The Rights Respecting Schools Award recognises a school’s achievement in putting the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child into practice within the school and beyond. Every month Castlemilk High School features one book that highlights particular rights included under the UNCRC.
This month’s book is No one is too small to make a difference by Greta Thunberg, renowned climate activist. It’s a little book deals with some very big issues and links to UNCRC Articles including:
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Article 12: Respect for the views of the child
- Article 24: Health and health services
In 2018, a 15-year-old Swedish girl started a global movement for action against the climate crisis. This book is a collection of Greta’s speeches on climate change, a rallying cry for why we must all wake up and fight to protect the living planet, no matter how powerless we feel.
This book brings you Greta in her own words, for the first time. Collecting her speeches that have made history across Europe, from the UN to mass street protests, No One Is Too Small to Make A Difference is a rallying cry for why we must all wake up and fight to protect the living planet, no matter how powerless we feel. Our future depends upon it.
