“Technology is not enough” – 5 minutes

Another protest march took place in the Styrian capital today.

Another protest march took place in the Styrian capital today.

Today 60 people gathered on the TU Graz campus to carry out civil resistance together. In light of the climate catastrophe, they are demanding the implementation of the recommendations of the Climate Council.

from Janine Bluner

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The peaceful protest march marched through the city from Petersgasse 16. The “student march” is part of a series of protests taking place at the Technical University since last week. With the interruption of lectures, marches, and colorful protests, students “The last generationThe climate catastrophe has drawn attention to many Austrian universities for weeks.

Faster action is required

Speaker Anna Freund “Many students are watching how the government is ignoring the crisis and wondering how they should deal with the knowledge provided at universities,” he explains. It also works this way Dominik Jankowski (29): “I conduct research on municipal energy transition at Graz University of Technology and I know that technological progress is never enough. We know that we can still stop irreversible processes if we act quickly. And this is exactly where my hope lies. We must now To work together to demand action.

“I cannot reconcile it with my conscience.”

the TU student Tobias Ederer (20) He joined the protest march and called on university professors to take responsibility. Alma Morawer (21 years old), also a student, says: “I am in the street today because I do not want to keep watching. People are acting as if we lack solutions to this crisis. Thought-out solutions like those put forward by the Climate Council are on the table. So I see that “It is our responsibility to demand political action. I could not, in my knowledge and conscience, agree not to do so.”