Why I protest for climate justice | Jane Fonda

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🗓️ 10 December 2019

⏱️ 14 minutes

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At age 81, actor and activist Jane Fonda is putting herself on the line for the planet -- literally. In a video interview with TEDWomen curator Pat Mitchell, Fonda speaks about getting arrested multiple times during Fire Drill Fridays, the weekly climate demonstrations she leads in Washington, DC -- and discusses why civil disobedience is becoming a new normal in the age of climate change.

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0:00.0	This interview features Oscar-winning actor and activist Jane Fonda in conversation with
0:07.4	journalist, producer, and TED Women curator Pat Mitchell, recorded live at TED Women
0:13.5	2019.
0:16.5	It's so great to see you, my friend.
0:19.8	It's great to be with you.
0:22.0	Jane, for the ones who may not have seen the extraordinary coverage around the world of fire drill Fridays and the impact that they have already had, talk to us about the origin of this idea, this particular response to the climate crisis.
0:43.1	I was very inspired by Greta Tunberg, the Swedish student, and by the young school climate strikers.
0:54.2	Greta says, we've got to get out of our comfort zone.
0:57.9	We have to behave like our house is burning because it is.
1:04.5	And so she really struck a chord in me.
1:06.7	And then learning that just about 100% of climate scientists agree.
1:12.6	They agree that a drastic emergency is upon us, that it is human-caused.
1:22.6	But they said we can do something about it.
1:25.9	We have the time, the technology, the tools.
1:30.8	We have everything we need except political will to meet the challenge,
1:35.3	and it's an enormous challenge.
1:38.2	We have 11 years, many say a decade, and I thought,
1:43.9	oh, I'm so lucky that I am healthy and living in a
1:49.7	decade where we who are alive can actually make the difference. We can make the difference
1:58.5	as to whether there's going to be a livable future or not.
2:01.0	What a glorious responsibility we have.
2:04.0	We have to step up to the plate.
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