An eighth grader starts a podcast on climate activism and rallies
her friends to create lasting change in their local community and
beyond, in this companion to Dress Coded.
When
Mary Kate Murphy joins a special science pilot program focused on
climate change, the class opens her eyes to lots of things she never
noticed before about her small suburban town: Kids waste tons of food
at school without a second thought. Parents leave their cars running
in the pick-up lane all the time. People buy lots of clothes they
don’t really need. Some of her friends who live in the city and are
bused to her school don’t always feel included. And the mayor isn’t
willing to listen to new ideas for fixing it all. Mary Kate and her
friends have big plans to bring lasting change to their community and
beyond. And now is the time for the young people to lead and the
leaders to follow—or get out of the way.
