Activism

A special one-off charity screening of Even the Rain (Tambien la Lluvia), a 2010 Spanish drama film starring…
The deadline for Edinburgh City Council's Waste Action Grants, worth up up to £2,500, is drawing close.
Amid concerns that she would be unable to leave Egypt due to the current political situation, eminent…
Edinburgh's Lord Provost has written to the Burmese opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to invite her to…
The Traverse Theatre Company is set to stage an immersive, live theatre event inspired by the Occupy Movement…
Tomorrow (Saturday 31st March) at 8.30pm, Edinburgh joins cities around the world by powering down for Earth…
An American geneticist who led the team that first isolated a gene from the chromosome of a living organism,…
New environmental network for young people not at university!
The winners of this year's Edinburgh Lord Provost Fair Trade Awards were revealed at a fair trade brunch…
Last year the ‘Anything Goes Knitting Group’ made headlines after they knitted 700 colourful squares to cover…
Friends of the Earth Scotland's popular, annual fundraising Ceilidh. The Robert Fish Band will lead the…
The Festival of Politics 2011, which runs from 20 - 27 August, presents a diverse programme of events…
SPOKES, Edinburgh's long-running cycle advocacy group, is urging anyone who cares about cycling and walking…
Edinburgh City Council yesterday voted to recognise the occupation in Edinburgh's financial quarter in St…
Occupy Edinburgh continues to camp out in St Andrew Square, the heart of Edinburgh's historic financial…
Professor Yasir Suleiman CBE FRSE Professor of Modern Arabic Studies, University of Cambridge
It started with Adusters magazine's poster, inspired by the Arab Spring, suggesting that Americans Occupy…
According to the Marine Conservation Society, Scotland had the highest average litter levels in the UK of…
The joint winners of the 2011 Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award were announced yesterday. The…
All hands on deck for this community clean-up of the popular, sandy Belhaven Beach. This volunteer event is…