:02:25.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If eminent scientists,\Nwhose knowledge I respect,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.27,0:02:29.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tell me that all that I love is in danger,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.51,0:02:34.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, I'm sorry, I'm going\Nto do something about it,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.02,0:02:37.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if it does mean getting\Ninto trouble with the law.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.81,0:02:44.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I suppose at this point I ought\Nto be giving you some facts and figures,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.21,0:02:48.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but quite honestly, I don't see the point.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.13,0:02:52.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Facts and figures\Njust don't seem to cut it,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.61,0:02:57.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those same eminent scientists\Nhave been giving us facts and figures
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.76,0:03:03.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for decades now,\Nand nothing seems to change.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.71,0:03:07.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Carbon levels in the atmosphere\Ncontinue to rise,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.33,0:03:13.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the fossil fuel industries continue\Nto flourish with business as usual.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.83,0:03:17.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, OK, I'll just give you one fact.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.86,0:03:22.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The last four years \Nhave been the hottest ever recorded
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.70,0:03:26.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since records began in 1850,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.83,0:03:31.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 2019 is looking set to top the lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.28,0:03:34.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, this does not mean, yipee,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.79,0:03:38.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can all holiday\Non the coast of Cornwall.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.49,0:03:43.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, it means, extreme weather events,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.16,0:03:49.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it means flooding and draughts\Nand wildfires and dying coral reefs
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.72,0:03:51.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and food shortages,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.50,0:03:54.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and thousands, if not millions
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.05,0:04:00.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of climate refugees\Nfleeing their uninhabitable homes.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.86,0:04:04.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Estimates vary over how long we've got
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.42,0:04:09.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before we reach that 1.5 degree increase
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.33,0:04:12.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in average global temperatures
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.04,0:04:15.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beyond which we dare not go.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.01,0:04:20.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some say we have as much as 10-11 years,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.65,0:04:23.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,others a good deal less.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.18,0:04:29.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whatever the case,\Nsurely there can be no denying
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.54,0:04:34.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we are facing an existential crisis,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.36,0:04:39.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the like of which, humanity\Nhas never faced before.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.15,0:04:44.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is why I want to use\Nmy TEDx talk tonight
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.75,0:04:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to call out to my generation,\Nthe baby boomers.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.60,0:04:54.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The school children\Nare in the streets right now,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.27,0:04:59.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,protesting against their stolen futures\Nand demanding urgent action,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.85,0:05:06.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we should be with them,\Nout there with them, in solidarity.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.64,0:05:12.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After all, it has been on our watch\Nthat the worst of all this has happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.65,0:05:19.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, baby boomers,\Nconsider this your call-up.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.42,0:05:24.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need an army of rebel retirees.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.70,0:05:31.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The earth, your children\Nand your grandchildren need you.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.39,0:05:39.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or else one day you might hear\None of them say to you
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.89,0:05:44.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'And what did you do\Nin the climate crisis, Grandma?'
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.41,0:05:52.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I'd just like to say a few words\Nto that younger generation.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.32,0:05:56.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, only one word really.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.16,0:05:59.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Sorry.'
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.46,0:06:06.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have every reason\Nto be very angry with us.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.54,0:06:13.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All I can say is, that we did not realise\Nwhat we were doing at the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.61,0:06:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But some did,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.80,0:06:22.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they will have to answer to you\Nand the court of future generations.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.50,0:06:28.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I join your youth strikes,\Nand I read your placards,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.24,0:06:33.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I hear your impassioned words,\Nit moves me to tears.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.33,0:06:38.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You and Greta Thunberg\Nhave my total support,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.84,0:06:43.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so please, talk to your parents\Nand your grandparents.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.61,0:06:50.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Explain to them just what's at stake\Nand get them to join you on the streets.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.28,0:06:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now, a few words to my sons'\Ngeneration, the ones in the middle.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.39,0:07:04.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have demanding jobs, young families,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.44,0:07:09.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yes, elderly parents to care for.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.44,0:07:15.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your lives are busy and stressful,\Nand time is at a premium.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.55,0:07:19.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when you do have a moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.43,0:07:24.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you must be concerned about\Nyour children's and your own future.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.52,0:07:29.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why not show your parents this TEDx talk
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.72,0:07:32.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and see if you can enlist their support?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.66,0:07:40.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that some of you\Nhave taken the very difficult decision
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.22,0:07:44.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not to bring children into a dying planet,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.10,0:07:49.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I really respect that decision,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.01,0:07:51.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,though it makes me very sad.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.18,0:07:58.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Others of you do all that you can\Nto keep your carbon footprint to a minimum
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.84,0:08:01.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but have little time for activism.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.72,0:08:05.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do understand.\NI didn't either at your age.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.72,0:08:11.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Allow me to share with you\Njust a little bit of my story.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.67,0:08:17.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to confess that I'm a latecomer\Nto activism of any kind.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.60,0:08:23.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although I was a teenager in the '60s,\NI never got involved with Ban the Bomb
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.08,0:08:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the Greenham Common Women,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.05,0:08:32.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my very first march\Nwasn't until 2003 against the Iraq War.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.48,0:08:39.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But during my 50s and 60s,\NI have grown increasingly concerned
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.30,0:08:41.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.02,0:08:47.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't deny that it was my love\Nof animals that first drew me in.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.04,0:08:54.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I grieved for that poor iconic polar bear\Nin the melting ice of the Arctic
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.18,0:09:00.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the terrified orangutans\Nin the burning forests of Indonesia.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.99,0:09:07.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And closer to home,\NI mourn our own disappearing wildlife.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.68,0:09:14.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, on top of all that,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.30,0:09:19.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is the sheer\Noutrageous injustice of it all.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.38,0:09:22.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That those who have done\Nthe least to cause this problem
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.76,0:09:27.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are even now suffering its worst effects.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.71,0:09:33.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2009, I could bear the pain no longer.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.34,0:09:35.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We moved from France to Bristol,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.96,0:09:41.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just so that I could get engaged\Nin environmental activism,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.40,0:09:47.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because for me, activism\Nis the antidote to despair.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.72,0:09:54.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so for the last 10 years,\NI have dedicated myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.89,0:10:00.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,along with others,\Nto campaigning for life on earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.24,0:10:06.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is why I so want to call out\Nto more of my generation,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.02,0:10:09.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many more, to get on board.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.61,0:10:14.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love this quotation by Maggie Kuhn.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.28,0:10:20.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She founded the Gray Panthers\Nin America, and for me it says it all.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.04,0:10:25.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'The old, having the benefit\Nof life experience,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.68,0:10:27.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,time to get things done,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.82,0:10:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the least to lose\Nby sticking their necks out,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.52,0:10:38.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are in the perfect position to serve\Nas advocates for the larger public good.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.57,0:10:42.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We must act as the elders of the tribe,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.39,0:10:46.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking out for the best\Ninterests of the future
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.39,0:10:52.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and preserving the precious compact\Nbetween the generations.'
