Greener festival, greener city
A Green Festival City is a great Festival City, argues Alex Staniforth. Every August Edinburgh welcomes hundreds of thousands of visitors to its world-famous…
Championing the Union Canal
Gavin Corbett reflects on his first year as Edinburgh’s canal champion. At this week’s meeting of all of Edinburgh’s councillors (23 August) there is…
Single-use plastics
I am a young green living in Edinburgh, and I am fed up of plastic. I am not the only one. Cllr Burgess and…
Bridging the housing benefit chasm
Decisions by the UK Government to freeze housing benefit for private tenants fail Edinburgh says Susan Rae
Barrow boy!
Gavin Corbett highlights five lessons from a morning on the street cleaning barrow cart. My regular correspondents will know that I am a bit…
One Planet Edinburgh
Edinburgh’s Green group of councillors has two new co-convenors Mary Campbell and Chas Booth. Here they set out the green challenges facing the city…
Future of Meadowbank
Tomorrow, Friday 29th June, Edinburgh’s Development Management Committee will consider a proposal which will determine the future of Meadowbank Stadium. Incredibly, it’s taken over…
Smoothing the rocky roads
Improving basic roads maintenance should be a higher priority than building new roads and roundabouts argues Chas Booth. The quality of road, pavement and…
Our future schools crunch time
The future of secondary schools in the city will come to a special meeting of Edinburgh’s Education Committee this week. Cllr Mary Campbell explains…
Re-imagining Redford Barracks
Gavin Corbett argues that MoD withdrawal from Redford Barracks is a major opportunity which the city should seize. The Ministry of Defence announced in…
Trams to Leith: let’s get it right
Edinburgh Greens’ transport spokesperson Cllr Chas Booth argues that any tram extension to Newhaven must make life easier for those walking and cycling. On…
School lunches: progress and potential
Mary Campbell welcomes progress on school lunches but says there is an opportunity to go so much further. This week my son will eat…
Building schools for our communities
Learning from school building programmes of the past is crucial in building for the future, says Mary Campbell. Council priorities come and go over…
Running Edinburgh: one year on
It is a year since the council elections of May 2017: Green co-convenors Melanie Main and Steve Burgess give a Green perspective on where…
Tackling plastic pollution
Edinburgh can lead the way in tackling plastic pollution, argues STEVE BURGESS The final episode of Blue Planet 2 late last year vividly showed…
Celebrating Edinburgh’s women
The gender divide is never far away but on International Women’s day, last Thursday, it was just a little more obvious, writes CLAIRE MILLER.…
Green Budget Day
Green Finance spokesperson Cllr Gavin Corbett previews the council budget today. Today is budget day – the single biggest decision the council will take…
Green Budget 2018: Ambitious for Edinburgh
Green councillor Gavin Corbett sets out the party’s “Ambitious for Edinburgh” budget plans for next year. This is my sixth council budget as lead…
St Margaret’s House – a new future?
Green councillor Alex Staniforth argues that the threat facing Edinburgh Palette at St Margaret’s House at Meadowbank highlights a wider opportunity for provision of…
Films for juniors
Mary Campbell heralds an outbreak of common sense on baby and carer screenings of films. Any parents with a baby under one will attest…
Green budget for Edinburgh 2018
Edinburgh needs a green budget, argues Gavin Corbett. The council will set its budget on 22 February. It is the single biggest decision the…
Finding space for Gaelic
How best should Scotland’s capital support Gaelic and Gaelic medium education as part of the education service as a whole? Green councillor Mary…
Nurturing music: the agent of change
Introducing an “agent of change” principle to planning and licensing law would boost live music and protect residents. Alex Staniforth explains. Former Beatle, Sir…
Happy 2018: the year of young people!
Melanie Main welcomes 2018 as the year of young people. Happy New Year! 2018 has been earmarked as the year of young people. That’s…
Holding council officers to account
Chas Booth argues that holding council officers to account needs something more than grandstanding in the council chamber. At the full meeting City of…
Fixing a broken housing system
In a broken housing system, how we “do” housing needs to change, argues Andy Wightman.
The price of high rents
Edinburgh’s tenants need a break says Susan Rae. Our city has more private tenants than anywhere else in Scotland. 63,000, or one in 4…
Schools review in South West and West Edinburgh: here we go again
The controversy around the schools review in west and south west Edinburgh could, and should, have been avoided argues Mary Campbell. Even in the…
Picardy Place: how effective is the consultation?
Picardy Place, to the east of the city centre, has become a focal point for a debate about transport in our city in the…
The electric transport revolution
The shift to electric vehicles needs to go hand in hand with traffic reduction in the city, argues Councillor Chas Booth. The recent announcements…