by Tara Gibsone In 1962 Peter and Eileen Caddy, their three children, and friend Dorothy found themselves living in a small caravan on the Findhorn peninsula after losing their jobs in a hotel not far…Continue readingFindhorn Foundation Ecovillage – An Unintentional Community
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As I waited in line to get my delicious soup from the Scran food truck, I noticed the woman in front of me was holding a very small and very nervous dog. She told me…Continue readingGracemount Community Garden – Food Oasis
Community And then something amazing happened. As I tried unsuccessfully to pin down the posters and photographs on the walls of the stand using some useless sticky bits, I heard. ‘Do you want some help?’…Continue readingThere’s Something About COP26 – Part 2
Disillusion At the start of 2020, freshly moved to Scotland, I emailed the organization of COP26 with an inquiry for how to get a ticket. Sitting at the bus station in Glasgow, sheltered from the…Continue readingThere’s Something About COP26 – Part 1
I breathed the fresh air as I walked to the Ras Al Hadd beach, the location Bank Muscat chose for this year’s annual retreat. Being the head of Operational Risk Management department I got invited.…Continue readingExpressing Our Gratitude
On Tuesday 23rd November 2021 we launched our monthly podcasting skillshare. The skillshares are aimed at those interested in audio storytelling around community climate justice and action, and building a collective of SCCAN storytellers for…Continue readingStarting community audio storytelling from scratch – podcasting skillshare
Transforming Power with Community Climate Action written for SCSN Climate Change themed newsletter I know we are not powerless, but we cannot underestimate the difficulties of changing the stories that make us think we are.…Continue readingLight Up the Way
One year ago, our Story Weaver Paul Bristow had the opportunity to chat with Alex MacKenzie of The Lost Woods and Emily Reid of Eco Drama, two projects based in Glasgow who are inspiring young…Continue readingGlasgow Children’s Woodland
by Gazelle Buchholtz first published at Language & Ecology 2017 http://ecolinguistics-association.org/journal When I grasp the packaging, it wriggles in the refrigerated counter. I withdraw my hand in a snap movement, and everything goes back to…Continue readingPigsty
Small metal horse statue in the post-fire wreckage, Pedrógão Grande, Portugal, 2018 Why did I get into community climate action? From 2017 to 2019 in Pedrógão Grande, Portugal, I watched a community break after a…Continue readingStoryception: A Story Weaver’s Very Short Story