Shawlands GoBike and Bike Bus celebrate Glasgow’s ambitious cycle lane plans with heartfelt ‘Thank You’ card
Shawlands Bike Bus, GoBike, and local parents and their children, came together to show their appreciation for the city’s 270km cycle network plans. With a “jumbo Thank You card” in hand, they shared gratitude, feedback, and hopes for a more bike-friendly future.
Parents for Future Scotland: Let’s make this election about people, not profit
Parents for Future Scotland urge election candidates to address rising energy costs for families like the Andersons in Glasgow amid ongoing cost of living concerns. Support their Warm This Winter campaign for emergency aid and a shift to renewable energy.
‘We do it for the joy’: Women on Wheels
Women on Wheels founder, Shgufta Anwar, the local cycling pioneer who’s battled family disapproval to bring two-wheeled travel to over 900 Glasgow women tells more about how her faith has inspired her journey – and what she hopes for as politicians juggle climate ambition with reality on the ground.
Two years on: Remembering how a community fed La Minga Indigena during COP26
This week marks the two year anniversary of COP26. Whilst the impact of the conference left many underwhelmed, the collective action and community support that was channelled during those days cannot be overlooked. In this piece, a resident reflects on the Southside’s efforts to host and feed the elders from the La Minga collective.
Take Me Somewhere Returns In 2023 [AD]
The international biennial festival, Take Me Somewhere, returns to Glasgow for the first time since 2019. Performances will take place across the city with many site-specific installations, including at Tramway, from 13 to 28 October 2023.
Dreams for Albert Road
How would you transform your street to encourage more outdoor living? Residents and businesses share their ideas while pondering how these changes would impact community and local trade
Grounded, rooted, growing: the queer joys of gardening
Queer and trans identity can mean it isn’t always comfortable to be relaxed and authentic in a gardening environment, and having groups that don’t present this barrier can be important. Dylan Beck reports on the growth of LGBTQI+ inclusive gardening groups in the Southside.
Mapping the Southside’s Sustainability Solutions
The GALLANT Photo Map celebrates the wealth of community-based, sustainability-focused projects in and around Govanhill. People from the community working alongside photographers from Open Aye and Glasgow uni to map the area.
It’s Mango Season in Govanhill
Artists, Ragini Chawla and Hussein Mitha have been facilitating mango workshops to explore the political and nostalgic elements of the fruit. To celebrate the mango in all its forms Rumpus Room hosted its very own mango party.
On Track for a More Connected Govanhill? Plans for the Clyde Metro
Before the end of the year, the Scottish Government should be publishing their delivery plan for the future transport proposals — including the vast overhaul of the Clyde Metro system. We delve into the proposed changes and how they could revolutionise Govanhill’s connections to the city.
Govanhill: Dreams of the Future
We asked a number of people in Govanhill to imagine a future, a more perfect version of the neighbourhood, 10 years from now.
Ash Dieback: A Loss to Queen’s Park
There are 460 Ash Trees in Queen’s Park. Half of them will die in the foreseeable future because of a disease known as Ash Dieback. The future of the park’s arboreal landscape is very much in our hands.
The Fifteen Minute City
The owner of Outwith Books, Natalie Whittle’s has written a book about the Fifteen Minute City, the idea of how having all amenities within a 15 min cycle or walk of your home benefits the economy, wellbeing and the climate.
Food Not Bombs: Anarchic Food Provision in Queen’s Park
In our Food Issue, Liam Smillie shadowed the anarchist group Food Not Bombs to learn about how they are tackling the food-waste crisis and seeking to alleviate food poverty.
After COP26: The Indigenous Struggle Continues
The delegates may all have returned to home, but the legacy of COP26 continues in Glasgow, where many local residents opened their homes to climate activists from around the world. For Issue 5, Craig Hunter, found out about the plight of indigenous leaders from the Sapara community in the Amazon rainforest.
The Value of Water
“It is only until you have carried your own water that you know the value of it” - African proverb. Writing for our COP26 special publication, The Scottish Beacon, Chinyanta Kabaso looked at the importance of climate justice in the struggle against at climate change - and how young people with the YCSA have been working towards a more diverse climate movement.
Life Mask / Death Mask: an art project by giacinta frisillo
Masks have become a staple of our lives, both worn on our faces and discarded on the streets. Artist and regular contributor, giacinta frisillo has been documenting this new form of litter as part of a performance painting project.
‘If We Can’t Dance, It’s Not Our Revolution’: The Southside Community Soundsystem
On the day of the biggest climate justice march in Glasgow, the Southside feeder march was kept buoyed by a community built soundsystem that encapsulated the spirit of the area, with a nod to the political beginnings of sound-system culture
Five Ways to Stay Positive in the Face of Climate Meltdown
“The climate crisis is huge and scary. Even the most environmentally aware of us instinctively want to suppress that fear, to put it on the bottom of the mental list and wish it would go away”. The fight for climate justice wearing you down? Read a handy illustrated guide for an environmentally-conscious morale boost.
Community-Led Action Against Climate Change
On the European Day of Sustainable Communities 2021, communities in Govanhill and across Glasgow, celebrated with a wide range of community events. SCCAN encourages communities to pioneer their way towards a more sustainable world and to respond creatively to the climate crisis.