Story Weaver Joana Avi-Lorie comes back from maternity leave and shares an illustrated poem that came to her mind as lightning thunder the first week after her son was born. A short creative reflection on…Continue readingRiver Mouth
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By Pam Candea I The treasure. It was always about the treasure. Heroes always find the treasure, don’t they? They do that by off-loading their issues onto others so that they can focus on the…Continue readingThe Treasure
by Euri Vidal There is more space here. The water is warmer than it has been in previous years. I liked this area of the ocean, in Antarctica. I used to come here in the…Continue readingKiller Whale
This short film was created by Lena Sideri with the support of SCCAN Storytellers Collective Mini-Grants. This initiative will directly connect schools from climate-vulnerable countries in the Global South to Scottish high schools through a…Continue reading1.5 MAX 2021: Global Schools’ Climate Summit – Our Future Edinburgh and Sustainable Partnerships
By Gazelle Buchholtz You can listen to the audio story version narrated by Gazelle in this podcast episode of 1000 Better Stories. “If you sign here, then I’ll make sure Isla will have a great…Continue readingThe Egg Hunters – Part 2
By Erin Rizzato Devlin & Emir Elisa Rizzato, Càrna You can listen to the audio story version narrated by Erin in this podcast episode of 1000 Better Stories. PROLOGUE ‘In nem maides fa muir thar…Continue readingNEM, TALAM, MUIR
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
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