7 Year Old Petition To Parliament

When Callum Isted saw plastic water bottles being thrown away at his school, he raised money to buy all the students reusable bottles. And he didn’t stop there. Last week, he became the youngest person to bring a petition before Scotland’s Parliament

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Callum Isted is a 7-year-old who goes to Dedridge Primary School in Livingston, Scotland. When he sees a problem, he doesn’t just ignore it – he tackles it.

Callum noticed lots of single-use plastic water bottles being thrown away at his school. On Monday through Thursday, the students drank out of reusable cups. But on Fridays, which are half days at his school, the students would be sent home with a bag lunch and a plastic bottle of water. Callum saw that most of those bottles were being tossed out.

So Callum came up with a plan. He raised money by walking from one Scottish coast to the other along the John Muir Way. That’s 134 miles (216 kilometers) long. By the time he had finished, he had raised $1,850 (£1,400).

He started a petition asking the Scottish government to supply all primary (elementary) school students with a reusable metal water bottle. Callum also wants the government to fix broken taps in schools to make it easier to refill water bottles. So far, 156 people have signed his petition.

Last Wednesday, Callum went before the group in Scotland’s Parliament that handles petitions. Callum is the youngest person to ever present a petition to Scotland’s Parliament.

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