Events

28th May 2026, 7:00 pm - 08:30 PM

Better Buses for Fife Campaign – Open Meeting

Online
Bus services across Fife are failing our communities. Routes are being cut, fares are too expensive and too many people are being left isolated or without reliable public transport.

That’s why local people are coming together to build the Better Buses for Fife campaign - and we want you to be part of it.

Join our first open meeting to meet others involved, shape the direction of the campaign and find out how you can help win better buses for Fife.

28th May 2026, 6:30 pm - 08:00 PM

Glasgow Climate Collabs: What’s Next Post-Election?

The Boardwalk, 105 Brunswick St, Glasgow, G1 1TF
Join Friends of the Earth Scotland, Fuel Poverty Action and Parents for Future Scotland for a re-energising post-election strategy session in the last week of May! We’ll be bringing together different groups working on climate justice in Glasgow to share analysis of the election results, and to put our heads together to make plans for the post-election period.

27th May 2026, 6:30 pm - 08:00 PM

National Meeting: what’s next post election?

Augustine United Church and Online
Join Friends of the Earth Scotland, Edinburgh Climate Coalition and XR Edinburgh for a re-energising post-election strategy session in the last week of May! We’ll be bringing together different groups working on climate justice in Edinburgh in person, and all over Scotland online, to share analysis of the election results and to put our heads together to make plans for the post-election period.

26th May 2026, 7:00 pm - 09:00 PM

Better Buses for Aberdeen – May Meeting

Friends of the Earth Aberdeen Office, 100 Crown Street, Aberdeen, AB11 6HJ
Join our region-wide campaign to take our buses back into public control!

We need your ideas, your input, and your leadership.

23rd May 2026, 2:00 pm - 04:00 PM

Better Buses for Buchan Meeting

The Hub Peterhead (Former OAP Social Club)
The Better Buses for Buchan campaign is gaining steam with local press coverage, a growing group of local folk keen to take this fight further and plans forming for outreach across Buchan and summer events and stalls to spread the word. If you're fed up with the buses and want to do something about it, now is the perfect time to get involved!

06th May 2026, 6:30 pm - 08:30 PM

Glasgow group meeting and community meal

Kinning Park Complex, Glasgow
If you are interested in organising for climate justice in Glasgow, join us at the first meeting of the new Friends of the Earth Glasgow group, to identify the issues that matter and think about how we can win the changes we need.

The aim of this group is to bridge the gap between national level campaigning and local community organising, to build towards mass participation. This is a really exciting time to get involved, so see you there!

We will also share a meal together as part of the meeting.

29th April 2026, 6:30 pm - 09:00 PM

Archiving Through Film: Workshop

Online
Join us for a filmmaking workshop with Mal Fraser where we will look at how we can use film to tell our disabled stories.

How do we make the invisible visible? How do we document now? In this free workshop we’ll look at storytelling, filmmaking as a tool for change, and some practical filmmaking skills.

29th April 2026, 6:30 pm - 08:00 PM

National Meeting: Climate Communications

Online
Join us to hear from a communications expert about how we talk convincingly to people about climate solutions amidst rising anti net zero feelings and climate denial in the media. 
This event was originally scheduled for Wednesday 25 March.

28th April 2026, 7:00 pm - 09:00 PM

Better Buses for Grampian – Aberdeen Meeting

Friends of the Earth Aberdeen Office, 100 Crown Street, Aberdeen, AB11 6HJ
Join us for a meeting to discuss Aberdeen's buses and make a plan of action for the campaign.

Tea, coffee and snacks will be available.

25th April 2026, 2:00 pm - 04:00 PM

Better Buses for Buchan Meeting

The Hub Peterhead (Former OAP Social Club)
Join us for a meeting at The Hub Peterhead (formerly the OAP Social Club) to discuss buses in Buchan, problems and solutions, and how you can get involved in the campaign.

Buchan’s bus network, reliant on Stagecoach's poor service, is failing passengers. The average bus fare has increased above inflation, discouraging bus use and resulting in routes being cut across our region. 

22nd April 2026, 7:00 pm - 09:00 PM

Scottish Election Youth Climate Husting

Augustine Church + Online
Are you a young person in Scotland, and care about our shared planet? Do you want politicians to finally listen to the voices of those who are inheriting the world they leave behind?

Then come along to the Scottish Youth Climate Coalition's hustings to ask political candidates hard hitting questions from a youth persective!

