Council says it cannot sanction climate strike absences from Lochaber schools
However, some climate action campaign groups, parents and their children, took a dim view of the local authority’s stance.
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Lochaber environmental activist Holly appeals for climate drawings
Across the world pupils will be striking online due to the ongoing pandemic, but this has not stopped the Highlands branch demanding climate action.
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BBC names Lochaber’s Holly on this year’s Woman’s Hour Power List
Lochaber High School pupil and climate/rewilding activist, Holly Gillibrand, will be interviewed on today’s (Thursday) edition of Woman’s Hour.
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Striking students take global stance
Strikers in Scotland had two demands for the Scottish Government, both of which are closely linked to the Just Green Recovery Campaign.
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Cry for the Wild: Holly Gillibrand
People say Extinction Rebellion are the extremists, the alarmists, the disruptors. If you think a road block is more extreme than what is happening around the world right now due to climate and ecological collapse, then you need to get your head out of the sand.
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Cry for the Wild: Holly Gillibrand
Hen Harrier Day is a celebration of this iconic and declining bird, and a day in which we raise our voices against its biggest threat – illegal persecution. Find out more about Hen Harrier Day Online at henharrierday.uk/online, and join us in two days time to learn more about this magnificent bird.
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Teenage environmental activist Holly is Young Scotswoman of the Year for 2019
Holly, aged 15 – often called ‘Scotland’s Greta Thunberg’ – is also a regular columnist for the Lochaber Times.
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Environmentalism is about all of these issues, and more, because without social justice, we can’t protect the natural world and act on crises like climate and ecological breakdown.
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Cry for the Wild: Holly Gillibrand
In Amsterdam, they are already taking action to ensure that their city can recover from the impacts of coronavirus by embracing the doughnut model designed by Kate Raworth, a British economist and author.
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Chris Packham hails Lochaber’s Holly as ‘very special young person’
Holly was invited to appear via internet link from her home near Fort William to talk about her role in helping ring osprey chicks on Loch Arkaig.