In this 1000 Better Story Shona Macintosh (biog below) reflects on the challenges and solutions of natural flood management at Eddleston Waters…Continue readingEddleston Water: Reflections on Natural Flood Management
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1000 Better Stories Blog
Queen of the Skies is written by Bernardo Esteves and describes his arrival into Edinburgh and the creative inspiration he found in…Continue readingQueen of the Skies
Long Live Lenny is a creative short story exploring the good work of the Edinburgh Remakery through the eyes of an old…Continue readingLong Live Lenny
An opportunity to be part of an exciting mass creative and climate action partnership. Beach of Dreams began in 2021 as a 500-mile…Continue readingBeach of Dreams
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
Jo Gilbert is a spoken word artist and writer from Aberdeen, who writes in Doric and English. Their work has featured on BBC Radio 4,…Continue readingNo Nature to Nurture
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
It’s a glorious, if chilly day, and there’s a little green fishing boat bobbing in the gentle waves of Stranraer harbour. Running…Continue readingThat Vital Spark Reflections from a first-time visit to Stranraer
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
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
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 2
By Erin Rizzato Devlin & Emir Elisa Rizzato, Càrna You can listen to the audio story version narrated by Erin in this…Continue readingNEM, TALAM, MUIR
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
On Tuesday 23rd November 2021 we launched our monthly podcasting skillshare. The skillshares are aimed at those interested in audio storytelling around…Continue readingStarting community audio storytelling from scratch – podcasting skillshare
Listen to our latest 1000 Better Stories podcast – Magazine: Scottish climate podcast showcase. This is a collection of Scottish podcasts focusing…Continue reading1000 Better Stories podcast – Magazine: Scottish climate podcast showcase
The Lost Woods is excited to present their short documentary film telling the story of the creation of the Glasgow Children’s Woodland…Continue readingThe Lost Woods Documentary Film – Released Today!
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
A collection of 10 Scottish podcasts on climate action here and around the world.Continue readingListening matters: Scottish Climate Podcast Collection