20th April 2026, 7:00 pm - 09:00 PM

Falkirk Climate Hustings

Arnotdale House
Join us in Falkirk for a election hustings where you can ask MSP candidates the important climate questions. The next Scottish Government could deliver transformative climate solutions that improve all our lives but they won’t do so unless we show the huge public demand for change. You can submit questions in advance.

16th April 2026, 7:00 pm - 09:00 PM

Aberdeen Climate Hustings

Quaker Meeting House & Online
Join us in Aberdeen for a election hustings where you can ask MSP candidates the important climate questions. The next Scottish Government could deliver transformative climate solutions that improve all our lives but they won’t do so unless we show the huge public demand for change. You can also join this event online and submit questions in advance.

15th April 2026, 7:00 pm - 09:00 PM

Glasgow Climate Hustings

Renfield Centre & Online
Join us in central Glasgow for a election hustings where you can ask MSP candidates the important climate questions. The next Scottish Government could deliver transformative climate solutions that improve all our lives but they won’t do so unless we show the huge public demand for change. You can also join this event online and submit questions in advance.

11th April 2026, 10:00 am - 05:00 PM

Spring Skillshare: Practical Organising Against the Far Right

The Pyramid at Anderston, 759 Argyle Street, Glasgow G3 8DS
Join us for local organiser training in Glasgow, bringing together people from the climate, migrant and social justice movements to connect and share skills in a day of practical and fun workshops.

01st April 2026, 6:00 pm - 08:00 PM

Our Power: community meal and campaign launch

Kinning Park Complex, 43 Cornwall Street, Glasgow, G41 1BA
Our Power is a new coalition campaign launching ahead of the Scottish elections, putting pressure on the next government to put communities and workers first by calling for policies that put real money back into communities, and that create good, secure jobs for workers and businesses. Come along to be part of this exciting campaign – dinner free of charge.

31st March 2026, 7:00 pm - 08:00 PM

Webinar: Bill McKibben on the divestment movement

Online
Join us for a webinar with renowned author, climate activist and co-founder of the fossil fuel divestment movement, Bill McKibben.

We’ll hear more about how people-powered divestment campaigning has led to universities, churches, pension funds and even whole countries to stop funding the oil and gas companies that are fuelling climate breakdown. 

We’ll also discuss how we can work together for a new renewable energy future that protects people and the planet, not the profits of big polluters. 

23rd March 2026, 6:00 pm - 08:00 PM

Better Buses for Grampian – Len Ironside Centre

Len Ironside Centre, Mastrick Drive, Aberdeen, AB16 6UE
Join us for a meeting at the Len Ironside Centre to discuss buses in Aberdeen, problems and solutions, and how they can be made more accessible for people with disabilities.

Grampian’s bus network is failing passengers and private bus companies are making millions from a broken system. The average bus fare has increased above inflation, discouraging bus use and resulting in routes being cut across our region.

Accessible, reliable and affordable buses are essential to connect our communities - they are a lifeline, not a luxury

21st March 2026, 1:00 pm - 03:00 PM

Better Buses for Grampian – Northfield Meeting

Northfield Community Centre, Byron Square, Northfield, Aberdeen, AB16 7LL
Join us for a meeting at Northfield Community Centre to discuss buses in Aberdeen, problems and solutions, and how you can get involved in the campaign.

Grampian’s bus network is failing passengers and private bus companies are making millions from a broken system. The average bus fare has increased above inflation, discouraging bus use and resulting in routes being cut across our region.

Safe, reliable and affordable buses are essential to connect our communities - they are a lifeline, not a luxury.

14th March 2026, 2:00 pm - 04:00 PM

Better Buses for Buchan Meeting

The Hub Peterhead, 21 Windmill Street, Peterhead, AB41 1LH
Join us for a meeting at The Hub Peterhead to discuss buses in Buchan, problems and solutions, and how you can get involved in the campaign.

14th March 2026, 1:00 pm - 03:00 PM

Stop the Nuclear Nightmare -National Demonstration

Faslane naval base (HMNB Clyde), Helensburgh, Argyll & Bute
We will join a broad coalition with the Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament at the site of Britain's nuclear weapons. Help us send the message to politicians running for elected office that Scotland rejects these horrific weapons based on our coasts. Click through to book on a coach going from Edinburgh and Glasgow.

12th March 2026, 5:30 pm - 08:30 PM

Power Station: film screening & discussion

Glasgow School of Art - Reid Building
Please join us for ‘Power Station’ - an inspiring and uplifting new film about how we can turn our homes and our streets into renewable power stations. We will be joined by Hilary Powell, one of the film's stars and co-director for an online Q&A.

