News
Ban The Bag: Acting Local, Working Global (5gyres.org, Feb. 16, 2011)
...5 Gyres thinks global, all the time, because the ocean knows no boundaries. A bag ban in Australia is good for the ocean in Uruguay. But focusing, I'm excited for Thursday in Edinburgh, where our pal and comrade in arms Gordon Millar will be making his case for a bag ban there. Good luck Gordo. We're with you!... Read More
Make The Link - Climate Exchange (Blog by Veronica, Feb. 8, 2011)
I read an article in The Guardian a few days ago which was about a group of campaigners who are lobbying to ban plastic bags in Edinburgh. Gordon and Alison, the two campaigners are working to introduce a scheme... Read More
Bid to ban plastic bags in Edinburgh (The Guardian, Feb. 2, 2011)
On Thursday Edinburgh council will be asked to ban plastic bags in a move campaigners say will benfit the shoppers, the environment and tackle the city's £7 million landfill tax bill... Read More
Of Tax Evasion and Plastic Bags (Alison Johnstone, Green councillor, Jan. 31, 2011)
...Back in 2007, within a few months of becoming a Green councillor, I called on the city to investigate becoming plastic bag-free. the report that came back, in effect, said that it was all too tricky (even though the entire nation of Italy seems to think it can manage it). Disappointing and frustrating but the wheels of local government can often turn slowly. But the issue has not gone away... Read More
Pesky Plastics (VividLife.me Jan. 24, 2011)
...Another plastic bag for the garbage. It is essentially, just one bag, right? Gordon Millar of Edinburgh does not think so. Neither does his thousands of followers at theglobalwe.com. His movement is a simple concept really. His passion? Enormous. Gordon Millar and his followers want the world to ban plastic bags, and... Read More
Not So Pretty Poly (suitablydespairing.blogspot.com Jan. 5, 2011)
The bastion of eco-mindedness and left wing environmentally-friendly, er, Italy, has taken a step that Edinburgh has refused to do. Plastic bags have been banned in the whole country. Taking a walk along the Water of Leith yesterday, it's clear from the accumulated rubbish along the shores that... Read More
Alison aims to get loyalty scheme backing in the bag (The Scotsman, Dec. 31, 2010)
A local councillor is calling for plastic bags to be replaced by an innovative Bonus Bag loyalty scheme started by the Greener Leith group. Councillor Alison Johnstone, the Green Party representative for Meadows and Morningside ward of the city, said... Read More
New Year's Resolutions 2011: Submit Your Pledges For Change (The Huffington Post, Dec. 31, 2010)
This New Year's, make a resolution that will not only stick but will make a difference for you and the world. We've listed some great green resolutions... Read More
Councillor backing bid to bin plastic bags (The Scotsman, Dec. 30, 2010)
City councillor Ewan Aitken is encouraging residents to back a campaign to make plastic bags a thing of the past in the Capital. The Craigentinny and Duddingston councillor is supporting the bid by environmental campaigner Gordon Millar and Green councillor Alison Johnstone to persuade the... Read More
MSP seizes second chance to bring in plastic bag tax (Edinburgh Evening News, Dec. 28, 2010)
A City MSP wants to use new powers proposed for the Scottish Parliament to bring in a tax on plastic bags. Edinburgh South Liberal Democrat Mike Pringle... Read More
Ban carrier bags in Edinburgh - A practical idea (Gordon Hudson, Eco-Congregation Scotland, Dec. 26, 2010)
Thanks to my colleague Ewan Aitken for alerting me to a campaign to ban plastic bags in Edinburgh. I feel like an old hand at this because more than ten years ago I started selling hessian Fairtrade shopping bags... Read More
A wee task that could make a big difference (Labour councillor Ewan Aitken, Dec. 26, 2010)
By now the joy of clearing up the post Christmas Day mess and especially the packaging will have hit you. If the quantity of unnecessary amazes you as it does me and if you are thinking now about New Year resolutions you could do worse than support this campaign... Read More
Bonus bag to go city-wide? (greener leith, dec. 23, 2010)
Our innovative We Love Leith 'bonus Bag' loyalty scheme that encourages Leithers to support independent businesses has won praise from a local city councillor. Cllr Alison Johnstone would like to see the idea go city-wide as part of a bid to declare Edinburgh a plastic bag-free city... Read More
Bid to make Capital plastic bag free (The Edinburgh Green Party, Dec. 22, 2010)
Green Councillor and top Holyrood candidate, Alison Johnstone, has today announced a new bid to make Edinburgh plastic bag free. As reported in the Edinburgh Evening News today, Alison has teamed up with campaigner, Gordon Millar, to seek to persuade the City Council to back the bid... Read More
Bid to make Capital free of plastic bags (Edinburgh Evening News, Dec. 22, 2010)
A new bid is being mounted to make plastic bags a thing of the past in the Capital. Environmental camapigner Gordon Millar and Green councillor Alison Johnstone hope to persuade the city council to back a move towards becoming a plastic bag-free city, and to encourage the Scottish Parliament to bring a tax on the bags... Read More
