Can you believe that a schoolgirl rejected an award worth Rs 35 lakh announced for her pioneering work on the environment just because she felt not awards deeds were more important.
This is 16-year-old ClimateActivist Greta Thunberg who declined the Environmental Award and shocked theglobe.
The ponytailed Greta Thunberg, in a social media post, said: "The climate movement does not need any more awards."
Wish that is understood by the seniors who are after awards on the environment even after doing only cosmetic things.
Theyoung climate activist, who has rallied millions to her "Fridays forFuture" movement, was honoured at a Stockholm ceremony held by the NordicCouncil, a regional body for inter-parliamentary cooperation.
Thunberghad been nominated for her efforts by both Sweden and Norway and won the organization'sannual environment prize.
Butafter it was announced, a representative for her told the audience that shewould not accept the award or the prize sum of 350,000 Danish kroner (about$52,000 or 46,800 euro), the TT news agency reported.
