Rita Naumenko on being a climate activist in Russia
Rita Naumenko is a 16 years-old Russian environmental activist and part of the Fridays for Future initiative. When she is allowed to strike by the Russian government, she stands in downtown Moscow with other young activists chanting, brandishing posters and demanding the government to take action. Rita also coordinates an initiative called “upgrade your school” teaching school students how to organise recycling, create eco-teams, and educate on environment protection matters. With Rita, we talked about the way she realised about the urgency of climate change, the difficulty of striking in today’s Russia, the specific challenges Russia faces as a country as temperatures rise, and her dreams for the future. For all the references mentioned during the episode: http://gosimone.org/activism/episode-9-rita-naumenko-on-being-a-climate-activist-in-russia/