Finlay Pringle’s News…
Climate Strike 159
Friday 31st December 2021 The last Climate Strike this year. Happy Hogmanay to fellow climate strikers around the world. Thankyou for your efforts on raising awareness this year. Let's keep fighting, shouting above the noise & hope for better in 2022 #schoolstrike...
Climate Strike 158
Friday December 24th 2020 ... Happy holidays to everyone from us all in Ullapool, Scotland ! Buone Vacanze ! Trevlig Helg ! Boas Festas ! Joyeuses Fetes ! Felices Vacaciones ! Schone Ferien ! Mutlu Tatiller ! Ajazat Saeida ! Wesolych Swiat ! Shiawasena Kyujitsu !...
157 Weeks – 3 YEARS! Climate Striking for Climate Action
Week 157 3 years of climate strikes ! Having recovered from the disappointment of COP26 the pausing of CAMBO oilfield project shows the tide is finally turning. Let's keep our Governments' feet to the flame and hopefully we won't all need to be still doing this in 3...
COP26 and 151 weeks of Climate Striking
Joined by 30,000 climate activists in Glasgow for #schoolstrike week 151. Great to see friends from #Fridays4future again, been too long. Fantastic to hear all the #MAPA - Most Affected People Areas voices at the rally. Well done Fridays for Future Glasgow for the...
150 Weeks of Consecutive Climate Striking and Heading for Glasgow #COP26
I'm not sure that reaching 150 climate strikes is really something to celebrate. The fact I am still going means that world leaders have wasted the last 150 weeks, when they could have been taking positive action to tackle the climate emergency. Indeed, if anything,...
Beach Cleaning Scouriemore
Yesterday at Scouriemore we managed to squeeze in another beach clean before the weather got bad. In 5 hours as a family we filled 82 bags for a total of 593.57kg. Managed more today as we could pile it all up at the back of the beach rather than having to drag it all...
Climate Strike 145 – 5 Weeks Until COP26
The speech I read out on behalf of Fridays For Future Europe in Lausanne 2 years ago today and as relevant now as it was then. It's time to change. It's time for politicians to take real action. It's time to #UprootTheSystem ! #schoolstrike4climate #fridaysforfuture...
Campervan Travels, Minke Whale and PlasticAtBay
We had a few days away in the campervan up North.Saw a Minke whale at Stoer Head on the first night less than a mile off shore! We then headed for Durness and took the opportunity to drop in and say, "Hello" to Julian and the team at Plasticatbay and chat about what...
As Busy As You Like!
January ended with Fin being invited by the Scottish Wildlife Trust to take part in a climate change webinar as one of 3 keynote speakers. The event was organised by the trusts Young Leaders group and the whole event was recorded for the Trust’s YouTube channel: We...
Ocean Recovery Conference 19-21st January 2021
Delighted to be invited by World Wildlife Fund @wwf_uk to speak at the Ocean Recovery Conference being held on 19TH-21ST January. Taking part in Session 2 - Youth Voices for the Ocean with @MhairiMcCann_ & @eimear_stephens Full programme information & signup...
The World We Want
To achieve the world we want we should protect the marine environment from over fishing, plastic pollution and the effects of climate change. We need to halt over fishing as quickly as possible and ensure that we are taking fish from our oceans sustainably. We need to...
Finlay and Ella Lockdown and Beyond
Well what a strange, difficult year it has proven to be. Who would of thought that since our last update in February that we would still be in the grip of this terrible pandemic with still no clear end in view. Despite all the restrictions Finlay and Ella have kept...