We are all living in a changing world. The Story Weaver Team at SCCAN would like to encourage you to take time out each month to Creative Journal around the changes we are living through.…Continue readingCreative Climate Journalling October
How a garden and an artist changed an organisation. In this 1000 Better Stories blog, SCCAN Story Weaver Lesley Anne Rose visits North Edinburgh Arts as they prepare to move into a refurbished and extended…Continue readingNorth Edinburgh Arts
Monthly round up of news and events relating to climate adaptation in Scotland. Voluntary sector views on climate resilience The spring 20224 SCVO Third Sector Tracker included two questions on resilience to climate impacts: Amongst a range…Continue readingClimate Adaptation: September / October news & events
Our Story Weaver, Kaska, revisits Torry in Aberdeen for a Go Torry event, celebrating community’s growing resilience in the wake of People’s Assembly and its Declaration last Spring. We hear of RAAC and retrofit, outdoor…Continue readingGO Torry – growing resilience one year after peoples’ assembly
List of climate, environment and related funding available in September 2024. Funding available from Scottish Climate Action Hubs: GENERAL FUNDING Community Learning Exchange: An opportunity for peer to peer learning through the exchange of ideas and…Continue readingFunding list: September 2024
We are all living in a changing world. The Story Weaver Team at SCCAN would like to encourage you to take time out each month to Creative Journal around the changes we are living through.…Continue readingCreative Climate Journalling September
Claire Warrender from the Local Story Exchange explores how Kirkcaldy-based Flourish With Nature helps tackle anxiety, depression and other mental health issues. A Fife-based initiative is using nature, mindfulness and even tree-hugging to help people…Continue readingWelcome to the Fife club that lets nature – and even tree-hugging – soothe your troubles
Cover photograph: Climate Hubs coordinators standing in the lovely garden of Parklands Hotel, Perth at the end of the session (some missing, had to run for their trains!) At a crucial time for energy transition…Continue readingClimate Action Hubs Energy Design Sprint
A reflection on energy, land, and life. While fictional in form, this story is based on a conversation between SCCAN story weaver Joana and former miner and rescue officer Sinclair in May 2024 at the…Continue readingSo That You Can Live
Land is a vital asset. Any credible pathway to a liveable future requires that communities have access to the land and buildings that they need to enable and unleash the bottom-up action that is essential.…Continue readingWhat if we had a community owned land-bank?