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Work-a-thon for the Self-Employed

3 November 2011
Wunderbar, Newcastle upon Tyne

A speech by Harrison to launch the second Work-a-thon for the Self Employed in Newcastle on 3 November 2011.

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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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This weekend! Dont miss Less is More – a mini exhibition by Ellie Harrison as part of Plenty? festival at The Barn in Banchory 🤗 Theyll be a FREE artists talk & discussion on both Saturday 5 + Sunday 6 October, 1:30-2:30pm 👇 @followers 🎟️ tinyurl.com/plenty2024

This weekend! Don't miss Less is More – a mini exhibition by Ellie Harrison as part of Plenty? festival at The Barn in Banchory 🤗 They'll be a FREE artist's talk & discussion on both Saturday 5 + Sunday 6 October, 1:30-2:30pm 👇 @followers
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I hope it goes well my love. x

This weekend! Please dont miss Less is More – a mini exhibition by Ellie Harrison as part of Plenty? festival at The Barn in Banchory 😍 On both Saturday 5 + Sunday 6 October, 1:30-2:30pm, Ill be hosting a FREE exhibition tour + discussion 👇 @followers

This weekend! Please don't miss Less is More – a mini exhibition by Ellie Harrison as part of Plenty? festival at The Barn in Banchory 😍 On both Saturday 5 + Sunday 6 October, 1:30-2:30pm, I'll be hosting a FREE exhibition tour + discussion 👇 @followers ... See MoreSee Less

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Thanks to West Dunbartonshire Libraries for hosting me last night as part of #ScotClimateWeek! It was so nice to meet you all 🤗 @followers

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Really interesting event

Why am I seeing this Ellie Harrison

Looking for something to do in the West of Scotland this Weds? 🤔@followers dont miss Climate Week Scotland - Ellie Harrison: The Glasgow Effect at 6:30pm at Dumbarton Library as part of #ScotClimateWeek 📚

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It was such an honour to present my work at the London Transport Museum Depot this weekend as part their Open Day! 🚍🥳 @followers I have three more FREE talks coming up in the next two weeks. Please come along and hear me speaking about different aspects of my work 👇 Wednesday 25 September 2024, 18:30-19:30 Dumbarton Library, Strathleven Place, Dumbarton, G82 1BD 📚 I’ll be talking about my book ‘The Glasgow Effect: A Tale of Class, Capitalism & Carbon Footprint’ as part of West Dunbartonshire Libraries Climate Week Scotland programme Sunday 29 September 2024, 11:00-16:00 Waterloo Action Centre, Baylis Road, London SE1 7AA 🚇 I’ll be joining the international panel discussion (via Zoom) from 12.30-13:20 as part of Fare Free London’s ‘Winning free public transport’ conference. Join online or in person): actionnetwork.org/events/winning-free-public-transport-campaign-meeting Saturday 5 & Sunday 6 October 2024, 13:30–14:30 The Barn, Burn O Bennie, Banchory, Aberdeenshire, AB31 5QA 📉 I’m delighted to be hosting two artist’s talks & discussions about my mini exhibition ‘Less is More’ for the Plenty? Festival of Degrowth at The Barn

It was such an honour to present my work at the London Transport Museum Depot this weekend as part their Open Day! 🚍🥳 @followers I have three more FREE talks coming up in the next two weeks. Please come along and hear me speaking about different aspects of my work 👇

Wednesday 25 September 2024, 18:30-19:30
Dumbarton Library, Strathleven Place, Dumbarton, G82 1BD
📚 I’ll be talking about my book ‘The Glasgow Effect: A Tale of Class, Capitalism & Carbon Footprint’ as part of West Dunbartonshire Libraries' Climate Week Scotland programme

Sunday 29 September 2024, 11:00-16:00
Waterloo Action Centre, Baylis Road, London SE1 7AA
🚇 I’ll be joining the international panel discussion (via Zoom) from 12.30-13:20 as part of Fare Free London’s ‘Winning free public transport’ conference. Join online or in person): actionnetwork.org/events/winning-free-public-transport-campaign-meeting

Saturday 5 & Sunday 6 October 2024, 13:30–14:30
The Barn, Burn O Bennie, Banchory, Aberdeenshire, AB31 5QA
📉 I’m delighted to be hosting two artist’s talks & discussions about my mini exhibition ‘Less is More’ for the Plenty? Festival of Degrowth at The Barn ... See MoreSee Less

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