Ric Lander, Author at Friends of the Earth Scotland

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Activists push Scotland’s new public bank towards climate leadership

30th January 2020 By Ric Lander

Efforts by climate activists have won huge changes to Scotland’s new public bank. That’s worth celebrating.

The battle for Scotland’s new public bank

17th December 2019 By Ric Lander

Will this Bank lead the transition to a zero carbon economy or take a business as usual approach?

Campaign stories: looking back at Glasgow University’s fossil free first

11th December 2019 By Ric Lander

Ric Lander speaks to Živilė Mantrimaitė and Miriam Wilson about their role in the seminal campaign to divest Glasgow University from fossil fuels.

How to divest a nation from fossil fuels

27th September 2019 By Ric Lander

In 2018 Ireland became the world’s first country to divest from fossil fuels. Could Scotland follow?

Why we’re chanting ‘Fossil Banks No Thanks!’

8th December 2018 By Ric Lander

10 years on from the financial crisis and big banks are still casting a long shadow over our society.

The truth behind Shell’s big story

3rd December 2018 By Ric Lander

When it comes to Shell and the climate, we should be very wary.

Royal Bank of Scotland: 10 years of climate campaigning

14th September 2018 By Ric Lander

Creativity and crises over the last 10 years of the publicly-owned polluter.

Breaking the power of fossil fuels: divestment at work

22nd July 2018 By Ric Lander

Divestment is giving companies a bad name and provoking productive debates within institutions.

Challenging money and power: fossil free short films

21st February 2018 By Ric Lander

Want to learn a bit more about fossil fuels, climate change, and the campaign to divest in Scotland?
We’ve pulled together this list of excellent short films you can watch right now.