We’ll have teas, coffees and vegan food available along with time for discussion after the film. Everyone is very welcome! This event is organised by Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow Community Energy, Friends of the Earth Scotland, Unison Glasgow and Extinction Rebellion Glasgow.

28th February 2026, 2:00 pm - 04:00 PM

Better Buses for Grampian Meeting

Inchgarth Community Centre, Aboyne Pl, Aberdeen, AB10 7DR
Join us for a meeting at Inchgarth Community Centre to discuss buses in Aberdeen, problems and solutions, and how you can get involved in the campaign.

Grampian’s bus network is failing passengers and private bus companies are making millions from a broken system. The average bus fare has increased above inflation, discouraging bus use and resulting in routes being cut across our region.

Safe, reliable and affordable buses are essential to connect our communities - they are a lifeline, not a luxury.

25th February 2026, 6:30 pm - 08:00 PM

National Meeting: Scotland Demands Better Buses

Online event
Join us to hear from people taking action for better buses across Scotland and find out how you can get involved in campaigning this spring.

Collaborative event with Get Glasgow Moving and The Poverty Alliance.

24th February 2026, 6:00 pm - 08:00 PM

Scotland’s Big Climate and Nature Debate – Election Hustings

Augustine United Church, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh & Online
Join leading environmental groups in a crucial conversation ahead of the 2026 elections. From nature restoration and climate justice to food sovereignty we will be discussing some of the world’s most pressing issues. This is your chance to engage directly with political candidates in a dynamic panel discussion, Q&A, and audience participation hustings.

21st February 2026, 1:30 pm - 04:30 PM

Disabled Memory-ing: Creative Workshop

Southside Community Centre, Edinburgh, EH8 9ER
Join art worker Ink Asher Hemp for a workshop that makes space for disabled memory - using pictures and words to collage our musings, our world making, and caring.

This opportunity is aimed towards disabled and neurodivergent climate activists, disabled and neurodivergent people, and climate activists whose understanding of what they do has been influenced/shaped by disabled activists/disability justice.

14th February 2026, 7:00 pm - 11:30 PM

Valentine’s Ceilidh

Portobello Town Hall
Dance with your loved ones for our planet... All three hours of ceilidh dancing will be called and are non-gendered, dress code is informal! Starring the interstellar Cosmic Ceilidh Band and featuring a Bollywood danceathon with ceilidh friend, Charan Pradhan.

Run by the ceilidh collective, this event is supporting and fundraising for the active work of Friends of the Earth Scotland and Porty Community Energy.

Ceilidh tickets range from £11 - £25, depending on what you can afford.

12th February 2026, 12:00 pm - 01:00 PM

How can we build a green economy?

Online via Zoom
In this webinar we will look at how economic activity can be made to fit within its environmental limits - starting by looking at the efforts to stop further climate breakdown. It is clear that mainstream economic approaches are failing people in Scotland as they are around the world. Matthew Crighton from Friends of the Earth Scotland and the Just Transition Partnership will examine what this means for our campaigning and our allies.

02nd February 2026, 6:00 pm - 07:30 PM

No New Peterhead Gas: Campaign Update

Online call
Join us for an update on the campaign against the new Peterhead gas burning power station. We'll discuss what stage the Peterhead application is at, what the likely timelines are for decision making, and how the upcoming Scottish elections might affect the process. We’ll also reflect on a year of excellent action in 2025 and look ahead to how we can continue to resist new gas power in 2026. No campaign experience necessary

28th January 2026, 6:30 pm - 08:00 PM

National Meeting: Challenging conversations in polarised times

Online call - FoES members only
Join this workshop to help you build up the skills to have challenging conversations with people who disagree with us, in our communities, workplaces and homes. If we want to push forward progressive campaigns, we all need to build up our ability to talk, not debate, with those with opposing views to ours. We'll share skills & tips to succeed as well as giving you a chance to practice safely with others. Become a member if you wish to take part.

26th January 2026, 5:00 pm - 08:00 PM

Glasgow Local Meet Up

Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Come along and get to know your fellow Friends of the Earth Scotland members in a relaxed social environment, as we enjoy a free Celtic Connections concert together and go to the pub afterwards.

10th December 2025, 12:30 am - 01:30 PM

What should a just transition for fossil fuel workers look like?

Online event by Just Transition Partnership
nstead of real progress on just transition, so far in Scotland we have had just empty words from government, not backed up by results. Redundancies in fossil fuel sectors have not been met with the creation of clear pathways into new jobs in renewable energy.

We will hear about the frustration rising among workers and communities most affected and the outlines of what a just transition should feel like for the workforce will be presented.