"Are
you coming, Sofia?" Simon knocks excessively hard on his sister’s door.
"Yeees, I'm coming." Sofia calls back. She quickly grabs her phone
and steps out into the hallway. Simon frowned at her. "I’ve checked the
information from the organisation again, just to be sure", she says
cheerfully. Today, they are participating in the Climate March.
They have breakfast in the kitchen and at
the same time they make a packed lunch. "You guys be careful," her
mother says, looking mainly at Simon. Simon nods, while putting a last bite of
croissant into his mouth. Then mother gives Sofia a quick kiss on the cheek and
asks: "Did you bring the banner?”
"Yes, I have," Sofia replies with
a smile. Last night she already neatly folded the banner and put it in her
rucksack. Last week she and her classmate and best friend Mickey painted a
banner with the text 'There is no planet B!’ Below they painted the earth with
green and blue. Sofia is quite proud of the end result. Today, she will show
everyone that something really has to be done about climate change.
"From the station, you're going to Amsterdam
with the class and the teacher, right?" their father asks as they get on
their bikes. "Yes", Sofia replies, "and we'll send a message
when we leave from there again". As soon as they are at the station, Simon
runs straight to his friends. Full of excitement, Sofia sits next to Mickey on
the train. "I just saw on my phone that there are already about 10,000
people," Mickey says enthusiastically. "Today we draw attention to
the climate with really a lot of people, that feels so cool". Sofia nods
and she thinks about what her teacher has told about Greta Thunberg. "It’s
really admirable that a fifteen year old girl has been able to inspire so many
people to take action", she thinks. "And today I'm also part of
that."