![A black and white photo group of miners underground, walking forward led by a serious older man with a moustache wearing a helmet and holding a lamp. The face of the man behind is completely black with coal dust.Source: Ministry of Information, 1942, Imperial War Museum https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205199325](/media/Media_875676_smxx.jpg)
![A statue of a miner leaning on a pickaxe with a crowd of people including older people in wheelchairs around it. Source / Copyright: https://www.facebook.com/Auchengeich-Miners-Memorial-916368968418660/photos](/media/Media_876165_smxx.jpg)
Growing up in a mining community
Life and death in communities centred around coal.
![An oilrig platform standing in the sea with some land behind it Source: Mustang Joe, https://www.flickr.com/photos/mustangjoe/43258021631](/media/Media_876033_smxx.jpeg)
![Logo with a purple circle, with the text 'It's Scotland's Oil' and black shape to represent oil flowing from the centre of the 'o' in oil to the bottom of the circle. Source: Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:It%27s_Scotland%27s_Oil_Badge.svg](/media/Media_875672_smxx.jpg)
"It's Scotland's oil"
The political repercussions of the exploitation of North Sea oil.
![A black and white photo of a demonstration with people carrying a banner that says 'Scottish Campaign to Resist the Atomic Menace' and 'Nuclear Power? No Thanks' with a sun with a smiley face in middle. Source: 'Torness: Nuclear Power Station: From Folly to Fiasco (Edinburgh: SCRAM, 1983)'](/media/Media_875656_smxx.jpg)
Opposing nuclear power
Why and how people campaigned against nuclear power stations.
![Wind turbine on a hill next to a lake (loch) with steep sides. Source: Ewan Gibbs, 2021](/media/Media_889916_smxx.jpg)
What is a 'just transition'?
The impacts on workers and communities in moving to new energy sources.