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Reclaiming Govan’s Future

Friday 28th February, 2pm – 4:30pm
Macleod Hall, The Pearce Institute

Govan faces challenging years ahead – service cuts and new developments such as the planned new bridge, retail park and campus. Who is this development for? Who plans Govan’s future?

This workshop will be run jointly by CHE and Roland Playle + Jamie Hamilton from the Community Chartering Network – read more about them here.

During the workshop we will we will discuss ideas for taking a Plan for Govan forward which draws upon a variety of community planning processes such as:

Past experiences of and learnings from resident-led initiatives in Govan and the Thriving Places plan.
Community Life Plans (CLPs), developed in 2018-2019 for communities within the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park. These are consensual, holistic, aspirational and practical Local Place Plans which have since become a basis for the development of a new planning and land use framework for the area.
The Plan De Vida (PDV), a deep and sophisticated process of community rejuvenation upon which CLPs are based. The PDV was developed by the Misak indigenous people in Colombia, where its achievements have been significant.
Scotland’s (and the UK’s) first Community Charter, and the participation of 16 Scottish communities in the 2017 “Talking Fracking” national public consultation.
Enablers and constraints of the Scottish Planning System, including the potential opportunities represented by Local Place Plans, the Community Empowerment Act and other new planning legislation for which guidance is currently under development.

No booking required – just come along! Tea, coffee and light refreshments provided.

Created: 26 February 2020

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Posted by Svenja Meyerricks on Wednesday, December 11, 2019

An evening using archival films looking back at coal mining in Scotland and the UK to frame a discussion about the impact of coal industries and extractivism on communities & the environment today. Drinks and snacks provided.

With Mike Small (Bella Caledonia, Enough!), Dr Maria Antonia Velez Serna (Communications, Media and Culture, University of Stirling) and Chris Silver, a writer and researcher who will tell us about his month-long journey visiting coal mining communities and spaces of resistance across Europe.

Wed, 8 January 2020, 6pm – 8:30pm

Billiard Room, The Pearce Institute
840-860 Govan Road, Glasgow, G51 3UU

Tickets £0 – £6 – book yours on Eventbrite.

Screenings of:

‘People Will Always Need Coal’, 1975, 1 min, South Wales miners ad, British Film Institute

In a pitch apparently designed to outdo contemporary army recruitment films, the ad promises a non-stop world of macho glamour, fun, romance and sex.

‘Coalmining in Central Scotland’, 1930 – 1939, 15:54 min, Lanarkshire Experimental Group, National Library of Scotland’s Moving Images Archive

This film shows the activities above and below ground in a typical Scottish colliery. Produced with the co-operation of the Coltness Iron Co. Ltd.

‘Wealth from Coal’, 1940, 10 mins, directed by Edgar Anstey for the Realist Film Unit production, British Film Institute

In a world built on the coal industry, the discovery and use of crude coal by-products for plastics and drugs became increasingly urgent during WWII, from motor fuel to plastics, pneumonia medicine and fertilisers.

With thanks to Shifting Ground, Film Hub North.

Created: 11 December 2019

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Details: By Svenja Meyerricks

The concept of extractivism - the process of extracting (mining, drilling, felling or otherwise trading) high-demand natural resources from the Earth to sell on the world market - is more widely known in countries of the Majority World. However, extractivism has shaped the landscape and (post)industrial communities in Scotland and the UK over the last few centuries.

In January 2020 CHE will host two events on a short history of extractivism in the UK and beyond, using archival films from the National Library of Scotland and the British Film Institute about coal mining and industrial agriculture. We will announce a full programme with information on how to book soon, but here is some provisional information: save the dates!

Created: 06 December 2019

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An evening using archival films looking back at crofting and farming in Scotland to frame a discussion about the future of farming, extractivism and agroecology.

With Geoff Squire (James Hutton Institute) and Zarina Ahmad, environmentalist / climate change trainer and communicator at CEMVO Scotland).

Thursday, 23 January 2020, 6pm – 8:30pm

Andalus, New City Road, Glasgow, G4 9PA

Tickets £0 – £6

Screenings of:

‘Land Makar’, 1981, 31.32 mins, filmed by Margaret Tait for Ancona Films, National Library of Scotland’s Moving Images Archive

The ‘Land Makar’ of the title is ‘a poet of the land’. Margaret Tait described this film as ‘A landscape study of an Orkney croft, with the figure of the crofter, Mary Graham Sinclair, very much in the picture, and enriched throughout by her vivid comments.’

‘They Made The Land’, 1938, 19.41 mins, directed by Mary Field for Films of Scotland, National Library of Scotland’s Moving Images Archive

The struggle to live from the land and the work of the various departments of agricultural research and animal breeding. One of a group of seven documentaries made for the 1938 Empire Exhibition, under the supervision of John Grierson.

With thanks to Film Hub North’s Shifting Ground.

Created: 11 December 2019

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Event synopsis: How do we create a hospitable environment within a hostile environment? With the uncertainties of Brexit, we are falling into a new era of instability. To soften a hard landing, we work together to move into a phase of renewal, turning leaves into mulch to stimulate new growth. We celebrate migration, and embrace a world on the move as our ecosystems continue to unravel. How can we actively nurture and strengthen old and new networks of solidarity and mutual support?

Created: 22 October 2019