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SEPTEMBER

Sustainable motivational assembly, getting the entire world in mitigating climate change. We
are proud to say that Heriot’s has been
Senior School engaged in solutions to
September ‘fast fashion’ and climate change. At the involved with this important issue. We
have been writing letters to MPs and
end of the assembly, we showed a clip
In the month that teenage activist Greta about natural climate solutions featuring MSPs to show we care, and have tried
Thunberg sailed across the Atlantic Greta Thunberg and George Monbiot, to reduce our own carbon footprints by
Ocean ahead of speaking at a UN summit and staff and pupils later said it helped recycling more items and reducing our
in New York, Heriot’s boosted its own them feel more positive about finding use of single use plastics.
environmental credentials by staging the solutions to climate change. Heen Shamaz (S6),
month-long Sustainable September. The Scottish Government is leading the on behalf of EARTH
Spearheaded by the Environmental
Action Research Team at Heriot’s
(EARTH), pupils and staff sought to raise
awareness about current environmental
issues and how we can all make a
difference.
Sustainable September coincided
not only with the UN Climate Action
Summit in New York, but also climate
strikes taking place worldwide, including
Edinburgh. We have seen a significant
change in the way people are trying
to make a difference and reduce their
impact on the environment.
Members of EARTH delivered a EARTH campaigners

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