Thunberg is among a growing list of people to dedicate funds to battling the impact of climate change, sparking discussions on the best use of this money
LONDON, Feb 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg is using her prize money from an award known as the alternative Nobel to help set up a non-profit organisation in her name "to promote ecological and social sustainability".
Thunberg, 17, who won the Right Livelihood Award in December, will use the 1 million Swedish crown ($100,000) prize to establish the Greta Thunberg Foundation in Sweden.
The Swedish teenager said in January that she was establishing a foundation to handle the money she gets from book royalties, donations and prizes.
"We are convinced that Thunberg's new foundation will have a great impact and empower much-needed change," Ole von Uexkuell, executive director of the Sweden-based Right Livelihood Foundation, said in a statement on Thursday.
Thunberg, who was this month again nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by two Swedish legislators, is among a growing list of people to dedicate funds to battling the impact of climate change, sparking discussions on the best use of this money.
Amazon's Jeff Bezos, the world's richest man, this week pledged $10 billion to fund scientists, activists, nonprofits and other groups fighting to protect the environment and counter the effects of climate change.
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Blue_Dog_Democracy on February 20th, 2020 at 16:35 UTC »
She doesn't donate the money: "Ah, so she's in this for the money!"
She does donate the money: "Oh, it's going to her foundation? What a crock!"
Whiny online babies will never be satisfied with anything she does.
inckalt on February 20th, 2020 at 15:04 UTC »
I really don’t get the hate she receives. At best she is what she claims to be: a teenager worried about the future of the planet. At worst she’s a PR tool used by her family to fight for climate and at the same time gain notoriety. Most probably it’s all of the above. So what? The situation is dire enough to warrant all the PR it can have. If it’s in a form of a teenager who admonish world leaders and industrialists then more power to her.
It’s ok if you don’t agree with me but at least, then please don’t worship Jeff Bezos instead.
EdwardLewisVIII on February 20th, 2020 at 14:56 UTC »
The best way to use money to fight climate change is to fight climate change deniers. A solid PR campaign against them would go a hell of a long way.