“In a situation like this there has to be a plan. You can’t make it up on the fly in the middle of a breakdown.” Ministry for the Future, Kim Stanley Robinson “Preparedness is not…Continue readingDeveloping a Valencia Strategy: laying track in front of the train
Tag: adaptation
In this guest blog, Hannah Cameron-Ross, Senior Emergency Planning Officer at The Highland Council, shares lessons from Scotland’s wildfires and explores how communities can build resilience before emergencies strike. This summer, Scotland experienced some of…Continue readingResilience Starts Before the Emergency
Communities across Scotland and beyond are already living with the realities of a changing climate, from extreme heat and flooding to food insecurity and biodiversity loss. Many times we think of climate adaptation as a…Continue readingClimate Adaptation News: September-October
Communities across Scotland and beyond are already living with the realities of a changing climate, from extreme heat and flooding to food insecurity and biodiversity loss. Many times we think of climate adaptation as a…Continue readingClimate Adaptation News: August-September
Listen to 1000 Better Stories on your favourite podcast app or here. How does a run down public toilet turn a coastal village into a multi-award-winning community with a shared vision for the future? And what does it…Continue readingBecoming Unbound: East Haven Together
There are moments in life that gently test your character, and then there are moments that grab you by the collar, shove you outside at dawn into minus temperatures, and ask, “So, how resilient do…Continue readingWhen the Heating Gave Up Before I Did: A Week of Cold Truths in Rural Aberdeenshire
A friend who I’ve been pals with since I was about 12 (which is a good few new moons ago – perhaps even before the moon existed…) visited me recently for our annual “catch-up”. This…Continue readingIt’s all connected
Building relationships and structures rooted in care and equity, together creating the conditions for transformational resilience 4 online sessions, 10-12 on Tuesday mornings: 9, 15, 23 & 30 September Our programme explores how a just…Continue readingWorkshop series: Community is Medicine
As the focus and tone of managing the climate crisis move from mitigation to adaptation, how do we talk to people about it—and more importantly, how do we get their opinions, ideas, and emotions into the conversation that shapes our culture and our safety? It is a difficult topic, but like every other scary and uncomfortable aspect of human existence, it can also be approached creatively. Continue readingCreatively exploring Adaptation
We are deeply concerned by the growing number and intensity of wildfires across Scotland in recent weeks—from the Highlands to Dumfries and Galloway. These fires are devastating local ecosystems, hurting wildlife, threatening communities, and placing…Continue readingRecent wildfires in Scotland