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Andrew Collins of Aberdeen Meeting shares how he constructed  a building in Newmachar out of straw bales.

Here’s a quiz to start:

a.What percentage of UK overall waste comes from households?

b.What percentage of that gets recycled?

Kate Atchley, an attender at Kelso meeting, has  built her own eco-house. She loves it, but it  was not all plain sailing …! 

 Quakers in Scotland have responded to the call for views by the independent task force set up by the Scottish Government which is currently consulting about a potential new Human Rights

Welcome! This is the second of a new series about what we and others can do, and are doing, about the climate emergency.

Quakers in Scotland make a submission to the consultation on the incorporation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child into Scots Law


Quakers in Scotland are working with Together (Scottish Alliance for
Children’s Rights) on a new Bill to enshrine children’s rights into Scots
law.

Covid-19 has meant that Edinburgh Doors Open Day has moved online in 2020 - so welcome to our virtual tour, which shows you around

Welcome! This is the first of a new series about what we and others can do, and are doing, about the climate emergency.

At Area Meeting on Saturday 27 June, there was discussion of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, prompted by a minute from South Edinburgh local meeting, and a report of a young activist from

Quakers in Scotland have joined with civic society organisations in calling on the First Minister to discuss how Scotland can lead a radical response to the double crises of climate change and