Environmental Campaigner | Ullapool Shark Ambassador https://ullapoolsharkambassador.com Meet Finlay Pringle, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Shark Ambassador. Sometimes known as Finlay from Ullapool too! Fri, 04 Nov 2022 04:55:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://ullapoolsharkambassador.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/cropped-Finlay-Bite-Back-Say-No-to-Shark-Fin-Soup-32x32.jpg Environmental Campaigner | Ullapool Shark Ambassador https://ullapoolsharkambassador.com 32 32 Surfers Against Sewage Plastic Free Schools Pupil Power Assembly 2022 https://ullapoolsharkambassador.com/surfers-against-sewage-plastic-free-schools-pupil-power-assembly-2022/ https://ullapoolsharkambassador.com/surfers-against-sewage-plastic-free-schools-pupil-power-assembly-2022/#respond Fri, 04 Nov 2022 04:55:16 +0000 https://ullapoolsharkambassador.com/?p=31683

Hopefully we can all inspire many more ocean activists at this year’s Surfers Against Sewage Plastic Free Schools Pupil Power Assembly 2022

An epic line-up of speakers who are all ready to inspire young ocean activists around the country on.

Taking place on Friday 18th November with presentations from marine scientists, water sport enthusiasts, youth activists and inspiring charities and companies.

Join me for a great morning of talks …

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Friday 28th October 2022
School Strike Week 202 in Ullapool, Scotland
It’s 21 degrees C at the end of October and the UK Government Environment Minister Therese Coffey announces her personal contribution to solve the Climate Crisis is to use a ‘permanent’ Coffey / Coffee cup !
Meanwhile, in other news this week Shell makes another $9.5 billion in quarterly profits !
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Friday 21st October 2022
Climate Strike Week 201 – this week on Orkney, Scotland while on holiday with the family!
The Tory Prime Minister may change but the removal of our Civil Rights and the Attack On Nature continue.
Join Fridays For Future Scotland on October 28th in Glasgow and Chris Packham on 26 November in London to show our leaders WE keep fighting and refuse to quit until people & planet are put first.
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Friday 30th September 2022 School Strike Week 198 in Scotland
Wet & windy in #Ullapool today but nothing compared to the devastation & loss of life from storms #Ian & #Noru this week.
As the Planet heats up extreme weather events are becoming more frequent & intense.
We must change course, we ignore the warning signs & mess with nature at our peril
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Friday 23rd September 2022
Climate strike week 197 in Ullapool, Scotland.
Join the youth of the world today as we demand ‘People not Profit!’
PEOPLE Not More Oil, Gas & Fracking
PEOPLE Not Droughts, Flooding & Fires
Reparations Not Procrastination !
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Saturday 17th September 2022
Just completed our first day of beach cleaning at Balchladich as part of the Marine Conservation Society #BigBritishBeachClean challenge.
Thanks to all those that came along to help. We managed to remove 513kg today. Hopefully more of the same tomorrow !

Marine Conservation Society Big British Beach Clean Day 1 ….

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Friday 16th September 2022 in Ullapool, Scotland – School strike week 196
Latest science report says switch to renewables could save the world £10 trillion by 2050.
Meanwhile this week Liz Truss government doubles down on allowing fracking and maximising North Sea oil and gas extraction !
This is NOT fine !
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Friday 9th September in Ullapool Scotland – School Strike for Climate Action Week 195 …

I recorded a wee video  for Blue Marine Foundation during my visit to the Edinburgh International Book Festival a few weeks ago.

👉 Join us in telling the UK Government to better manage near-collapsed cod populations around the British Isles and set sustainable catch limits.

“If we lose our cod, it shows what is happening to our general ocean” –  Bring Back British Cod campaign 💙

 
 

 

Back to 3rd September 2022 – 15th Birthday

When the local duck fanatic makes your shark birthday cake and you end up with a … Shuck !

Thanks Jemma !

Fin 15th Birthday cake
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Friday 2nd September, Climate Strike Week 194 in Ullapool Scotland.
More devastating floods in Pakistan with 1136 dead since June.
The country is described by the United Nations as a Climate Crisis Hotspot.
Pakistan produces  less than 1% of greenhouse gas emissions but is in the top 10 countries most vulnerable to Climate Crisis
Today it’s Pakistan. Tomorrow it could be your country !
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Saturday 27th August 2022
We returned to Scouriemore to complete our latest beach clean.
We finished off the rest of the main tideline removing 352kg in 5 hours.
It was hot !
 
Those of you that use Facebook can see the before and after videos 
 
 
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