By now most folk understand the issues surrounding fast fashion and the broader problems with over consumption in general. A few years ago I decided to challenge myself and try and stop buying new clothes…Continue readingThe Joy of Not Buying New
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Listen to 1000 Better Stories on your favourite podcast app or here. What does it mean to live well? And what does it take for a community to make it happen in the face of disappearing jobs, increased…Continue readingBecoming Unbound: Getting Better Together
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
The Big Short… If you’ve seen or read The Big Short, you’ll remember the rating agencies — those intermediaries who were supposed to independently assess financial products but instead kept stamping “AAA” on financial bin‑fires. Why?…Continue readingWhen Intermediaries Become the Rating Agencies of Community Life
List of climate, environment and community funding available from August 2026. Funding available from Climate Action Hubs FCCAN Soup Grant: FCCAN members can pitch their ideas at the FCCAN soup event and local people will…Continue readingFunding list: August 2026
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
This post has been written by Mandy Wright, Partnerships Officer at Home Energy Scotland. Home Energy Scotland works with climate action networks across South East Scotland to help people take practical steps to make their…Continue readingWorking with climate action networks across South East Scotland
There comes a moment — usually around the third doomscroll of the morning — when you realise the climate crisis isn’t just about rising seas or confused penguins wondering why their iceberg Airbnb has melted.…Continue readingLaughing Through the Climate Crisis
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
To celebrate Scottish Book Week 2025, which runs between 17th and 23rd November, we turned to the best book critics we know: our own staff members! From environmental classics to unexpected favourites, the team has…Continue readingStories that Shaped our Thinking: SCCAN’S Picks for Scottish Book Week