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July
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Join us for the A New Scotland? book launch where we’ll hear from the editor Gregor Gall along with contributors Regina Serpa
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Join us for the A New Scotland? book launch where we’ll hear from the editor Gregor Gall along with contributors Regina Serpa and Michael Keating.
Inequality and unfairness still stalk Scotland after more than twenty years of devolution. Having done little to shield against austerity, Brexit and an increasingly right-wing Westminster agenda, calls for further constitutional reform to solve pressing political, economic and social problems grow ever louder. The debate over further devolution or independence continues to split the population. In A New Scotland, leading activists and academics lay out their blueprints for radical reform, showing how society can be transformed by embedding values of democracy, social justice and environmental sustainability into a coherent set of policy ideas.
At Lighthouse we’re constantly seeking out those books that open new doors and make new connections for people. As important as it is to reckon with history or to diagnose the issues of today, we really need more books and spaces that create opportunities for expansive conversations around what is possible and that foster bold visions of the future. This is such a book.
Each reader is likely to connect with the essays in different ways, bring their own insights and experience to topics as varied as homelessness, healthcare, culture, migration, precarious work, disability and environmental justice – to name but a few.

Time
(Monday) 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location
Lighthouse Bookshop
43-45 West Nicolson Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9DB
Registration / Ticket Link
Tickets HereOrganiser
Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical BookshopLighthouse is a queer-owned and woman led independent community bookshop, unapologetically activist, intersectional, feminist, antiracist, lgbtq+ community space. Nominated in 2020 as Scotland’s Best Independent Bookshop! 43-45 West Nicolson Street Edinburgh, Scotland, EH8 9DB
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What are climate reparations? Who is calling for them? Why are they needed to ensure climate justice? Come and hear from our speakers about the case for climate reparations, ask questions,
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What are climate reparations? Who is calling for them? Why are they needed to ensure climate justice?
Come and hear from our speakers about the case for climate reparations, ask questions, explore the issues and the solutions, and consider the actions we might take here in Scotland to recognise the damage done, and to ensure a just transition to a fossil fuel free world.
Speakers
- Lumumba Di-Aping, longstanding climate justice advocate from South Sudan and chief negotiator for the G77 group of developing countries at the landmark UN climate talks in Copenhagen in 2009
- Further speakers tbc
At the Copenhagen climate summit more than a decade ago, our keynote speaker, the chief negotiator for the group of 77 countries in the global south Lumumba Di-Aping, called out countries in the global north for ‘colonising the sky’. He also called out the leaked text of the Copenhagen climate treaty as ‘climate genocide’, asserting that ‘we [the countries of the global south] have been asked to sign a suicide pact’.
Lumumba’s comments were in response to repeated attempts by rich countries to block climate action and shut down any global agreement on reparations, in recognition of the global north’s historic responsibility for climate change.
Twelve years later, at the COP26 in Glasgow last November, rich countries were still blocking attempts to agree compensation for climate damages. However, the Scottish government has spoken out in support of compensation for loss and damage from climate change, and Scotland was the first rich country to pledge to give money specifically for this at the UN climate summit last year.
For centuries, reparations activists and communities across the global south have demanded reparations and planetary repairs in response to colonialism. Now they are increasingly calling for climate reparations in response to climate breakdown.
Colonialism created the world that gave us climate breakdown and also brought the beginnings of debt, unfair trade rules and corporate power that have led to the deep inequalities of wealth and power in the world, and also to climate injustice. Western governments and fossil fuel companies bear much responsibility, yet they rarely acknowledge their role.
There cannot be climate justice without reparations. Not just monetary compensation for the losses faced by the global south, but repairing the damage done by climate change and ending the economic violence that’s driving it.
We invite people to come along to hear our excellent speakers, but also to ask questions and explore the issues, and solutions.
Picture: Maddy Winters, Against the Grain photography

Time
(Monday) 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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Global Justice Now"We are a democratic social justice organisation working as part of a global movement to challenge the powerful and create a more just and equal world. We mobilise people in the UK for change, and act in solidarity with those fighting injustice, particularly in the global south" [email protected]
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Mix and mingle with local community groups and be the first to hear about plans for the new Edinburgh Climate Action Hub. You can also enjoy a preview of #ourEdinburghneighbourhood’s
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Mix and mingle with local community groups and be the first to hear about plans for the new Edinburgh Climate Action Hub.
You can also enjoy a preview of #ourEdinburghneighbourhood’s 20-Minute Neighbourhoods exhibit.
Thank you event host #ourEdinburghneighbourhood at the pop-up Urban Room entered through Linton & Co coffee bar on top of
Waverley Mall – next to Waverley Steps escalator from the rail station
up to Princes Street
About Edinburgh Climate Action Network & Hub
We’re uniting community groups across the city and inviting everyone to take part in the development of the new Edinburgh Climate Action Hub.
How the Hub works and what it will do is to be shaped by the communities of Edinburgh. The aim is to support, inspire, and build capacity and connections. This could include: specialist support to develop your ideas, projects, and organisation; training sessions, events, resources and tool kits; as well as the sharing of knowledge, skills, and inspiration as we create a thriving, sustainable future.
For more visit sccan.scot/edinburghcan
You can also get all the latest Network news and event invitations by subscribing to our email updates, and following @ScotCCAN #EdinburghCAN on your social media channels.