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.89,0:10:59.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's right, we do have the benefit\Nof hard won life experience
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.97,0:11:03.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with it a certain amount of wisdom.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.90,0:11:08.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is something only\Nthe elderly can offer,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.01,0:11:13.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so let's give up striving to be young.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.76,0:11:16.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This youth-obsessed society of ours,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.81,0:11:23.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now, more than ever,\Nneeds the wisdom of wise elders.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.73,0:11:28.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will never forget the words\Nof a young man who said to me
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.96,0:11:34.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that when he saw old people lying\Non the bridges in London last November,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.90,0:11:39.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he felt as though it gave him\Npermission to be there.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.12,0:11:46.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Age does confer a certain amount of wisdom\Nso let's not be afraid to use it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.45,0:11:52.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We also have something else\Nthat many others do not have:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.06,0:11:54.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,time.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.15,0:11:58.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So much so, that some of us feel lonely
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.86,0:12:02.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and isolated and lacking in purpose.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.99,0:12:05.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Age UK has estimated
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.55,0:12:10.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there are over 1.3 million\Nlonely retirees
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.40,0:12:12.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this country at the moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.14,0:12:16.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't be lonely; get involved.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.81,0:12:21.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Extinction Rebellion\Nhas a group called the XR Elders,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.58,0:12:26.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in Bristol some of them\Ncall themselves the Aged Agitators.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.94,0:12:33.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here is a picture of them, marching\Nthrough the streets of London this October
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.100,0:12:37.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in their splendid silver cloaks.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.13,0:12:43.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They brought dignity and gravitas\Nto the proceedings,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.61,0:12:45.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they did not risk arrest.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.100,0:12:48.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Cheers) (Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.09,0:13:02.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can promise you, you will never\Nfeel lonely on a demonstration.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.93,0:13:07.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you never know,\Nyou just might find your tribe.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.43,0:13:15.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maggie Kuhn also says that we have\Nlittle to lose by sticking our necks out,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.73,0:13:19.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I certainly found that to be true\Nwhen I got arrested.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.94,0:13:25.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All that I risked was 12 hours\Nin the local police station
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.30,0:13:27.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a 70 pound fine.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.23,0:13:34.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The police treated me \Nwith the greatest kindness and respect.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.42,0:13:38.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I do realise\Nthat as an old, white woman,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.98,0:13:41.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a certain privilege here,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.05,0:13:48.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something that not all \Nsectors of our society can enjoy,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.08,0:13:52.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so all the more reason to use it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.73,0:13:59.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seeing older people, get arrested\Nhas a particularly powerful effect:
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.73,0:14:03.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it breaks the stereotype of the activist.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.67,0:14:07.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But of course,\Nyou don't have to get arrested.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.62,0:14:11.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is so much else\Nthat needs doing behind the scenes.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.95,0:14:15.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's office work\Nand catering and legal observing
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.51,0:14:18.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and welfare and media and driving.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.87,0:14:20.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So much else.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.13,0:14:26.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you do choose to get arrested\Nand to lay your body on the line,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.17,0:14:29.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it certainly makes an impact.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.56,0:14:34.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the Native American culture,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.43,0:14:38.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is something called\Nthe 7th generation principle.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.90,0:14:42.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It holds that for every decision we make,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.64,0:14:46.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we must take into account\Nits effect on our descendants
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.91,0:14:50.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seven generations into the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.38,0:14:57.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The elders of the tribe\Nwere the custodians of that principle.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.86,0:15:04.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sadly, in our mad, materialistic world,\Nwe've lost that role.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.19,0:15:11.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, let us reclaim our rightful place\Nas the elders of the tribe,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.07,0:15:17.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with it find our tribe, our community,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.23,0:15:21.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our sense of identity and purpose.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.73,0:15:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are living in a time
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.80,0:15:31.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of unprecedented, dramatic change.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.15,0:15:36.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We, the elders, now more than ever
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.62,0:15:41.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have a key role to play\Nat this crucial time.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.01,0:15:47.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Future generations are counting on us.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.25,0:15:53.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So please join the rebellion,\Nsupport the youth strikes
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.68,0:15:55.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and do all that you can
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.69,0:16:02.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the remaining active years\Nyou have left to work for a safe earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.48,0:16:07.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We owe it to the children,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.46,0:16:12.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to leave them the best possible legacy.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.59,0:16:18.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Indeed, the only thing\Nthey will ever really need,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.72,0:16:25.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a diverse, sustainable\Nand inhabitable planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.60,0:16:29.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)