We’d hoped to be spending yesterday afternoon with thousands of fellow supporters in a mass ride at the Scottish Parliament building, telling our politicians to act now and help us fight climate change by making Scotland a cycle-friendly country. It
Projecting on Parliament
It’s been tough keeping it under wraps, but as people across Scotland were preparing their individual light actions, we were also brewing a big one of our own… Our wee film makes it clear: one part of the solution to
Tomorrow we light the way!
Our big day of light based action is, very excitingly, TOMORROW! On Saturday April the 24th when darkness falls, Pedal on Parliament supporters across Scotland will be flicking on their lights to shine out the message that This Machine Fights
Active travel manifestos: Where do the main parties stand?
With the Holyrood election approaching on May 6th, we’re starting to see party manifestos come out. With our hustings event this evening we wanted to summarise where each of the main parties stand on active travel so far (we’ll update
Scotland’s Cycling and Sustainable Travel Hustings – Tuesday 20th April
We are hosting a joint hustings with Cycling Uk Scotland this coming Tuesday 20th April – and you are invited! The aim of the hustings is to give you the opportunity to question the transport spokespersons for the five main
Counting Down: Under two weeks to go!
We have just under two weeks to go before our night of light on Saturday April 24th. Are you ready to tell Scotland’s politicians out on the campaign trail that THIS MACHINE FIGHTS CLIMATE CHANGE and THE TIME IS NOW?
Slimming down – and building up – our manifesto
Alert readers may have noticed that the PoP Manifesto has a new look – we’ve reduced it down from its original eight points to three key ones while strengthening what we’re asking for, particularly when it comes to the amount
T-shirts, t-shirts – choices, choices
TL;DR – we have new t-shirts available! But for those of you who want to know a bit more – and where your money goes – read on. Right from the very start, Pedal on Parliament has been funded almost
A Month to Go! What are you planning?
It’s exactly a month until we’ll be lighting up Scotland with a message for all the candidates in the Holyrood election: that this machine fights climate change and the time to act is now. It’s fair to say that there’s
The Time is Now: Why we need to act urgently to save the climate
Late last year Greta Thunberg gave a powerful speech to mark the fifth anniversary of the Paris Climate accord. In it, she said: “at the current emission rate our remaining CO2 budget for 1.5 degrees will be completely gone within