The ‘longer-in-the-tooth’ folk in the climate world might remember the zine Funny Weather: everything you didn’t want to know about climate change but should probably find out from 2006. Back in those days the severe weather…Continue readingFunny Weather
Author: Ruth McLaren
Discounted rate for SCCAN members of £30 from £95: Zero Carbon Britain: Live Online – Scaling up Community Action by the Centre for Alternative Technology on the 19th June 2024: 9:30am – 5pm. Please email…Continue readingMembers Discount: Zero Carbon Britain One-Day Online Training Course – 19th June 2024
Monthly round up of news and events relating to climate adaptation in Scotland. Continue readingClimate Adaptation: May/June news & events
I love the sound of a deadline whooshing past. I’m looking at the birds outside, when I should be concentrating on a task. I’m easily distracted. I’ve been wondering what that slight sense of breathless…Continue readingCoffee cups rattle as climate reality hits Angus
A guide on how to set up a tool library, including the benefits of setting up a tool library, how to recruit volunteers, how to obtain tools and ideas for community projects. Taken from a…Continue readingHow To Guide: Tool Library
You can see more details about the event on the SCCAN Annual Gathering eventbrite page here.Continue readingSCCAN Gathering Programme: Glasgow 2024
To quote Shakespeare “The pen is mightier than the sword’. As one of the Story Weaver team at SCCAN, I’m passionate about the power and potential of the written word to change the world. Although…Continue readingWhy stories at the heart of communities matter
We have two fundamental problems when it comes to making meaningful change to our specie’s current disastrous collective trajectory: our psychology and our relationship to power. They’re very entangled, but let’s start with power and…Continue readingOpening the black box: how to make real change on the brink of oblivion
Once upon a time there was a beautiful planet. People began to notice though the planet was changing. The seas were full of plastics, the air was full of pollution, there were many storms, droughts,…Continue readingGUEST BLOG: Community of Practice, Climate Action Without Despair
“It’s so disorganised!” claimed a friend in a recent conversation about the plethora of organisations working locally to combat the climate crisis. A conversation that sprung out of praise for a local e-bike partnership where…Continue reading“It’s so disorganised!”: A word from our Ops Lead