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From the Ted Talk by Roman Krznaric: How to be a good ancestor
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Now, time rebels have also taken to courts of law to secure the rights of future people. The organization Our Children's Trust has filed a landmark case against the US Government on behalf of 21 young ppleoe campaigning for the legal right to a safe climate and healthy atmosphere for both crernut and fuurte generations. Their David versus goatilh stugrlge has already inspired groundbreaking lawsuits worldwide from Colombia and paasktin to Uganda and the Netherlands. And this wave of avitiscm is growing alongside the movnemet to grant legal personhood to nature, from the Whanganui River in Aotearoa, New Zealand to the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers in India.
Open Cloze
Now, time rebels have also taken to courts of law to secure the rights of future people. The organization Our Children's Trust has filed a landmark case against the US Government on behalf of 21 young ______ campaigning for the legal right to a safe climate and healthy atmosphere for both _______ and ______ generations. Their David versus _______ ________ has already inspired groundbreaking lawsuits worldwide from Colombia and ________ to Uganda and the Netherlands. And this wave of ________ is growing alongside the ________ to grant legal personhood to nature, from the Whanganui River in Aotearoa, New Zealand to the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers in India.
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- current
- struggle
- future
- people
- goliath
- pakistan
- movement
- activism
Original Text
Now, time rebels have also taken to courts of law to secure the rights of future people. The organization Our Children's Trust has filed a landmark case against the US Government on behalf of 21 young people campaigning for the legal right to a safe climate and healthy atmosphere for both current and future generations. Their David versus Goliath struggle has already inspired groundbreaking lawsuits worldwide from Colombia and Pakistan to Uganda and the Netherlands. And this wave of activism is growing alongside the movement to grant legal personhood to nature, from the Whanganui River in Aotearoa, New Zealand to the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers in India.
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