Today, around the country and around the South, children will be forgoing school for the School Strike 4 Climate protest. But that doesn't mean today's action should pass without discussion or critique. Should children be missing school for climate change protests? And the growing consumerism fuelling many of the climate change and pollution issues is something children could well lead a move away from. But that isn't what today's action is about.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 14, 2019 15:45 UTC