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Events in December
Arran Natural History Society talk Ross Miller Trio Concert Winter Farmer’s Market Corrie Film Club Arran's Christmas Pantomime – Treasure Island Christmas at the Castle
Why environmentalists should care about tax
18th November 2025 Imagine living in a society in which polluters pay the full price of damage to our environment; enough public investment flows into climate change programmes to guarantee that we…
Climate Summit COP30 Belém Brazil 10-21 November 2025
At the end of COP30, Greenpeace sends a message from the front of the COP30 venue with a banner reading “Resist – Rise – Renew”. © Marie Jacquemin / Greenpeace © Filipe…
Poem for December
Outside Glasgow City Chambers Georges Square, campaigning as part of Friends of The Peoples Palace and Winter Gardens. 6th July 2019. Elspeth was our hard working Chair. Photo Credit ©️M. Laird
Images of autumn
With thanks to John Campbell and Jim Henderson for sharing these beautiful photos
SOS – Save Our (Kilbrannan) Sound
Saying One Thing and Doing Another.
Meet your MSPs at the Mass Lobby in Edinburgh
Making our homes warmer and more energy efficient Supporting us to secure jobs and the skills we need for these Enabling better public transport and safer streets for walking, wheeling and cycling…
An hour of not feeling complicit in the genocide
Almost 500 people were arrested in London yesterday for holding placards supporting ‘Palestine Action’ which the UK government has declared a ‘terrorist organisation’ despite it never harming anyone. In theory, anyone holding…
This is OUR Problem now! Plastics Treaty failure.
A rift over production vs. recycling The power of petro-lobbying A Treaty too weak, too late Consensus rules and deadlock
Arran Eco Savvy launches Climate Detectives project in schools
Composting and food waste – learning how nature recycles and how we can reduce waste at home and school. Energy use and renewables – discovering how Arran can power itself more sustainably.…
How we Lost Touch with Nature
Urban greening: Increasing nature in cities by 50%, 100%, or 1000%, in the context of a tenfold rise in urbanisation since 1800. Nature engagement campaigns: Boosting attention to nature by 50%, 200%,…
New seabird action plan a sticking plaster for a gaping wound
Hope for seabirds compromised by devastating decision Posted Wednesday 13th Aug 2025, at RSPB. Featured image credit: Jonathan Greenaway on Unsplash.com Today was meant to be an important day for Scotland’s seabirds.…