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  • 2021 Media

    Coal, steam, empire and COP26: Glasgow’s emissions story

    6 Nov 2021
    The Herald

  • 2021 Media

    Ellie Harrison publishes a new edition of The Glasgow Effect for COP26

    6 Nov 2021
    The Herald

  • 2021 Media

    Setting the Stage for Better Public Transport

    1 Nov 2021
    Resurgence & The Ecologist (p.34-36)

  • 2021 Media

    The Glasgow Effect

    1 Nov 2021
    Resurgence & The Ecologist (p.28)

  • 2021 Media

    People of Glasgow rise to meet green challenge

    26 Oct 2021
    The Times (p.4-5)

  • 2021 Media

    26 visions of hope for Scotland ahead of climate summit

    24 Oct 2021
    The Herald

  • 2021 Media
    STV News

    Is Glasgow ready for COP26?

    1 Oct 2021
    STV News

  • 2021 Media

    How to improve Scotland’s public transport system

    11 Sep 2021
    The National

  • 2021 Media
    Reporting Scotland

    Transport Proposals in SNP-Green Deal

    27 Aug 2021
    BBC Reporting Scotland

  • 2021 Media

    Magallanes y las geografías de lo (des)conocido

    23 Aug 2021
    Artishock (Chile)

  • 2021 Media

    Great British Railways Debate

    20 May 2021
    Jeremy Vine, BBC Radio 2

  • 2021 Media

    Community energy: power to the people

    21 Apr 2021
    Local Zero (0:24:31-0:35:40)

  • 2021 Media

    Our public transport must be a joy to use

    4 Apr 2021
    The Sunday Post

  • 2021 Media

    The best Glasgow books to read this World Book Day

    4 Mar 2021
    Glasgow Times

  • 2020 Media

    The City Adapts

    19 Oct 2020
    Embassy of Mobility, World Design Embassies (Netherlands)

  • 2020 Media

    Building back better in the ‘Dear Green Place’ with free buses and trains

    1 Sep 2020
    Scottish Left Review (Issue 119 p.8)

  • 2020 Media

    Review: Edinburgh Art Festival 2020

    4 Aug 2020
    Fleming Collection

  • 2020 Media

    Artists to present work outdoors and online to mark dates of cancelled Edinburgh Art Festival

    1 Aug 2020
    The Scotsman

  • 2020 Media

    Welcome to the 15-minute city

    19 Jul 2020
    Financial Times

  • 2020 Media

    The Glasgow Effect – Book Review

    1 Apr 2020
    Art Monthly (Issue 435 p.43)

  • 2020 Media

    Bus Regulation feature

    4 Mar 2020
    You & Yours, BBC Radio 4

  • 2020 Media

    The Glasgow Effect – Book Review

    28 Feb 2020
    Amazon

  • 2020 Media

    The Glasgow Effect: A Tale of Class, Capitalism & Carbon Footprint

    13 Feb 2020
    Social & Cultural Geography, Taylor & Francis Online

  • 2019 Media

    The Glasgow Effect interview

    19 Dec 2019
    Jackie Brambles, BBC Radio Scotland

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Ellie Harrison is an artist & activist based in Glasgow (UK). In 2023 she won the Stephen Fry Public Engagement Award for her ‘Bus Regulation: The Musical’ Trilogy in Greater Manchester, Strathclyde & Merseyside (2019 – 2023).
In 2021 the Second Edition of Harrison’s book The Glasgow Effect: A Tale of Class, Capitalism & Carbon Footprint was launched at the UN Habitat’s Innovate4Cities conference to mark the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, and chosen by the Ecologist for the Resurgence Book Club. Her Early Warning Signs were also exhibited at Glasgow’s Mitchell Library during COP26 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the project.
Harrison’s Vending Machine continues to feature in the 😹 LMAO exhibition exploring humour in data visualisation at the Open Data Institute in London.

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Ellie Harrison

Artist, activist & author of 'The Glasgow Effect: A Tale of Class, Capitalism & Carbon Footprint' 📚

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Don't miss our Better Buses National Hustings tonight! 👇 You can catch me on the livestream at 7pm:
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rFh2CjP_Xs @followers
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"We need The Scottish Government to support our transport authority, SPT, to bring the bus network back into public control, so they can deliver a fully-integrated, accessible and affordable public transport network across the region like Greater Manchester’s new ‘Bee Network’, or the recently released plans for South Yorkshire’s ‘People’s Network’" — Ellie Harrison

I was delighted to contribute to Gerry Hassan's article for Bella Caledonia about 𝘈 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘝𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘎𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘨𝘰𝘸 👏 Read online here 👇
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/03/31/time-for-a-new-deal-and-vision-for-glasgow @followers
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Calling all A-N members! Don't miss this online artist's talk and workshop on '𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲' which I'm co-hosting this Thursday 2 April, 11am-1pm 🌍 Find out more 👇 @followers ... See MoreSee Less

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Are you in Glasgow this evening? Come along to this free screening of the brilliant POWER Film at The Glasgow School of Art 👇 I'll be introducing the event, talking about my work with Glasgow Community Energy and chairing a Q&A with artist and filmmaker Hilary Powell 😊 @followersSave the date! 🌞 We're delighted to be collaborating with Friends of the Earth Scotland to bring you Turning homes into renewable Power Stations: film screening & Discussion 👇
🗓️ Thurs 12 March 2026, 5:30pm
📍 Reid Building, The Glasgow School of Art
🎟️ Book free tickets: powerstationGSA.eventbrite.com @followers
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It’s this blatant injustice that motivates all my campaigning 😡 Why should people in the poorest parts of Glasgow have to pay 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 for an essential public service as bankers in the City of London? Shame on The Scottish Government for presiding over this system for more than 25 years! @followers ... See MoreSee Less

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Ten years ago today, I was just beginning my year-long durational performance #TheGlasgowEffect which was to become one of the most controversial publicly-funded artworks that Scotland had ever seen.

Part psychological experiment, part protest, part strike, for the whole of 2016, I vowed not to travel beyond Glasgow’s city limits, or use any vehicles except my bike.

I described my experience of starting #TheGlasgowEffect, including being at the centre of the social media stooshie it provoked, in ‘When the Chips Hit the Fan’ – Chapter 5 of my book ‘The Glasgow Effect: A Tale of Class, Capitalism & Carbon Footprint’ published by Luath Press 📚

We have just printed a newly updated version of the Second Edition, so do have a read if you’d like to be transported back to that moment in January 2016... Find out more at: ellieharrison.com/book @followers
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It's been brilliant working with Metro Map Design to produce Get Glasgow Moving's new film setting out our vision for the new #ClydeMetro integrated public transport system 🤩 Check it out here 👇 @followers ... See MoreSee Less

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🚶🚲🚍🚇🚉 I was honoured to be invited to discuss my activism with Bring Back British Rail, Get Glasgow Moving & Better Buses for Strathclyde at ETF's 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘉𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 conference at KVS Brussels 🙌 @followers ... See MoreSee Less

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