Who Is Greta Thunberg? Why Was The Swedish Activist Arrested In Germany?

Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg or popularly known as Greta Thunberg is a Swedish environmental activist. She has worked to address several problems of the planet and climate change.

 She has led several movements, most famous, Fridays for Future also known as the School Strike for Climate movement.

Recently Thunberg was seen protesting with activists seeking to stop the abandoned village of Lützerath from being destroyed for the expansion of a coal mine when she was witnessed being detained according to the reports. 

While the Police confirmed that Ms Thunberg had not been arrested, and had been released after an ID check.

Climate strike week 230. We are currently in Lützerath, a German village threatened to be demolished for an expansion of a coal mine. People have been resisting for years. Join us here at 12 or a local protest tomorrow to demand that #LützerathBleibt !#ClimateStrike pic.twitter.com/hGrCK6ZQew

— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) January 13, 2023

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Greta Thunberg: Biography

Greta Thunberg: Early life

• Greta Thunberg, in full Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg, was born on January 3, 2003, in Stockholm, Sweden.
• While her mother was an opera singer,her father was an actor. 
• She was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome, now known as  autism spectrum disorder (ASD). 

Greta Thunberg: Journey

Climate strike week 226. #FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrike #PeopleNotProfit pic.twitter.com/XB48RHscqP

— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) December 16, 2022

• In 2018, three weeks prior to the Swedish election in September the activist missed school to sit outside the country’s parliament with a sign that said: “Skolstrejk för Klimatet” (School Strike for Climate).

• Fridays of the future was another movement where she skip classes on Fridays to strike. 
• Her action inspired hundreds of thousands of students around the world to participate in their own Fridays for the Future. 
• Strikes were held in such countries as Belgium, Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Finland, Denmark, France, and the Netherlands.

Climate strike week 229. #FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrike #PeopleNotProfit pic.twitter.com/TzLmPuiliM

— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) January 6, 2023

Greta Thunberg: Achievements and accolades

We are 636 young people in @auroramalet who are suing the Swedish state for insufficient climate action.

”When the state carries out climate policy that threatens our human rights, it breaks the law.”#aurora #ClimateTrials #UprootTheSystemhttps://t.co/6qbZUO2hrE

— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) November 24, 2022

• After receiving several invitations to speak about climate change she gave speeches at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and at the European Parliament.
• The activist also spoke in front of the legislatures of Italy, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
•  Thunberg also raised awareness about Asperger  
•  “I have Aspergers and that means I’m sometimes a bit different from the norm. 

• And—given the right circumstances—being different is a superpower.” she said in one of her tweets.
• No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference (2019) is a collection of her speeches.
• In 2020 her documentary I Am Greta appeared.

Greta Thunberg: AWARDS

Species named in Thunberg's honour

The following species have been described and named after Greta Thunberg:

• Nelloptodes gretae
• Craspedotropis gretathunbergae
• Thunberga greta
• Opacuincola gretathunbergae

Greta Thunberg: Works

• Scenes from the Heart (2018),
• "Greta Thunberg Speeches and Interviews". What Would Greta Do?. 
• Thunberg, Greta (November 2019). "The Disarming Case to Act Right Now on Climate Change". 
• Ernman, Malena; Thunberg, Greta; Ernman, Beata; Thunberg, Svante (2021). Our House Is on Fire: Scenes of a Family and a Planet in Crisis.
• "Opinion | This Is the World Being Left to Us by Adults".
• The Climate Book.

Why was Greta Thunberg detained? 

Greta's first arrest. It's time for many more of us to stand up and risk arrest for the sake of a livable planet. It will turn the tide.https://t.co/dt7VNHxi2Q

— Peter Kalmus (@ClimateHuman) January 17, 2023

• While it seemed like Thunberg was arrested when she was protesting at the opencast coal mine of Garzweiler 2, some 9 kilometers (5.6 miles) from Luetzerath it was not the case as the Police confirmed that Ms Thunberg had not been arrested, and had been released after an ID check.
• She was detained while protesting at the opencast coal mine of Garzweiler with the other protesters on Friday.

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