Instead of asking for candy, a group of kids in Sudbury, Ontario, decided to dress up and walk the streets the day before Halloween, calling for action on climate change. For 13-year-old Sophia Mathur, the event on Oct. 30 marked two years since she first skipped school on a Friday to encourage adults to do more to help the environment.
Sophia, who says she was the first kid in Canada to join Greta Thunberg’s Fridays for Future movement, has since travelled to places like Toronto and New York to have her voice heard. She’s also part of a group of kids who are suing the Ontario government for not doing enough to fight climate change.
“Halloween is a day that we celebrate things that scare us,” said Sophia, speaking to the small group that had gathered in-person on Friday, in keeping with COVID-19 rules. “Today we are going to have some fun, but when the candy and costumes are gone, we are still going to be in a climate emergency.”
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