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Louisa nubar helped catalyze a global, inter generational movement demanding systemic solutions to climate change. One of the things that i find most powerful about louisa's message and her work is that i focus on systems instead of each tiny individual choice make in our day to day lives. The more you are the harder it gets for people to justify a system that has no future. Power is not something that you either have or don't have. Power is something you either take or leave to others. And this is probably the most important pect of all of us. I need you to start taking yourselves more seriously. Leaving tha don of convenience works best when you join forces.

Sometimes it feels like fighting climate change is all about dealing with the many little things we as individuals are doing wrong (hello single-use coffee cups, plastic bags, and eating dairy). While these bad habits are important to address, are we losing focus on the bigger picture? Luisa Neubauer draws on her experience at the front lines of activism to strategically reframe the climate crisis and identify the unique ways we can make systemic change. Luisa Neubauer is a climate activist, author and leader of the "Fridays For Future" school strike movement. In 2018, Luisa Neubauer co-initiated the "Fridays for Future" school strike movement Germany, which was inspired by Swedish teen Greta Thunberg. In fear of growing up in a world of rising global temperatures, Neubauer is organizing mass action to urge governments to comply with the 2015 Paris Agreements. To learn more about "How to Be a Better Human," host Chris Duffy, or find footnotes and additional resources, please visit: go.ted.com/betterhuman