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"My name is Greta Thunberg. I am a climate activist, speaking to you from my sofa in Stockholm, Sweden ...". This is how the most famous teenager on the planet begins one of his last messages on Twitter. Greta has transferred the fight to the network, but the message remains clear: "We must listen to the scientists and the experts. Humanity must remain united and leave no one behind, so that when this ends we will build truly sustainable societies within the planetary limits. "

"This", of course, is the pandemic. Greta, who a few weeks ago said that she surely had suffered from the coronavirus because she had all the symptoms, although she did not get the test, lives in what is perhaps the European country with the least social restrictions since the disease broke out. It cannot be said that a normal life is carried out, but primary schools are still open, as are restaurants, cafes and a good part of shops. People, including children, leave the house without problem or safe-conduct. Mandatory confinement is something that only exists abroad. In Spain, for example.

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Greta, however, campaigns as part of the #TogetherAtHome initiative to take to the streets as little as possible, mainly to protect at-risk groups from contagion. From his sofa, he sends a message of solidarity to all those affected by covid-19: "I would like to send all my love and support to those who are having a hard time in these difficult times and to those who work on the front line to keep us safe."

It may seem that the young Swedish woman has opted for a softer profile for the duration of the crisis. Nothing is further from reality. From his social networks, he continues to shoot ammunition. The applause to the toilets seems great, but he demands that they be accompanied by a backup of more material. Incidentally, he takes the opportunity to lash out against his usual enemies: "Applaud the toilets! But also give them higher wages, better working conditions and permanent resources. Save the workers! And, perhaps, save the 'applaud-instead de-finance 'for the polluting companies. A really slow and sarcastic applause for those who destroy our world! "

Social networks have become his new battleground, with Twitter and the YouTube channel of his movement, Fridays for Future (Friday for the future), as means of predilection. There he expresses his distrust of governments and companies ("the necessary changes will not come from them"), and his faith in science and the power of public opinion: "It depends on us. Spread the science."

Last Wednesday was Earth Day. A lackluster celebration that Greta solved by talking, in a YouTube live, with Johan Rockström, Swedish professor of environmental science. Both quickly agreed that the pandemic is the result of the cocktail formed by global warming and the degradation of ecosystems.

Speaking slowly, but in the most correct English, Thunberg explained how he has modified his action plan: "We have had to rethink our strategy , canceling strikes and marches, and looking for new forms of activism and pressure, so we have gone online. Fridays for Future will continue to resist. When we get out of this situation, we will push even more. We have not lost hope, we have only changed our way of acting. We are saving that hope for later. "

"When we start our partnerships we will have to decide whether we want to use this as an opportunity to move in the right direction," he added. "The pandemic has shown that our society is not sustainable. If a virus can destroy economies in a matter of weeks, it means that we do not think in the long term and that we are neither resilient nor sustainable."

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And the rest of the family? While Greta fights from the network, her little sister Beata and her mother, singer Malena Ernman, prepare the musical Forever Edith Piaf in the hope that it can be released on the scheduled date: September 15. Malena will be the adult Piaf; Beate, Piaf as a young man.

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