‘Your Generation Is Our Last Hope’

It’s time to ditch the ‘our kids’ messaging in climate discourse

Melbourne Climate Strike 2019. Image by John Englart via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)

At a local climate rally that coincided with the global climate strikes of September 2019, an older climate activist took to the stage to say a few words. She ended her speech with a message to younger activists, “Your generation is our last hope!”