The 15 Best Signs From Sydney’s School Strike For Climate That’ll Give You Hope For Humanity

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Teens around the country have come out in full force today for the School Strikes 4 Climate rally, and I can safely say that the kids are alright. Don’t believe me? Well, take a look at the 15 best signs we spotted and get back to me.

It’s been a wee while since we last all attended the School Strike 4 Climate marches in *checks notes* 2019. But, now that Australia is coming out of the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic and we’re getting back to other distressing issues that urgently need to be handled better by the government, we’re been reminded of our own eco-anxiety and eco-anger.

As one teen who spoke at the rally told the crowd at Town Hall in Sydney earlier today, “Climate change is an everybody issue so why isn’t the government more concerned about the long-lasting impact of climate change that we’re already starting to see?

“The federal government is attempting to use the opportunity presented by the recovery of the COVID-19 pandemic to double down on fossil fuels and lock in gas for decades to come. Since September 2020, the government has given close to one billion dollars of public money as subsidies to enable new gas development including in the federal budget delivered on May 12th.

Anywho, for those that are just here to see some folks roast the Libs for their greedy villainous ways, here are the very best signs we spotted at Sydney’s School Strike 4 Climate rally.

First off, I would like to wish all climate activist teens a very better government.

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Dear Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction Angus Taylor, you’ve officially now pissed off the Barbz.

Sydney School Strikes 4 Climate

Glad to see Scotty from Marketing make an appearance and atone for his eco-sins.

Sydney School Strikes 4 Climate

Oh no, Angus Taylor is back and did a big old stinky on the Earth. This man needs to be stopped.

Angus Taylor sign

As RuPaul’s Drag Race UK queen Bimini Bon Boulash would say to this next one, “not a joke, just a fact.”

Scomo Sydney Schools Strike 4 Climate

This next one says what it does on the tin: “Fuck You, Scomo.”

Sydney Schools Strike 4 Climate

Please, if not for me, do it for Leonardo DiCaprio‘s girlfriend’s future.

Sydney Schools Strike 4 Climate

This one may be a little hard to read so let me spell it out to you: A $600m gas power plant at Kurri Kurri? Absolutely fuck no, thanks.

What if we put national spending towards renewable energy instead of investing in more harmful energy resources just to plead our greedy corporate overlords? Haha jk… unless?

Corporate donations? In my federal government budget? Unfortunately, it just might be what we’ve come to think.

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Guys, did you know that taking care of the environment and fighting for it is hella sexy? Huge news if true.

There’s irony here in using a photo of a character who works at a paper company but the man did say no jokes so I will leave that for another day.

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Category is Save My Planet For The Love Of God Executive Realness.

School Strikes 4 Climate

As this next pic proposes to our government leaders, what are we gonna do when the planet is all dried up and dead, you absolute bafoons? Go join Elon Musk and Grimes on Mars? I think the fuck not.

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And just lastly because it really does bear repeating, “Scummo, [mate], just go!”

Sydney Schools Strike 4 Climate

Real talk though: climate change isn’t just a threat to the future, it’s our reality. People in regional areas are living through the long-lasting effects of it and seeing it stain their communities and surroundings, sometimes repeatedly.

Will is a 19-year-old First Nations man from Australia’s first Indigenous Australian climate network called SeedMob. Taking the mic during the Sydney protest, he described his personal experience dealing with fires and floods and how they have been exasperated by the government’s various plans for coal and gas energy.

“When I was 17, the Gospers Mountain Fire began deep in the Wollemi, far from where I was living,” he said. “Over the months it followed, I’d see it grow into my community, burning the belongings and property of the people I loved and painting the forest black.

“Then, ten weeks ago, I woke up to living on an island, looking out over an inland ocean. That same community saw their people lose their properties with farms and businesses turning to mud overnight to the flood. For many, it was the second time in a year.”

“These impacts are not normal. They are fiercer and they are happening too many times in a generation. Yet, as I stand here, Origin Energy wants to start fracking in the Northern Territory without the consent of traditional owners.”

The federal government has proposed millions of dollars to fund projects just like the one Will mentioned, including a $600m fuck off environment plan for another gas plant that old mate Scott Morrison announced just this week.

And, when the Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and co decide to appoint the bare minimum (if that) towards renewable energy in the federal budget and then try to spin a new campaign to fund more gas instead of coal (instead of wind or solar-powered electricity), we really have to ask: what the fuck is going here on this day. P.S. If you want to get the 411 on everything federal budget and what it means for you, we’ve written up a handy guide here.

Again, I wish all who attended the School Strikes 4 Climate rallies today a good evening and good night.

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