Young people in San Diego county took to the streets as part of a global day of climate action. Many people received support for a climate strike from their schools.
High school children in Chula Vista carried posters calling for cleaner air and an end to the use of harmful fossil fuels alongside undergraduate and graduate students.
Priscilla Lachappa, 22, the reigning Miss Kumeyaay Nation and a student at a community college, declared that "our past has been cleansed and watered down."
She is a supporter of societal transformation and climate change remedies. Both problems have an impact on her Rincon reserve community.
Because it is too hot in the mountains and too dry near the riverbeds, she said that neither her riverbed nor her mountain flora could thrive.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration stated this year that North America had its warmest summer ever, which was echoed by the protest signs.
More kids showed up at Waterfront Park in downtown San Diego on Friday afternoon as a result, which was sufficient. In other words, the adults in charge of enacting change, local and international lawmakers, were the target audience for their climate strike conference.
"We have created a world with the worst effects of climate change, which they will inherit. Thus, we must prioritize these concerns in order to safeguard their futures, according to Lexi Rueff, program coordinator for San Diego 350, one of the environmental groups organizing the climate strike.
Many of these pupils demonstrate what they have learned.
Rachal Hamilton told KPBS News, "We have so many young people here that are advocating and making sure that this will be something we talk about and that we make sure that it is declared as an emergency and that it's not just seen as a bystander." She just received her sociology associate's degree from Southwestern College.
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