The Ecovandal

Because It’s Time to Act—Even If It Means Being Hated

At the time this book is being published, the Climate Clock—the ticking countdown showing the years, months, days, hours, minutes, and seconds we have left before global temperatures rise by 1.5°C, with all the devastating consequences that entails—will read approximately 5 years and 95 days.

Just five years to take real, meaningful action to move beyond the age of fossil fuels and environmental destruction.

The effects of the climate crisis are already visible before our eyes, like scenes from an apocalyptic blockbuster: devastating floods, abnormal heat, vanishing glaciers. Yet those who could play a decisive role in this emergency often look the other way, pretending not to see.

This is the story of Simone Ficicchia and of the Last Generation—the generation that can still do something to escape the terror of environmental collapse and the illusion of infinite growth.

And so, paint thrown on artwork, blocked roads, and every action aimed at awakening public awareness and pressuring governments begins to make sense.

Watching Ficicchia walk out of a courtroom on TV, many may have wondered what drives a “good kid” to risk ruining his life to fight for the climate. The answer lies in these pages, which trace his journey from traditional activism to civil disobedience, shaking us from our complacency.

Now is the time to act, to raise our voices, to be heard.
Even if it means facing persecution, legal consequences—
even if it means being hated.