which means many students around the world are opting out of class and in fighting climate change gretchen berg who kicked off the movement has inspired young people around the planet to take action here's a look at a teen who is trying to get thailand to clean up its act. this area of bangkok is supposed to be one of the city's greenest but like much of the country it's suffocating under plastic waste. lily is just 12 but she's leading the fight to clean up the city inspired in part by young swedish climate activist greater tune bug. guitar is really important to me because what a symbolizes i see says that. kids can make a different he she wants everybody to do something yellow and she got so many people together. thailand is the world's 6th biggest polluter of the oceans on average each time i uses my plastic bags a day. lily is taking her message to the top she's had several sit ins outside the government house met with business leaders and she spoke at a major u.n. conference. and trying to enforce a lesson until then see if education and that's. about the environment. she and fellow activ