gc, I've often thought that the way to wean kids off climate change hysteria is to make them live like they mean it. Even giving them my childhood 'luxury' would make them think twice, let alone that of a Baby Boomer and beyond. Lots of locally grow sprouts and other seasonal veg. Knitted jumpers, hand me downs, patches. ripped clothes sewn up to keep out the cold, not worn for 'coolness'.

"Or maybe she could tag along with one of those mad teams who venture into the Arctic to prove how warm it is.
Nov 5, 2019 at 12:27 PM TinyCO2"

If enough parents ban Christmas and presents to save the planet, Santa may have some surplus stowage on his sleigh to get her back to Sweden, assuming the swarms of Polar Bears haven't eaten all the reindeer

Mark my wife "she who should be listened to" was an english teacher, and more than a decade ago instituted a life-skills programme. She realized that children at her school with poor reading skills would have particular problems negotiating the outside world with its assumptions that people can readily negotiate complex forms and instructions. Commonly they can't. Interesting that the pupils you heard about seem to recognise this.

Mike, she's not averse to travelling by rail. She should have gone the other way, to Alaska and thenthrough Russia. Or maybe she could tag along with one of those mad teams who venture into the Arctic to prove how warm it is.

I was listening to Radio 4 while driving home about an hour ago. I don't know what the programme was, as I came into it part-way through, but it seemed to be about giving children more choice in their education, letting them decide what they learned when.

I switched on just in time to listen to children at a secondary school voting on which lesson they would choose in the lesson period given up to their own choice. When climate change was mentioned, I thought "Here we go - more brainwashing." Imagine my surprise when only one pupil opted to learn about climate change, and the vast majority wanted to be taught adult life skills instead - things like how to fill in a tax return; how mortgages work; job interview techniques, etc.

Food for thought, both for us here, and particularly for the BBC. Maybe the brainwashing isn't working after all?

Greta's tweet: “Since Friday afternoon I’ve been traveling east through the beautiful southern states in the USA to get to the east coast and hopefully find a transport to COP25 in Madrid,” she tweeted on Monday, days after she initially asked “if anyone could help me find transport.”
How is she travelling? She has traversed several States so it can't be on foot or a bike. Sailplane?