What is Post trying to do?

The Post Collective was set up in 2013 as an alternative voice in Scottish politics and publishing. Its aim is to provide a voice of Scotland's younger generation on issues of environment, technology, politics and the internet not covered by the mainstream press. In the run up to the 2014 independence referendum we want to publish a book outlining new visions of sustainability, democracy, architecture and long-term thinking that goes beyond politics and beyond constitution. Thirty years down the line, in 2044, how far will we have come? What would an ideal Scotland look like, and could it become a model of progress for others to follow?

In short essays from figures including the academic Kirsteen Shields, architect Andy Summers, journalist and equality campaigner Jacq Kelly, Patrick Harvie MSP and the urbanist Stacey Hunter, Post's third printed release seeks to provide a blueprint for something different that everyone can understand. Over a hundred custom-designed pages, the contributors sketch out ideas for Scotland's next thirty years.

The full list of contributions is listed below:

• Stacey Hunter, Architecture PhD student at the University of Edinburgh,  on new towns for Scotland.
• Patrick Harvie, Scottish Green MSP, on the importance of protecting and expanding the public internet and civil liberties.
  
• Jacq Kelly, former journalist and equality activist on what equality means in modern Scotland.
• Laurie Macfarlane, economist and member of the Post Collective, maps out some first steps towards a fair and sustainable economy.
• Kirsteen Shields, lecturer in public law at the University of Dundee, on how how Scotland might change its laws to protect rights to basic freedoms.
  
• Lee Bunce, co-founder of Post, maps out what a democratic media landscape might look like in the internet age.
• Ellen Young, member of the Post Collective and scientific communicator, thinks about the social benefits of education and research in a modern Scotland.
• Oliver Escobar, researcher at the University of Edinburgh, describes ways in which methods of participatory democracy might take government closer to people.
• Lucy Brown, energy campaigner, on renewables, people, corporations and community.
• Dominic Hinde, co-founder of Post, journalist and translator on culture, arts and the Northern nation.
  
• Peter Matthews, lecturer in the School of the Built Environment at Heriot-Watt University, on how decentralisation and the transfer of power from the capital to urban centers can be used to radically change how people interact with the state.
• Andy Summers, photographer and architect, thinks about what the next 30 years will mean for how Scotland looks, feels and expresses itself.
  

What we need to make it happen

This campaign seeks to raise enough money to print Scotland 44 and stage an event around it. 1000 pounds will help us pay initial printing costs and will also allow us to buy ISBN numbers from Nielsen, the company that coordinates the system of buying and selling books. Any extra money raised will go back into the Post Collective's future projects.

All donations are welcome, but donations of over five pounds will mean you receive a copy of Scotland 44 and will be acknowledged as one of our crowdfunders in its pages. Larger donations to the project will result in you being listed as an official backer on our website and being thanked at the book's release party this summer.

Why now?

This is a critical time for Scotland, and a critical time for its publishers and media. By supporting Post you will be making a valuable contribution to the sustainability of a diverse and independent media without any political affiliation.

You can find out more about all our work on www.postmag.org , or follow us @postmag