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.
Lochaber High School pupil and climate/rewilding activist, Holly Gillibrand, will be interviewed on today’s (Thursday) edition of Woman’s Hour.
Strikers in Scotland had two demands for the Scottish Government, both of which are closely linked to the Just Green Recovery Campaign.
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.
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.
Holly, aged 15 – often called ‘Scotland’s Greta Thunberg’ – is also a regular columnist for the Lochaber Times.
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.
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.
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.
Extinction Rebellion Scotland members, including those from Lochaber, are backing the Protect the Mhoine campaign calling for international support in rejecting the Space Hub Sutherland planning application