Why Dyeing a European Canal Green Was a Pointless Stunt: Greta Thunberg’s 2025 Venice Protest and the Folly of Symbolic Activism

In late November 2025, climate activist Greta Thunberg, the Swedish environmental campaigner who has become synonymous with youth climate activism over the past decade, participated in a dramatic protest in Venice, Italy. Alongside members of the activist group Extinction Rebellion, she helped pour fluorescent green dye into the city’s iconic Grand Canal, transforming its watersContinue reading “Why Dyeing a European Canal Green Was a Pointless Stunt: Greta Thunberg’s 2025 Venice Protest and the Folly of Symbolic Activism”