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.

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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.

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‘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.

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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.

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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. 

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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