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My name is Olafur Eliasson.
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I'm an artist.
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I work with natural phenomena,
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the weather,
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climate, environment,
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and our future, one could say.
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(Soft sound)
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I was very inspired by youth movements,
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how young people actually
have organized themselves
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in order to be heard.
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For some time now,
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I have in fact collaborated
with young people.
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They are the artists as well.
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In this case, to make
a project "Earth Speakr,"
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where we, the grown-ups,
can listen to them.
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So join me in listening to them
talking about the environment,
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and about the climate, about the future,
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and see what they have to say.
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Girl 1: With Earth Speakr, I can share
my voice to anything I see.
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It's a platform for us to speak up
and for the world to hear us.
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I could put a face on anything around me
and say my message.
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Hey, excuse me, I can see you.
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(Recorded voice)
Hey, excuse me. I can see you.
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Kids can be the experts.
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When we come together,
we can find the answers.
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All you have to do is listen.
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Boy: Fight for our future.
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(Italian)
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(German)
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Boy: It's our future,
and it's getting hotter.
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(Recorded voice) It's our
future, and it's getting hotter.
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If I see a message I like,
I can share it with my friends and family.
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Girl 2: It's so cool because
we can share our voices,
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we can hear others,
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and that's how we know
that we're not alone in this fight.
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And if enough of us make messages,
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then the grown-ups
will have to listen to us.
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Then we can really make
a change in the world.
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(Inaudible)
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(Portuguese)
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(French)
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Girl: Imagine every place
being as green as me.
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This can be your future.
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OE: See, their imagination
is just so inspiring, I think,
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and gives me hope also,
frankly speaking.
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So in Earth Speakr, only kids can speak,
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and the grown-ups are listening, right?
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Of course, I still have an ask for you,
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as a grown-up, go and make
a Speakr message with a kid
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and send it out into the world.
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Make sure that the kids feels
"Wow! Somebody's listening to me."
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Because if we do that
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I think the future might be
shaping in the right direction.
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Thank you.