Evan Macdonald

Hi, I’m Evan, I’m 18, and I’m standing for a committee role as I believe I can bring a local young Green voice to the groups I am standing for.

I have lived in Edinburgh all my life and I love my city, so being able to help the branch run would be a great opportunity. I am dedicated and passionate about politics and all things Green and progressive. I have enjoyed being a part of the campaign for the Edinburgh local elections and being able to meet and work with amazing people within the party across all the wards in Edinburgh. I believe this shows I am dedicated to the party and proves that I will work hard for the branch.

This is the first internal party role I have stood for but I am eager to learn how to work as a committee. Still I believe I can offer a young green voice to the group as I have written in an article about the climate crisis and the effect it is having on young people’s mental wellbeing for a magazine and I have worked on my college’s environment society. Being able work on these groups, helping shape our branch and making sure it works for the members, would be very rewarding as it gives me the chance to be a Green activist in a new setting when they’re isn’t an election coming while also boosting my knowledge for politics and skills for when I start uni later this year.

Since I joined the Greens I have enjoyed it so much, so being able to stand for committee roles is so exciting and I can’t wait to get to work. Thank you for reading my nomination!