elena marshall and jacob basel are fridays for future activist they took part in the protest that turned the environmental movement into a household name the coronavirus pandemic put an end to such mass gatherings fridays for future is now looking for new ways to raise awareness. of course you have to maintain social distancing that means that we for instance paint crosses on to the streets in some cities and people keep their distance by standing on those marks or we form human change with people holding tape to keep apart and some cases we won't bring people onto the streets at all but instead use items like protest signs. as part of online protest fridays for a future place 10000 placards in front of the german parliament in april but the activists know such digital demonstrations won't be enough to push their message in the long term. i think we were right to hold back but now our voice needs to be heard again we have to remind people what is most important we have to be confident and clear that the climate crisis is the biggest crisis of the century we have to treat it that way. ahe