{"id":2449108,"date":"2019-09-24T21:15:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T03:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=313336"},"modified":"2019-09-24T21:15:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T03:15:00","slug":"climate-activist-thunberg-inspires-basalt-students-rally-for-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/climate-activist-thunberg-inspires-basalt-students-rally-for-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate activist Thunberg inspires Basalt student\u2019s rally for Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n

<\/p>

Basalt Middle School student Oliver Fox-Rubin is organizing a Climate Change Rally and Gathering in Basalt for Friday.<\/strong>
Courtesy photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Basalt Middle School student Oliver Fox-Rubin is among the millions of youth around the globe who have been inspired by Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg.<\/p>\n

Fox-Rubin, a fifth-grader, organized the Climate Change Rally and Gathering on Friday in Basalt. He decided to hold the event one week after the national climate strike day Sept. 20 to make sure he could adequately plan the event and organize speakers.<\/p>\n

Climate activism has been at the forefront of international news this week because Thunberg delivered an emotional speech Monday at the United Nations Climate Action Summit.<\/p>\n

In Basalt, rally participants will march from Basalt Middle School to Lions Park starting at about 3:30 p.m. Presenters will take the stage at the park, which is beside Town Hall and the Art Base.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur goal with this event is to raise awareness and tell people that climate change is not OK!\u201d said a website created by Fox-Rubin at actionnetwork.org\/events\/change-climate-change-rally-basalt<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At the park, the presenters will give speak, lead a chant, dance or sing, according to the website. The event will wrap up around 5 p.m.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis event will be led by kids and we would love to have grown-ups support us,\u201d Fox-Robin\u2019s website said.<\/p>\n

We caught up with Oliver on Monday night for an e-interview.<\/p>\n

Aspen Times: Tell me what inspired you to organize this event.<\/p>\n

Oliver Fox-Rubin: I\u2019m really worried that we only have 11 years before we can\u2019t solve the climate crisis anymore and it\u2019s too late. When I heard that Greta and the Sunrise movement were doing something for climate change, I thought, \u201cCount me in!\u201d<\/p>\n

AT: What are a couple of things you have learned about climate change that concern you the most?<\/p>\n

Oliver: The things that concern me the most are the 12 years report from 2018, fires and earthquakes from fracking.<\/p>\n

AT: How will this event help bring about change?<\/p>\n

Oliver: This event will put climate change at the front of people\u2019s minds and focus so that it isn\u2019t some issue that they care about but is in the back of their minds and they aren\u2019t really doing anything about it.<\/p>\n

AT: Considering that you are organizing climate events when you are in fifth-grade, do you foresee yourself staying involved in climate activism as you get older?<\/p>\n

Oliver: Climate change will always be an important issue for me and I think that I will keep trying to do my part in order to keep the Earth a great place to live for the next generations.<\/p>\n

AT: Do you think enough people \u2014 kids and adults \u2014 take climate change seriously?<\/p>\n

Oliver: No, absolutely not. For most people, the issue of climate change isn\u2019t in the front of their minds. For that reason, they are just worrying about the other things in their life.<\/p>\n

Fox-Rubin closed his email with a quote from Thunberg: \u201cI don\u2019t want your hope. I don\u2019t want you to be hopeful. I want you to panic \u2026 and act as if the house was on fire.\u201d<\/p>\n

scondon@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n

via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Basalt Middle School student Oliver Fox-Rubin is organizing a Climate Change Rally and Gathering in Basalt for Friday.Courtesy photo Basalt Middle School student Oliver Fox-Rubin is among the millions of youth around the globe who have been inspired by Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg. Fox-Rubin, a fifth-grader, organized the Climate Change Rally and Gathering on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2449108","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-27 07:09:36","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley's Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2449108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449108\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2449108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2449108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2449108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}