She's been protesting every Friday since October outside the U.S. Capitol, inspiring thousands of people to join her movement.
This is Jane Fonda's fight for climate action.
This is Jane Fonda's fight for climate action.
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00:00For 14 weeks this fall, I held fire drill Fridays in Washington, D.C.
00:29The purpose was to raise awareness of the urgency of the climate crisis.
00:36As Greta Thunberg says, we have to act like our house is on fire because it is.
00:59But something I think isn't oftentimes talked about in the environmental movement or in
01:16the conversation about climate change is that the meat and dairy industry is the third leading
01:24cause of climate change.
01:27I think sometimes we wonder, what can we do in this fight against climate change?
01:33And there's something that you can do today, right now, and tomorrow
01:39by making a choice about what you consume.
01:56It's an emergency.
02:03And so we're trying to raise the sense of urgency
02:06and encourage people to engage in civil disobedience and to mobilize.
02:27California is one of the big oil-producing states.
02:32It's also the fifth largest economy in the world.
02:37We already have more fossil fuel projects underway than the climate can sustain.
02:46They have to be halted.
02:48California's children are more important than fossil fuel profits.