As we approach the Scottish Parliament election in May 2026, Scotland stands at a crossroads. The decisions made by the next intake…Continue readingYour Voice, Our Future: A Guide to Engaging with the 2026 Scottish Election
Author: Joana Avi-Lorie
Story Weaver Joana Avi-Lorie comes along to Edinburgh Climate Cafe at Portobello Promenade, a 10-year running project meeting people where they are…Continue readingEdinburgh Climate Cafe at Portobello Promenade
Story Weaver Joana Avi-Lorie reflects on her research on children’s eco-anxiety, her own eco-anxiety and her motivations. We also share resources for…Continue readingBedtime eco-stories
On the 22nd of May, 1.5 MAX hosted its 2024 Global Schools’ Climate Summit for young pupils from Scotland, Malawi, Bangladesh and…Continue reading1.5 MAX: Real-world climate education for children and young people
This is a story about the cultural contributions of everyday South Asian communities to Scotland and about finding and creating community and…Continue readingCooking (in) the Land
A story about the positive impact of two community cycling groups in Edinburgh written by Douglas Rogers and funded through a SCCAN…Continue readingBack in the saddle: Edinburgh’s Wee Spoke Hub – Part 2
A story about the positive impact of two community cycling groups in Edinburgh written by Douglas Rogers and funded through a SCCAN…Continue readingBack in the saddle: Edinburgh’s Wee Spoke Hub
“When you control seeds you control life on earth” – Vandana Shiva At the start of the Summer, SCCAN acquired 10 licenses…Continue readingTalking and Learning About Seeds
Story Weaver Joana Avi-Lorie comes back from maternity leave and shares an illustrated poem that came to her mind as lightning thunder…Continue readingRiver Mouth
Reflections on SCCAN’s National Gathering: Re-imagining local democracy: 22 March 2023 Augustine United Church, Edinburgh by Story Weaver Lesley Anne Rose This…Continue readingOne of the most powerful things we have is our voice
by Madeleine Scobie When the Covid-19 pandemic started around March 2020, Scotland and the rest of the UK were put into several…Continue readingConnecting With Nature In Scotland
by Annie Lord Annie Lord is collaborating with A+E to explore the theme of the Regenerative Cathedral. Working from St Mary’s Cathedral…Continue readingPreservation
by Jonathan Baxter I wrote this ‘response’ in December 2022 when SCCAN asked me about a deadline I’d committed to. I wrote…Continue readingDeadline
by Gazelle Buchholtz Creation of a Climate Community BookMy short story ‘Earth’s Violet Sun’ was originally written in Danish and published in…Continue readingThe Creation of a Climate Community Book
For the 6th year, communities all around Europe celebrated ECOLISE’s project European Day of Sustainable Communities (#EDSC2022), this year aligned with the…Continue readingEuropean Day for Sustainable Communities 2022 – Stories and Reflections from Scottish Communities
This short children’s story was created for a storytelling event at the Glasgow Centre of Contemporary Arts, as part of a project…Continue readingLittle Binx Doesn’t Want to Eat her Friends
The Wrong Turn is a short dance film about nature and humanity. One day, while dancing in ecstasy, mother nature gives birth to humanity,…Continue readingThe Wrong Turn
Are you ready for Scotland’s Climate Week? Starting on the 26th September to the 2nd October, Scottish communities and organisations are coming…Continue readingScotland’s Climate Week
By Pam Candea I The treasure. It was always about the treasure. Heroes always find the treasure, don’t they? They do that…Continue readingThe Treasure
In celebration of the European Day of Sustainable Communities, we would like to share 3 stories told at the National Mining Museum…Continue reading#EDSC 2022 – Stories from Newington Grange
Are you a podcaster, writer, storyteller, videographer interested in sharing positive community climate action and justice stories? SCCAN is offering 10 mini-grants…Continue readingStorytelling Mini-Grants
This short film was created by Lena Sideri with the support of SCCAN Storytellers Collective Mini-Grants. This initiative will directly connect schools…Continue reading1.5 MAX 2021: Global Schools’ Climate Summit – Our Future Edinburgh and Sustainable Partnerships
A warm and friendly gathering is always a strong reminder of the power and meaning of the connections SCCAN is facilitating. On…Continue readingTogether We Can!
By Gazelle Buchholtz You can listen to the audio story version narrated by Gazelle in this podcast episode of 1000 Better Stories.…Continue readingThe Egg Hunters – Part 1
Disillusion At the start of 2020, freshly moved to Scotland, I emailed the organization of COP26 with an inquiry for how to…Continue readingThere’s Something About COP26 – Part 1
Are you a podcaster, writer, storyteller, videographer interested in sharing positive community climate action and justice stories? SCCAN is offering 10 mini-grants…Continue readingStorytelling Mini-Grants
One year ago, our Story Weaver Paul Bristow had the opportunity to chat with Alex MacKenzie of The Lost Woods and Emily…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.…Continue readingPigsty
Community Climate Stories – Write Here, Write Now – Storytelling Taster Workshop 14th September 2021 To celebrate Scotland’s Climate Week and the…Continue readingReport on ‘Write here Write now’ workshop