Campaigns
The Scottish Green Party campaigns on a wide range of issues, including those listed below. Some of our campaigns are led from within the Scottish Parliament, some through local government, and others by Greens working in communities across Scotland. Find out more about our current campaigns below.
Warm Scotland
Scotland's housing stock is poorly insulated and inefficiently heated, and fuel bills are too high, especially for those on low incomes. Wasted energy also means more climate-busting pollution. Properly insulating all Scotland's homes would be the cheapest and most efficient way to tackle all these problems at the same time.
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Forth Road Bridge
The Scottish Green Party is currently the only Parliamentary party arguing for the existing Forth Road Bridge to be repaired, rather than building a new bridge for a starting price of £2,300m. The cables on the Forth Road Bridge have been deteriorating. They are now being dried out, and information expected next year will establish how successful that has been. Even if this measure does not work, installing a new cable would cost a maximum of £122m, a small fraction of the cost.
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Vote Green for Westminster
The priorities for the Scottish Greens 2010 Westminster campaign are a living wage for all, to protect public services and to support new green jobs.
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Trump & Menie
The Scottish Green Party is the only party campaigning against Donald Trump's unpopular plans to build a leisure resort and two golf courses at Menie in Aberdeenshire. His proposals would require the eviction of local residents who do not wish to sell their homes, and the destruction of the mobile dunes, a protected site.
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North Kelvin Meadow
The Scottish Green Party supports the North Kelvin Meadow Campaign, a community group set up to campaign for the disused green space between Clouston Street and Kelbourne Street to be turned into a multi-use community green space for the people of Maryhill.
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Save Our Steps
Glasgow Greens are campaigning against a plan, so far supported by Glasgow City Council, to demolish the steps at the top of Buchanan Street and replace this valued public space with more shops. Greens also oppose the associated plan to build a multi-storey car park on top of nearby Buchanan Street Bus Station.
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Working with the Scottish Greens
Check here for jobs either with the Green MSPs in Holyrood or with the voluntary party.
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Scottish Green Party Conference 2010
The Scottish Greens biggest event of the year – our annual conference – is on 6 and 7 November 2010 at the Craiglockhart Centre in Edinburgh. Book now! Speakers will include Caroline Lucas, Britain’s first Green MP, Patrick Harvie, co-leader of the Scottish Greens, and Green activists and candidates from across Scotland.
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