Mare Nostrum

On a planet in the throes of destruction, would the only way to conserve species be to lock them up in jars?

"How dare you? You stole my dreams and my childhood with your empty words. People are suffering, people are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing, we're at the beginning of a mass extinction and all you can talk about is money and the fairy tale of eternal economic growth. How dare you? For over forty years, the science has been crystal clear. How dare you look the other way and come here pretending you're doing enough?"

From Greta Thunberg's opening speech at the UN Climate Emergency Summit, September 23, 2019.