Scottish Young Greens
The Scottish Young Greens is the youth wing of the Scottish Green Party. It formally, and amicably, split from the Young Greens of England and Wales in 2003, more than ten years after their parent organisations had similarly split. The two still work closely together. Both are members of the Federation of Young European Greens.
Scottish Young Greens have had a certain amount of success in student politics, with current Rector of the University of Edinburgh Peter McColl a former Convener of the Young Greens (2008-10). Both contemporary and recent former Presidents/Vice Presidents of Edinburgh University Students' Association and Glasgow University Students' Representative Council have been Young Greens. The 2004-2005 Deputy President of NUS Scotland, Phyl Meyer, was also a Young Green.
Young Greens also ran the successful and widely covered campaign to elect Lothian Green MSP Mark Ballard as Rector of Edinburgh University.
Scottish Young Greens James Smyth and Ross Greer have been Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament (2011-2013).
The Scottish Young Greens have variously campaigned for the Scottish and UK Climate Bills, Fairtrade Universities, Votes at 16, a Free, Fair and Funded Education System, and against HMO Quotas. They gained substantial media coverage when in 2007 they revealed that Edinburgh university invested substantially in TOTAL Oil - biggest financial supporters of the Burmese Junta. Scottish Young Greens were also central to the preparations for the protests at the 2005 G8 Summit in Scotland.
The Co-Conveners of the Council of the SYG are Hannah Coull and Ross Greer.
As of the 23 January 2011, the SYG ratified their official constitution.
External links
- Scottish Young Greens official site
- Scottish Green Party
- Federation of Young European Greens
- Scottish Young Greens Constitution
- Press coverage of the Scottish Young Greens' Burma/TOTAL Oil campaign
- Report of a public meeting in the campaign against tuition fees
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