Inuksuk High School students walked out of their school June 5, spilling onto the streets of Iqaluit.

Students Angela Austria, Cassidy Ann Netser and Mac Pavia organized the walk-out for the environment.

SA国际影视传媒淲e were sitting in our social (studies) class and our teacher started talking about the carbon in the atmosphere, actually how we were close to a tipping point, a point of no return. It just kind of occurred to us that we felt there wasnSA国际影视传媒檛 enough action being done here,SA国际影视传媒� said Pavia.

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From the high school, more than 50 Grade 9 to 12 students walked down to Four Corners, where the community demonstrated its solidarity.

SA国际影视传媒淛ust having cars honking as they drove by at the Four Corners intersection was a really big deal, kind of surreal watching strangers honk for a cause that they just kind of saw right there. It was nice to see that the community supported us,SA国际影视传媒� said Pavia.

From Four Corners, the students moved on to the Nunavut legislative assembly to signal to politicians that youth care. The students want the government to create a youth advocacy board.

SA国际影视传媒淪o there could be some sort of dialogue between the youth and the government. We also wanted to ask that climate change be considered a crisis and that itSA国际影视传媒檚 given a little more attention, because at the end of the day itSA国际影视传媒檚 going to be my generation that will end up inheriting this planet,SA国际影视传媒� said Pavia.

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The event took three weeks to plan.

SA国际影视传媒淚 think the goal of this one was to try and open up the dialogue between students and government and show that there are enough students out here who care. Hopefully next year this will be carried on,SA国际影视传媒� said Pavia.