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Once upon a time, there was a Swedish girl who refused to go to school. Her name was Greta.

When Greta was around 10 years old, her teacher showed the class a documentary about the great garbage patch.

Greta learned about plastic materials that toppled off shipping containers.

Those plastic fragments were picked up by ocean currents and swirled together to form an island of trash, the size of Mexico.

Some students felt moved. Others attention wavered.

Greta could not look away. She thought, that can't be right.

No way there is something serious enough to threaten our very existence.

When the film was over and the lights clicked on, Greta's classmates were already standing, pulling on their jackets and chattering away.

Greta stayed seated, unaware that it was lunchtime. The cafeteria was serving hamburgers.

Greta could not stomach the thought of eating one.

It was a ground up piece of muscle from a living creature with feelings, consciousness and a soul, she said.

And when she wasn't thinking of the cow, she remembered the island of trash.

As others put out their phones and started swiping, Greta cried and wanted to go home.

In that moment, she couldn't quite understand how everyone went back to life as usual.

When Greta started sixth grade, she cried on her way to school. She cried in class too.

Every day, her teachers called Greta stay at home to add some fun. Every day, he rushed to bring her home to their golden retriever Moses.

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