THE GLASGOW Times Young Scotswoman of the Year has been retweeted by the famous Swedish climate activist and school striker.
Environmental activist Holly Gillibrand was retweeted by Greta Thunberg after posting a picture of herself on Twitter with the caption: “Digital climate strike week 77. #fridaysforfuture #clinatestrikeonline”.
Digital climate strike week 77. #fridaysforfuture #climatestrikeonline pic.twitter.com/BRZDeACp2S
— Holly Gillibrand (@HollyWildChild) July 17, 2020
The 15-year-old’s tweet has gained more than 1000 likes since she posted it this afternoon.
She has been described by some as “Scotland’s Greta Thunberg”.
The Glasgow-born girl helped to drive forward the global school strikes for climate change movement started by the Greta Thunberg.
The young SWOTY has was commended for her passion and commitment to fight climate change.
The Fridays for Future movement started in 2018 after Greta Thunberg sat in front of the Swedish parliament every school day for three weeks to protest against and a lack for action on climate change.
The Fridays for Future organisation claims over 13 million people in 7,500 cities in every continent have joined in on the weekend protest since it began.
While most young people have been off school since the start of lockdown that has not stopped many from raising their voices and protesting climate change inaction.
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