Hebden Bridge boy, 11, starts 200 mile walk
An 11-year-old boy has begun a 200 mile walk from his home in Yorkshire to Westminster to raise awareness of climate change.
A petition, urging a parliamentary debate on a carbon tax, was launched in February by the Zero Carbon Campaign.Jude was inspired after reading the book Dire Predictions, which he said offered solutions to climate change including a carbon tax."I am hoping to get this petition to 100,000 signatures so it can get debated in parliament," he said.
Jude came up with the idea to walk to London, inspired by an uncle's friend who cycled around the world, to help raise awareness.
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