Pop Up Sustainable Venue: The Landing Hub
This pop-up riverside venue at 222 Broomielaw is hosting a number of talks, workshops, performances screenings and other events over the duration of COP26 aiming to bring together arts and climate activism.
Activists Occupy Tradeston Site to Provide Accommodation for COP26
Activists are determined to keep possession of ‘Baile Hoose’ in Tradeston for the duration of COP26 and hope to be able to provide free accommodation to anyone wishing to attend the summit.
SEIN Presents: Scottish Ethnic Minority Deaf Club
Tauseeb Aslam, the Engagement Officer for Scottish Ethnic Minority Deaf Club (SEMDC), spoke to Ruth Cape and Jess Steele of the South East Integration Network, about SEMDC’s climate challenge work with the deaf ethnic minority community in Glasgow.
Community Energy’s Role in Addressing the Climate Crisis
While world leaders gather in our city for COP26, groups like Glasgow Community Energy are hoping to demonstrate the importance of local responses to the climate crisis.
Remade Network: Building a Repair Economy
In a world of fast fashion and cheap electronics, it can be too easy to buy new rather than repairing what we have. The Remade Network aims to offer an alternative as a one-stop shop for bringing life back into our goods.
Community Climate Action is an Act of Resistance
Originally published in our fourth print issue, Fraser Stewart sets why organising for climate action must be inclusive of all sections of our communities.
Parents For Future: We Can’t Wait Any Longer
More and more people are feeling moved by the climate emergency to take to activism in a way that they might never have before. Claire Larkin from Glasgow’s new Parents For Future group tells her story.
Invest in Communities to Address the Climate Crisis
Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow and Co-Leader of the Scottish Greens, outlines why investment in communities is essential to addressing the climate crisis and why it is counterproductive merely to guilt trip individuals.
Merry-go-round: Demonstrating the Benefits of a Less Wasteful Economy
Donating used items isn’t just a handy way to get rid of unwanted things. By providing the community with high quality, affordable baby clothes and equipment, Merry-go-round is demonstrating that the social and environmental benefits of a less wasteful economy go further than one might think.
Mutual Aid: Where Everyone is Valued
The team behind the Pollokshields Community Food Point explain the work that they carry out and the importance of mutual aid.
The Feeling's Mutual
As lockdown hit last year, Glasgow Mutual Aid groups sprung up to offer a no-questions asked service for those struggling to buy food. We hear from Yas and Derrick, who have helped each other in ways that go beyond a loaf of bread.
How the Pandemic Impacted the Roma Community
Ando Glaso has produced a report examining the experience of Scotland’s Roma community during the Covid-19 pandemic. The report is the first of its kind and highlights the specific difficulties and challenges that Covid-19 has presented to this community
The Langar: How the Sikh Community Kept Glasgow Fed Through the Pandemic
Originally published in our third print issue, Robbie Armstrong explores the importance of food in Sikh culture and how this community helped to keep Glaswegians fed over the last year.
Govanhill International Festival: Putting Anti-Racism Centre Stage
The Govanhill International Festival and Carnival is in its fifth year. Initially planned as a response to the vilification of migrants within our community, the festival has evolved into a vibrant, diverse and interdisciplinary celebration of what makes Govanhill unique.
The Issue of Waste Disposal
Originally published in our second print issue, Jamie Dyer discusses the issue of waste management and what is being done locally to address it.
Issue 3 - The Food Issue - Out Now!
Packed with news, interviews, features, recipes and more there is something for everyone in this issue of Greater Govanhill. Over 50 members of the community helped us to produce and distribute this issue and we couldn’t be more proud of it.
Listen to the Third Episode of The Greater Govanhill Show
The latest episode of our monthly radio programme aired on 2 July. The show took a look at a number of ways in which community is expressed in our area and included music from a variety of local artists.
People Power: A Guide to Your Local Community Councils
Toni Tochel, a member of Shawlands and Strathbungo Community Council, explains what community councils do and how you can get involved.
Meet The Volunteer: Ghulum Wali
Originally published in our third print issue, Greater Govanhill met Ghulum Wali from The People’s Pantry.
SEIN Presents… YCSA
Paolo Plotegher & Sarah Bower, both from the Youth Community Support Agency (YCSA), speak to Ruth Cape of the South East Integration Network about projects being offered to young black and minority ethnic people, and their parents and carers, in Pollokshields and Govanhill.