PEEBLESSHIRE protestors echoed the global chants of those around the world calling for action on climate change.

The rallying cry from Peebles’ very own climate warrior Kyra Burnett-Godfree gathered young and old to Tweed Green last Friday.

More than 100 campaigners joined the schoolgirl brandishing banners and marching around the burgh in an effort to be part of the world-wide voice on global warming.

The movement was inspired by 16-year-old Greta Thunberg, who started the first school strike for climate outside the Swedish parliament last year.

And while some Borders students chose to skip school to travel to the strikes in Edinburgh, many decided to stay in Peebles and support inspirational Kyra.

Campaigners cries could be heard from afar: “What do we want? Action. When do we want it? Now.”

Kyra said she was overwhelmed with the support from students at local primary schools, nurseries and Peebles High School.

She added: “It was lovely to see people from all generations gathering together. I feel it went really well and I’m so grateful to the people who made a really big effort to help organise the event and all the people who came and made their point.

“I loved all the children’s posters and banners. They were eye-catching and had great messages on them”.

During the protest some campaigners, including 11-year-old Kyra, grabbed the chance to speak out publicly to the crowds.

“I made a speech encouraging people from all generations to work together as a team to make little changes to their lifestyles that will add up to big changes for the better of our planet.

“Changeworks also made a speech offering people the chance to make suggestions for working together to reduce energy use in Peebles.”

And she displayed a banner, made from an old bedsheet with her friend Reece, which read: “The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.”

In Kyra’s final message to save the world from climate catastrophe, she said: “One of the big problems is that people believe that they don’t need to act on climate change because someone else will sort it out. But that’s not the case. We all need to do little things that will add up to the big changes for the better of our planet.”