Events

02nd August 2022, 6:00 pm - 07:00 PM

MSP Lobbying Training – #StopJackdaw

Online event
Join our meeting to hear about how you can help stop new oil & gas fields in the North Sea.

We’ll hear the latest in the Stop Jackdaw campaign, share top tips on how to influence politicians and answer any questions you might have about meeting your MSP.

The training is open to everyone.

06th July 2022, 7:00 pm - 09:00 PM

Changing Transport in Moray

This workshop will help you think about what changes you’d like to see in your local area to make it easier to get around sustainably, and help you work out how to make it happen.

22nd June 2022, 7:00 pm - 08:30 PM

Changing Transport in Perth

This workshop will help you think about what changes you’d like to see in your local area to make it easier to get around sustainably, and help you work out how to make it happen.

15th June 2022, 7:00 pm - 08:30 PM

Changing Transport in Dundee

This workshop will help you think about what changes you’d like to see in your local area to make it easier to get around sustainably, and help you work out how to make it happen.

08th June 2022, 7:00 pm - 08:30 PM

Changing Transport in the Highlands

This workshop will help you think about what changes you’d like to see in your local area to make it easier to get around sustainably, and help you work out how to make it happen.

25th May 2022, 7:00 pm - 08:30 PM

Changing Transport in Inverness

This workshop will help you think about what changes you’d like to see in your local area to make it easier to get around sustainably, and help you work out how to make it happen.

18th May 2022, 7:00 pm - 08:30 PM

Changing Transport in Aberdeen

This workshop will help you think about what changes you’d like to see in your local area to make it easier to get around sustainably, and help you work out how to make it happen.

28th April 2022, 6:30 pm - 08:00 PM

Winning on Divestment: UK Election Push 2022!

Online event
Join the biggest ever fossil fuel divestment push at the Council elections.

Hear from some amazing speakers on their fight to make their pensions fossil free, before splitting up into regional groups to learn who local candidates are and how to put pressure on them to back divestment.

Whether you're a seasoned campaigner or a newbie, come along!

27th April 2022, 7:00 pm - 09:00 PM

Falkirk Council Elections Hustings

This is your chance to quiz Falkirk candidates on their climate policies ahead of the local elections on Thursday 5 May 2022.

25th April 2022, 7:00 pm - 09:00 PM

Glasgow Council Election Hustings

This is your chance to quiz Glasgow candidates on their climate policies ahead of the local elections on Thursday 5 May 2022.

21st April 2022, 7:00 pm - 09:00 PM

Inverness Hustings with Kidical Mass

Question and answer session with local council election candidates, with a focus on making cycling safer and more accessible.

21st April 2022, 7:00 pm - 09:00 PM

Edinburgh Council Election Hustings

This is your chance to quiz City of Edinburgh Council candidates on their climate policies ahead of the local elections on Thursday 5 May 2022.

21st April 2022, 7:00 pm - 09:00 PM

South Lanarkshire Council Election Hustings

This is your chance to quiz South Lanarkshire candidates on their climate policies ahead of the local elections on Thursday 5 May 2022.

20th April 2022, 7:00 pm - 09:00 PM

Aberdeen Council Election Hustings

This is your chance to quiz Aberdeen candidates on their climate policies ahead of the local elections on Thursday 5 May 2022.

13th April 2022, 7:30 pm - 09:00 PM

Glasgow Hustings with Get Glasgow Moving

Your chance to quiz Glasgow City Council candidates on their public transport policies ahead of the local elections this May.

27th March 2022, 12:30 pm - 01:30 PM

The Future Is Not F*cked: Letting go the world of oil and all it represents

Documentary film of recent poetry & spoken word event that explores the untold stories of our relationship with oil in the north east of Scotland.

Part of Climate Week North East

27th March 2022, 10:00 am - 05:00 PM

Community Organising in Torry: climate change & justice

Torry is at the forefront of the so-called 'energy transition' and at risk of unjustly losing vital community land.

This day will be a place to learn about how we upskill ourselves for community organising and why justice matters in our response to climate change. Includes lunch and space to connect.

Part of Climate Week North East

26th March 2022, 1:30 pm - 03:30 PM

Just Transition for the North East: What can £500 million do?

Discuss with local political thinkers about what a just transition could like for the North East and how best to spend £500m on delivering it.

Part of Climate Week North East

26th March 2022, 11:00 am - 12:30 PM

Taking Back our Public Transport: Making Change in the North East

Transport is our biggest source of climate pollution, but we're being locked into a failed privatised model of public transport which fails passengers and leads to more car use.

This panel discussion will hear from transport campaigners and trade unionists about how we can take back our buses, and create the public transport system we need.

Part of Climate Week North East.

19th March 2022, 4:30 pm - 05:45 PM

Offshore – film screening and panel discussion

Documentary exploring oil workers’ views about the coming energy transition for their lives and their communities.

Organised by Platform campaign group, part of Climate Week North East

19th March 2022, 11:30 am - 03:00 PM

Climate Justice 101

Join us where together we will create a common understanding of climate change and justice, rooted in the peoples’ and lands of North East Scotland.

What does climate change and justice mean to the communities of the North East?
How will it affect us - from jobs, to food and housing?
How do we adapt and transition in a way that minimises harm to people?

Part of Climate Week North East

23rd February 2022, 6:30 pm - 08:30 PM

How divestment can help change the world: film screening, speakers & chat

Online event

Film screening of “Divest: Have You Heard From Johannesburg?” which reveals how the divestment movement played a crucial role in challenging the apartheid regime in South Africa. We’ll also learn how this movement inspired fossil fuel divestment campaigns around the world.

Including guest speakers, MSP Maggie Chapman, youth climate striker Dylan Hamilton and Divest Harvard organiser Ilana Cohen, who will share how Scottish pension fund investments in coal, oil and gas companies are leading to injustice and pollution for communities around the world.