Time
(Tuesday) 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Location
Urban Room @ Waverly Market
3/48 Waverley Bridge, EH1 1BQ
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Register HereOrganiser
SCCAN Scottish Communities Climate Action NetworkDavid Somervell, Events Organiser
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HOT AND BOTHERED is four-day online event taking place from 14-17th July 2022 across time
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HOT AND BOTHERED is four-day online event taking place from 14-17th July 2022 across time zones that will bring together young people across the globe to connect, exchange ideas and share knowledge to foster action for climate justice.
We see climate change for what it is: a crisis. But the event aims to create a hopeful and joyful space where young people can become change agents to reduce climate doom and generate alternative narratives. Grounded in intersectionality, HOT AND BOTHERED celebrates the diversity of young people both in their identities and their approaches to climate action.
Science Gallery locations and young people will deliver a programme of performances, workshops and games to discuss indigenous climate knowledges, understand the power of data visualisation, co-create activist manifestos, share climate emotions, build youth agency, and more. Register now to join artists, scientists, designers, activists, environmental educators, and performers in this global event.
HOT AND BOTHERED is Science Gallery’s annual Youth Symposium event for 2022. Past events have focused on boredom, trust and co-creation — this year, join a global event with a passion for saving the environment!

Time
July 14 (Thursday) - 17 (Sunday)
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Register and explore the full programmeOrganiser
Science Gallery International[email protected] Dublin, Ireland
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Climate Camp Scotland is back! On 28th July – 1st August we’ll be living, learning and taking action together at a beautiful location somewhere in Aberdeen: we will announce the exact
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Climate Camp Scotland is back! On 28th July – 1st August we’ll be living, learning and taking action together at a beautiful location somewhere in Aberdeen: we will announce the exact location prior to the camp.
Our camp will create a base for mass action, and offer a space for workshops, discussions, music, art, and visioning a future beyond fossil fuels. We want to build a space where people can learn, share ideas, and take action together – join us and spread the word!
We’ll share much more details in the coming weeks, in the mean time use this form to express your interest and encourage your pals to sign up too. You can also take part in shaping the camp by joining our Slack for details of working groups and up and coming meetings and socials.

Time
July 28 (Thursday) 12:00 pm - August 1 (Monday) 6:00 pm
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More InformationAugust
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Climate Camp Scotland is back! On 28th July – 1st August we’ll be living, learning and taking action together at a beautiful location somewhere in Aberdeen: we will announce the exact
Event Details
Climate Camp Scotland is back! On 28th July – 1st August we’ll be living, learning and taking action together at a beautiful location somewhere in Aberdeen: we will announce the exact location prior to the camp.
Our camp will create a base for mass action, and offer a space for workshops, discussions, music, art, and visioning a future beyond fossil fuels. We want to build a space where people can learn, share ideas, and take action together – join us and spread the word!
We’ll share much more details in the coming weeks, in the mean time use this form to express your interest and encourage your pals to sign up too. You can also take part in shaping the camp by joining our Slack for details of working groups and up and coming meetings and socials.

Time
July 28 (Thursday) 12:00 pm - August 1 (Monday) 6:00 pm
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Can small people, in small places, doing small things, change the world? One of Mexico’s most remarkable ecosystems, the cloud forest, is under threat as coffee plantations, cattle grazing and an
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Can small people, in small places, doing small things, change the world?
One of Mexico’s most remarkable ecosystems, the cloud forest, is under threat as coffee plantations, cattle grazing and an increase in human population all take their toll. In response, the people of a small town in Veracruz take it upon themselves to “be the change” and protect this unique habitat. Building their own homes, schools and farms, they set out to restructure their entire culture, from the food they grow to their children’s education, radically redefining their relationship with nature – and each other – along the way.
With birdsong, the sound of water flowing and the wind as its only musical soundtrack, this gentle, contemplative documentary offers an intimate and inspiring portrait of community resilience.
CONTENT NOTES: Contains depictions of animal slaughter
We’ll be welcoming guests from 6.30pm for a 7pm screening and will leave opportunity for some open discussions if you’d like to stay on afterwards.

Time
(Thursday) 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Location
Arnotdale House and Cafe
Camelon Road, Falkirk, FK1 5SQ
Registration / Ticket Link
Register HereOrganiser
Forth Environment Link[email protected] Cameron House, Forthside Way, Stirling FK8 1QZ
September
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Our second and final Dandelion Festival takes place in Inverness’s Northern Meeting Park on 2–4 September – a three-day spectacular of live music, performances, talks, workshops and food that’s open
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Our second and final Dandelion Festival takes place in Inverness’s Northern Meeting Park on 2–4 September – a three-day spectacular of live music, performances, talks, workshops and food that’s open to everyone and completely free.
There’ll be…
- Live music across our three stages – including the Pavilion of Perpetual Light, a spectacular 10-metre vertical farm and concert platform made from dozens of Cubes of Perpetual Light, and the intimate, in-the-round Orchard Stage
- Talks by leading scientists, chefs, artists, activists and others on such urgent issues as sustainability, climate action and food poverty
- Inspiring workshops, discussions and other hands-on activities hosted by charities, campaign groups and community organisations in our intimate Dandelion Potting Sheds
- Interactive, inclusive and inspiring activities for children of all ages
- Seed and plant giveaways – plus the chance to get up close with our Cubes of Perpetual Light
- Food and drink, locally sourced from ethical and sustainably minded producers and vendors



Time
September 2 (Friday) - 4 (Sunday)
Location
Northern Meeting Park
14 Ardross Street, Inverness, IV3 5NS
Organiser
DandelionAn ambitious creative programme demonstrating the power of collective action through a major grow-your-own initiative of modern times. Combining growing, science, art and music, Dandelion is an invitation to the whole of Scotland to cultivate, create and share everything from ideas and stories to misshapen veg.