Greta Thunberg won't be school striking after graduation but vows to protest

Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg said on Friday she will no longer be able to skip classes as a way to draw attention to climate change because she is graduating from high school. "Today, I graduate from school, which means I'll no longer be able to school strike for the climate. This is then the last school strike for me," Thunberg said in a post on social media.

END OF AN ERA

Thunberg, 20, started staging Friday protests outside the Swedish Parliament building during school hours in 2018. Teenagers from around the world followed her lead, leading to an international student movement called Fridays for Future.

Because she won't be a student anymore, Thunberg noted that her future Friday activities that "technically" won't be school striking. But in a tweet, she vowed to continue protesting, saying, "The fight has only just begun."